Green Means GO!

Take a look at different types of road transport. Build a green car of the future and play the transport game.

Lesson steps

Prior to the lesson, on the playground floor, draw a circular path that children will be able to walk around

Make sure it has a starting line!

Watch the City Fact 2 video

Cars, lorries and buses use a lot of fuel. This makes the air well bad. Let’s all try and use our bicycles more! Wicked!

London Fact 2

London was the first city in the world to have an underground railway, the Tube.

Take children outside and tell them they will be moving in a circle shape. Stand on the starting line. Show the Stop and Go Signs

What do the signs mean?

Stop and Go Signs

Cut out the signs and use them in the Transport Game.

Play part 1 of the Transport Game

What do you think green transport means? (green means transport that is environmentally friendly). Why is green transport important? (Cars powered by petrol and diesel are the main cause of air pollution in London and other cities).

Play the Transport Game

Let’s play the transport game! Make sure you go green!

Discuss green transport as a class

Can you think of a green transport? (foot, bicycle, transport that causes zero air pollution). Discuss how walking, cycling, zero-emission buses, and electric cars can help because they do not create dangerous pollution.

Play part 2 of the Transport Game, with the new rules.

Green cars mean GO!

Add works from the lesson e.g. maps, pictures to make a working wall.

Learning outcomes

Use talk to help work out problems and organise thinking and activities explain how things work and why they might happen.

Communication and Language

Questions

What is pollution?

Have you ever been on a bike ride?

How do you travel to school?

Vocabulary

journey

car

green

environment

air pollution

Activity ideas

Car of the future!

Can you Design a Car of the Future? How will you power your car e.g. will it run on vegetable peel? What will it look like? Can you build your car using a cardboard box?

Make a Car of the Future

Design your car of the future. What will it look like? How many passengers will it carry? How fast will it go?

Run a traffic survey

Complete the Traffic Survey at school. How many cars go past your school?

City Solutions List

Plastic and Air Pollution! Can you make a pledge? Try to do one thing from the list.

Road safety poster.

How can you keep safe on the roads? Make a road safety poster.

Make some traffic lights

Can you make some traffic lights? In the outdoor area, play stop/go games using traffic light colours. Draw roads with chalk and a zebra crossing. Use tricycles and scooters. Who can hold a stick and be the person to guide people across the road? Wear high-visibility jackets.

Writing time!

Writing area, invite children to continue the phrase: In my car I can see. Write down what you can see!