Future Transport

Explore the future of connected, autonomous transport.

How do you feel about Electric vehicles? Driverless cars? How could we connect a vehicle to a satellite? …and why would we do that?

Just as technology progresses and gives us new ways to connect and work autonomously on our personal devices, so too does it open up a huge and exciting world for our future transport. Imagine a fleet of self-driving vehicles, all connected and sharing information like directions, traffic, speed, fuel… now what if they could also check up on you? Let you know when you’re looking tired? Direct you to the next food stop if you’re looking hungry?

We invite students to join us, and our Industry Partners, PACCAR, as we explore the ‘short and long’ future of road transport in Australia. Delving deeper into the idea of a digitally ‘connected truck’, students will work together to design a connected system display that will help drivers safely and sustainably reach their destinations.

Details

Available: Term 3-4
Duration: 1 module (75 minutes)
                   2 modules (3 hours)
Capacity: 50 students
Delivery: Excursion; Incursion; Online

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+ Students will…

Watch a presentation from our Industry Partners, PACCAR, exploring the role of STEM in manufacturing, logistics and sales.

In discussion, explore what a more sustainable, digitally ‘connected’ transport system might look like in the future.

Speculate on the personal, ethical and sustainable implications of connected, autonomous transport.

Take the role of ‘transport engineers of the future’ to design, program and navigate a series of traffic solutions using programmable robotic vehicles.

+ Industry Focus

Design & Engineering
Digital Technology
Infrastructure
Manufacturing
Transport

+ STEAM Skills

Collaboration
Communication
Creativity/Creative Thinking
Critical Thinking
Design Thinking
Problem Solving
Technology Skills

+ Curriculum Links

Critical and Creative Thinking
Design and Technologies
Digital Technologies
Geography

Detailed Curriculum Mapping

+ Pairs well with...

Want to look further into the future of how we might move goods and services around this wide-open country? Add our Drone workshop Take Flight investigating the burgeoning drone industry while students program and fly their own drones through a themed obstacle course.

Prefer to dig deeper into the mechanics of what’s going? Join a Get Your Motor Running session to look at all things electrical and motorised.

If you’re interested in showing your students more of the amazing breadth of STEAM pathways available to them after school, why not pair this module up with Bioplastic Fantastic, Future Foods, or Game of Life? Let us blow their minds about the kinds of innovations and jobs that are out there, waiting for them.