speedboating with Year 10/11

 

The teacher went through the lesson plan of travelling on two different speedboats, one where there is lever and steering wheel when the other one is for the pupils to steer the boat in various directions using the lever to control the engine at the back of the boat. The pupils each had a go at steering the engine boat following the directions supported by the teacher as they went along the lake either left or right, up and down or creating a circular motion in the waves. After we went inside to have lunch as the teacher explained to the pupils that they were going to go out in the second speedboat. When we got down to shore the teacher asked what skills the pupils could remember from last lesson with how to steer the boat. The pupils acknowledged the skills of having one hand on the steering wheel and the other on the lever at all times to explore the movements of neutral, forward and reverse. They took it in turns to showcase those skills.