Resources

Download our boat plans and elevations presentation to understand boat design features.

Use our activity sheet to do our isometric drawings task.

Learn what happens when pollution gets in our waterways and the impact on waterway ecosystems.

Understand that the types of macroinvertebrates found in water can be an indication of water quality.

Understand how mechanisms can make work easier and the places we use them in.

Assemble a lock paddle gear system to get a practical understanding of gears seen on locks.

Understand that canals and rivers are vulnerable to external threats such as eutrophication.

Explore how human and physical processes can impact local environments and ecosystems.

Download our presentation and learn more about the hydraulics used behind boat lifts.

Teachers can download our activity pack for their lessons on boat lifts.

Learn about gears and the mechanisms involved in cranes

Teachers can download our canal crane activity pack to use for their lessons

Download our presentation to understand the importance of good quality water

These practical activities help explain the forces that cause banks to erode, and the impact of erosion and human activities on water quality

Download our presentation to understand how gauging rods were used

In this pack, pupils use gauging rods to see how Archimedes’ principle of upthrust was applied to life on the canal networks

Download our presentation to learn and apply the concept of water pressure to the challenges of designing a canal lock

In this pack students will identify with the concepts of forces and relate them to real life engineering design examples, focusing on canals