Myths about teaching can hold you back
- Year 9
- Year 9
Making a journey
I can assess the implications of making a journey in different ways.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- There may be many options for how to travel to a place
- Various factors affect which mode of transport is most favourable
- Making the same journey multiple times means the impact of that journey is multiplied
Keywords
Commute - A commute is a regular journey made between a person’s home and their place of work.
Common misconception
When calculating the amount of emissions per mile, pupils may forget to convert the information given from grams to kilograms.
Always check whether the units for any values given in the information match the units that are required for the formula.
To help you plan your year 9 maths lesson on: Making a journey, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...
To help you plan your year 9 maths lesson on: Making a journey, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs.
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Equipment
Licence
Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.__________ is the rate at which something is moving.
Q2.Which formula is correct?
Q3.The two diagrams represent the same dataset about the number of people that travel to work using each mode of transport. How many people travel by bike?

Q4.The two diagrams represent the same dataset about the number of people that travel to work using each mode of transport. The number of people who walk is __________ a quarter of the total frequency.

Q5.Aisha runs 6 km in 45 minutes. Her average speed was km/h.
Q6.1 imperial gallon is approximately 4.546 litres. Starting with the smallest, sort the measurements in order of volume.
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.8.2 kg = g.
Q2.Which rearrangements of speed = distance $$\div$$ time are correct?
Q3.Find the value of $$x$$.

Q4.Find the value of $$y$$.

Q5.A person's car emits 8 kg of carbon dioxide per gallon of fuel and has a fuel efficiency of 50 mpg. Therefore, it produces g of emissions per mile.
