Train Journey Investigation: Maps, Scale, Time, Timetables, Distance and Speed

A wide-ranging investigation for 10-12 year olds into a real or imaginary train journey.
We do this with our Primary 7 pupils before they go off to London for the week in November.
During the investigation we cover:
- how train timetables work
- working out time intervals between stops
- finding the route on an atlas
- learning about scale
- measuring with string
- taking averages
- using conversion tables to calculate distances in real life
and (for the ambitious)
- calculating speeds by first converting times in minutes to times in decimal hours!
I've written comprehensive notes for teachers and included lots of pupil copymasters, which our staff use flexibly depending on the level of their pupils.
There is enough to keep the children engaged for a week or more.
Have fun!
And if you use it, do let me know how it went. I always appreciate feedback. :-)