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Design a Theme Park

Plan rides, map the park, price the tickets and work out how many visitors you need.

Your mission

Design a theme park that is thrilling, safe and makes enough money to stay open.

Learning goals

  • • Use scale, area and money
  • • Balance excitement with safety
  • • Present a business case

You'll need

  • • Large paper
  • • Ruler
  • • Colours

Optional: Camera or tablet for photos of your work

Project stages

0/7 tasks

Discover

~30 min

Find out what you already know and gather ideas before you start building.

  • Ride research

    List the kinds of rides a park needs for every age group.

    ~30 min · Parent guidance: Check in at the end of the task and talk it through together.

    Extra challenge: add one more detail to your discover work and explain why you chose it.

Plan

~45 min

Turn your ideas into a plan you can actually follow.

  • Park map

    Draw your park to scale with zones, paths and facilities.

    ~45 min · Parent guidance: Check in at the end of the task and talk it through together.

    Extra challenge: add one more detail to your plan work and explain why you chose it.

Create

~45 min

Make the main part of your project.

  • Design your headline ride

    Draw and label your best ride, including its safety features.

    ~45 min · Parent guidance: Stay nearby for set-up, then let your learner lead.

    Extra challenge: add one more detail to your create work and explain why you chose it.

Test

~30 min

Try it out and see what works.

  • Crowd test

    Work out queue times if 500 people arrive at once.

    ~30 min · Parent guidance: Stay nearby for set-up, then let your learner lead.

    Extra challenge: add one more detail to your test work and explain why you chose it.

Improve

~25 min

Use what you learned to make it better.

  • Fix the bottleneck

    Change your layout to fix the worst queue.

    ~25 min · Parent guidance: Check in at the end of the task and talk it through together.

    Extra challenge: add one more detail to your improve work and explain why you chose it.

Present

~30 min

Share your work with your family or group.

  • Investor pitch

    Pitch your park: tickets, costs and why people will come.

    ~30 min · Parent guidance: Check in at the end of the task and talk it through together.

    Extra challenge: add one more detail to your present work and explain why you chose it.

Reflect

~15 min

Think about what you learned and what you would do next time.

  • Designer's notes

    What was the hardest trade-off you made?

    ~15 min · Parent guidance: Check in at the end of the task and talk it through together.

    Extra challenge: add one more detail to your reflect work and explain why you chose it.

Australian Curriculum links

Mathematics · Measurement and Space

Learners apply Mathematics skills while planning, making and presenting "Design a Theme Park".

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Technologies · Inquiry and skills

Learners apply Technologies skills while planning, making and presenting "Design a Theme Park".

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The Arts · Inquiry and skills

Learners apply The Arts skills while planning, making and presenting "Design a Theme Park".

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English · Inquiry and skills

Learners apply English skills while planning, making and presenting "Design a Theme Park".

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Reflection

  • • What part of this project are you most proud of?
  • • What was tricky, and how did you work it out?
  • • What would you change if you did it again?
  • • What is one new thing you can now explain to someone else?

Completion checklist

  • ☐ All stages marked complete
  • ☐ Final product finished
  • ☐ Evidence uploaded (photo, writing, audio or video)
  • ☐ Reflection questions answered
  • ☐ Presented to family or group
  • ☐ Parent review complete