This idea will develop knowledge and understanding of the uses
of the mathematical principles of Speed, Distance and Time, Social
Arithmetic and prisms to develop a bus route which is cheap,
efficient and safe to use. This project will encourage the
application of this knowledge in a real life context. Young people
will work in teams (as bus route developers) with the task of
designing a new bus route in the city centre.
Broad Outcomes of learning
• Subject knowledge enhanced e.g. the use of the speed, distance
and time formulae and is capable of using them proficiently. The
ability to observe the relationship between finance and distance of
route etc
• Enterprising skills improved by developing confidence, self
awareness, positive attitude; increasing motivation to learning;
taking responsibility and making decisions; consideration of others
through group work and discussion
• Developed employability skills: Communication, planning,
organisation, researching, co-operating, contributing, sourcing,
negotiating, analysing, reporting
• Pupils take responsibility for their learning through making
decisions about Location of bus route, determining cost of
establishing route (bus shelter size & design, number of
shelters etc)
• Learners have developed 4 capacities of CfE
Relevance to curriculum
• Supports CfE Mathematics
• Relevance of how curriculum topic on SDT, finance and prisms is
relevant to work and life and how this subject knowledge is put
into practice in a real situation
This idea will develop knowledge and understanding of the uses
of the mathematical principles of Speed, Distance and Time, Social
Arithmetic and prisms to develop a bus route which is cheap,
efficient and safe to use. This project will encourage the
application of this knowledge in a real life context. Young people
will work in teams (as bus route developers) with the task of
designing a new bus route in the city centre.
Broad Outcomes of learning
- Subject knowledge enhanced e.g. the use of the speed, distance
and time formulae and is capable of using them proficiently. The
ability to observe the relationship between finance and distance of
route etc
- Enterprising skills improved by developing confidence, self
awareness, positive attitude; increasing motivation to learning;
taking responsibility and making decisions; consideration of others
through group work and discussion
- Developed employability skills: Communication, planning,
organisation, researching, co-operating, contributing, sourcing,
negotiating, analysing, reporting
- Pupils take responsibility for their learning through making
decisions about Location of bus route, determining cost of
establishing route (bus shelter size & design, number of
shelters etc)
- Learners have developed 4 capacities of CfE
Relevance to curriculum
- Supports CfE Mathematics
- Relevance of how curriculum topic on SDT, finance and prisms is
relevant to work and life and how this subject knowledge is put
into practice in a real situation