This lesson/project idea will allow pupils to enhance their
ability to read timetables, interpret information, work out travel
costs and calculate distances and journey times. They will
compare methods of transport and present the options available to
tourists in the city of Glasgow with creative and user friendly
materials.
Broad Outcomes of learning
- Subject knowledge gained and enhanced
- Improved numeracy and communication skills - functional
- Able to relate classroom learning to new and relevant
situations
- Enterprising skills and attitudes developed (CfE) through
working on problems in a team and evaluating individual and team
work as they progress
- Gained a breadth of employability skills and attitudes
- Confidence through ability to apply learning to a real
context
- Pupils more responsible for their own learning - decision
making and creating own products
Relevance to curriculum
- Relevant to key elements of Curriculum for Excellence in
relation to numeracy