Summaries after sample
, U3: Transport in the air U1: Transport on land
• Hot air balloons were the first successful flying machines that could carry humans. • Walking and animals.
• Airships were the first powered aircraft that could be steered in any direction. • A cart has 2 wheels and is usually pulled by 1-2
• American brothers, Wilbur and Orville Wright invented, designed, made and flew the animals, like horses, oxen, water buffalo or
first powered and piloted aeroplane - the Flyer. donkeys.
• Modern air transport – modern aeroplanes, helicopters, parachutes and spacecrafts. • A handcart is pushed or pulled by one or more
people.
• A wagon is a heavy vehicle with 4 wheels.
• The stagecoach was one of the earliest forms of
public transport.
• Bicycle.
• Steam trains became a popular way of
M7: transporting people and goods.
Sample Transport
through time
• The first practical petrol-driven car was
designed and built in 1885 by Karl Benz, a
German engineer.
• Modern land transport – Gautrain, motorbikes,
Summaries after sample U2: Transport on water
scooters, taxis, buses, refrigerated trucks and
freight trains.
• Rafts, canoes and reed boats - used bamboo,
logs, bark, reeds and even animal skin.
• Sailing boats – junks, dhows, caravel, tall ship
and clipper.
• Steamships - could travel much faster.
• Modern water transport - container ships,
cruise ships and oil tankers.
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