Loan Boxes:
Isambard kingdom brunel

Loan Box 3: Famous Individuals – Isambard Kingdom Brunel (KS1)

Exploring the life and achievements of Isambard Kingdom Brunel and the changes that his GWR and branch lines brought to our local area

Background information about Brunel’s life and work
Information about the picture packs and how to use them.
A series of teaching resources and activities including:
- What did Brunel build? – a sorting activity, encouraging children to explore some of Brunel’s work.
- The Great Western Challenge – a role play or writing activity, encouraging children to find solutions to some of the problems faced by Brunel during the building of the GWR.
- The Great Bridge Challenge – a STEM project. Children investigate techniques, construct a model, then test and evaluate their designs. Includes challenge cards and complete pupil record book.