NSW K-6 HSIE Syllabus Places Then, Now and Tomorrow Stage 2 Unit of WorkNSW K-6 Science Syllabus Out and About Stage 2 Unit of Work

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Stage 2 Years 3–4 Trainworks Activities

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Activity 1: Governor General’s Carriage

Look through the windows of the Governor General’s carriage. Create a mind map of some items that tell you that this carriage was for an important person.

Items in the Governor General’s carriage

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Activity 2: Indicator Boards

a) What time will the train leave?

b) What is the name of the railway station on the indicator board that is 4 stations after Gymea?

c) How many stations will the train stop at?

Activity 3: Steam Crane Locomotive

List some heavy objects (over 1 kg) that the steam crane locomotive would be able to lift.

1.

2.

3.

4.

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Activity 4: Interactive Signal

Fill in the answers to complete the statements below.

When the signal looks like this, the train can

When the signal looks like this, the train must

green

red

Activity 5: E18 Locomotive

a) Using the circles below, write some adjectives to describe your thoughts about the E18 steam locomotive.

What does it look like?

What does it sound like?

What does it

feel like?

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b) Examine the side of the E18 Steam Locomotive and complete the labels for the diagram using the words below.

bo

iler

cab

chim

ney

dri

vin

g w

heels

en

gin

e n

um

ber

fire

bo

xfo

otp

late

reg

ula

tor

1

2

3

4

5

67

12

34

56

78

8

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c) Optional Extension Question

Did you know?

The wheels on a locomotive are used to help identify them.

Leading and trailing wheels are usually smaller and the driving wheels are joined together by connecting rods.

You can count the wheels by starting at the front of the engine.

How many small leading wheels does it have?

How many large driving wheels does it have?

How many small trailing wheels does it have?

Using the information above and the wheel arrangement chart, work with a friend to find the wheel arrangement for the E18 steam locomotive.

leading wheels

driving wheels

trailing wheels

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Activity 6: Mail Van

Design your own envelope and stamp for a letter to be delivered by the mail van to a friend.

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THE GREAT TRAIN HALL

Activity 7: Overnight Express Train

Imagine you are a passenger eating a meal in the dining car on the Broken Hill Express in 1930. Write a short description of your experience.

You may wish to include:

l The landscape you see out of the window

l The types of clothes and accessories you are wearing

l Who you are dining with

l Where you are travelling to and why you are going there

l The various railway staff you have met on the train

l The kind of food and drinks that are served

Courtesy State Records NSW

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Activity 8: Silver City Comet

As a class, brainstorm the main differences between E18 and the Silver City Comet.

Name of train:

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Name of train:

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Activity 9: Pay Bus

Look carefully at the Pay Bus and draw some of the 2D shapes and lines that you can see on the bus.

2D shapes Types of lines

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Activity 11: Trainworks Museum

Draw a picture of your favourite object at Trainworks and explain why it is your favourite. Circle the correct power source for your object.

My favourite object is the

because

This object was powered by:

steam electricity diesel

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