Dorothée Pullinger and car design
I can describe Dorothée Pullinger’s contributions to car engineering and discuss sustainable transport.
Dorothée Pullinger and car design
I can describe Dorothée Pullinger’s contributions to car engineering and discuss sustainable transport.
These resources will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.
Switch to our new teaching resources now - designed by teachers and leading subject experts, and tested in classrooms.
These resources were created for remote use during the pandemic and are not designed for classroom teaching.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Dorothée Pullinger was an Edwardian car engineer.
- Car engineers adapt for the modern world and are developing more sustainable travel.
- Electric cars can cause less pollution than petrol or diesel cars.
- There may be better sustainable methods of transport in the future.
Keywords
Car engineer - someone who designs and builds cars
Sustainability - using what we need, while protecting the environment so there is enough for the future
Common misconception
All early engineers were men.
Many women have contributed to the development of engineering.
To help you plan your year 5 design and technology lesson on: Dorothée Pullinger and car design, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...
To help you plan your year 5 design and technology lesson on: Dorothée Pullinger and car design, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs.
The starter quiz will activate and check your pupils' prior knowledge, with versions available both with and without answers in PDF format.
We use learning cycles to break down learning into key concepts or ideas linked to the learning outcome. Each learning cycle features explanations with checks for understanding and practice tasks with feedback. All of this is found in our slide decks, ready for you to download and edit. The practice tasks are also available as printable worksheets and some lessons have additional materials with extra material you might need for teaching the lesson.
The assessment exit quiz will test your pupils' understanding of the key learning points.
Our video is a tool for planning, showing how other teachers might teach the lesson, offering helpful tips, modelled explanations and inspiration for your own delivery in the classroom. Plus, you can set it as homework or revision for pupils and keep their learning on track by sharing an online pupil version of this lesson.
Explore more key stage 2 design and technology lessons from the Pulleys and gears: electric vehicles unit, dive into the full primary design and technology curriculum, or learn more about lesson planning.
Equipment
Pens, paper or worksheet, pencils, colouring pencils, felt tip pens.
Licence
Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
petrol
electricity
human power
diesel