| Title |
Short description |
Related curricular areas |
Age group |
| A bridge design company
challenge |
Working in small groups, children put learning into a real life
context as a bridge design company |
Expressive Arts, Languages, Mathematics, Science, Social
Studies, Technologies |
Upper primary |
| Bridges art project |
A themed approach to a personal art project. Using symbolism of
bridges, cross curricular links can be established. |
Expressive Arts, Social Studies, Technologies |
Lower secondary |
| Clyde Arc birdge ICT
project |
Create a PowerPoint display on Glasgow's newest bridge, the
Clyde Arc. Find out more about bridges across Europe using the
e-twinning programme. |
Expressive Arts, Languages, Science, Social Studies,
Technologies |
Upper Primary, Lower Secondary |
| Clyde bridges - cards
& postcards |
Create 'impressionist' images of the Clyde bridges and
waterfront to be used in greetings cards or postcards. |
Expressive Arts, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies,
Technologies |
Upper primary |
| Clyde
bridges - young tourist information leaflet |
Research, design and produce an information leaflet on the
Clyde bridges for tourists and visitors. |
Expressive Arts, Languages, Social Studies, Technologies |
Upper primary |
| History of Clyde bridges |
A timeline investigation of the building and construction of
the Clyde's bridges which produces a display of work for school use
and a presentation of work for parents' evenings. |
Expressive Arts, Languages, Social Studies, Technologies |
Upper Primary, Lower Secondary |
| Report on opening of
Clyde bridges |
To use the opening of a new bridge on the Clyde as the theme
for developing report writing skills and news articles. |
Expressive Arts, Languages, Social Studies, Technologies |
Upper Primary, Lower Secondary |
| Structures - bridge
building |
An enterprising approach to structures - young people apply
knowledge and understanding in a project to design a bridge. |
Expressive Arts, Science, Social Studies, Technologies |
Lower Secondary |
| Structures - design and
forces |
Explore basics of bridge design engineering focusing on the
relationship between bridge type and forces. |
Expressive Arts, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies,
Technologies |
Upper primary |
| Team building skills
development |
Develop effective teams by setting a 'build a bridge' team
building challenge - to enable effective teams to facilitate the
primary induction day. |
Expressive Arts, Religious and Moral Education,
Technologies |
Lower Secondary |
| The design
process - bridges of the future |
Imaginative and creative approach to the design process,
applying knowledge of structures to create a futuristic bridge
design. |
Expressive Arts, Languages, Mathematics, Science, Social
Studies, Technologies |
Upper primary |