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Age range: 11-14
Duration: 60 or more mins
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  • D&T
  • Mathematics
  • Physics

Car of the Future

Testing and designing for a car of the future

Personal transport is becoming safer as technological advancements are made and more and more safety features are designed. However, in the future, should we be taking this to the next level and designing features with the age of the driver in mind?

Activity info, teachers' notes and curriculum links

In this activity students design investigations to test reaction times and ability to concentrate. They then try their test on older people and use their results to design a car of the future.

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