Transport and Travel - BUS DRIVER 

Bus Drivers are there to help!

Primary

Australian Curriculum General Capability: Numeracy

Australian Curriculum General Capability: Literacy

Cooperative Learning Activity

1. Read the following article as a group of 4 - 5  students from ABC News 5 March 2020

2.

Discuss as a group:

How many of your class have asked a bus driver for help?

How many have missed the bus or taken the wrong bus or missed their stop?

3. Survey another class about bus drivers and their helpfulness.

4. Graph the number of people who had to be helped by a bus driver. What percentage of the class were these people?

5. Write a story about falling asleep on a bus and waking up to find you are lost.

What is the best way to travel? Consider All Factors Analysis

Middle Secondary

Australian Curriculum General Capability: Critical and creative thinking

Australian Curriculum General Capability: Literacy

Australian Curriculum General Capability: Numeracy

Australian Curriculum Cross Curriculum Priorities: Sustainability Priority

1. Form groups of 3 - 4 students. Read together "Consider all factors" page on this website.

2. Read the following article from The Conversation 24 December 2021

3.

Analyse the article by considering all factors and answer the question "What is the best way to travel?" as a group.

Would this answer be the same for your group? How would the group go about analysing your own travel?

4. Share with other group and discuss any differences.