What is used now?
Explore the slide show of objects from the present. Look at the images, read the descriptions and discuss.
Bendy-bus
The blue and white bendy-bus looks like two buses joined together. The front bus part has four wheels and the back has two. The bus is very long and can carry a lot of passengers.
Light rail
This light rail has five green cars. The driver sits in the front car. It is like a bendy-bus but it is connected to electric power lines and runs along tracks.
Motorbike
This shiny red motorbike is powered by petrol. It's mostly made of metal but has rubber tyres and a soft seat. You steer it with the handlebars. It can park in a small space.
The Narrabeen
The Narrabeen is a Sydney Ferry that goes between Circular Quay and Manly. It's named after the suburb of Narrabeen. This ferry carries lots of people.
Teacher questions
Teachers could ask the following questions during this activity.
- What is it?
- What does it look like?
- What is it made of?
- How is it used?
- What is it used for?
- Who uses it?
- How does it work?
- How has it changed over time?
- Has technology changed it? If so how?
- What clues tell us it is from the present time?