Mangonel

+TECHNOLOGY UNIT PLANNER

Project Title: Move It!      Group Members:BROOK,JADE AND KATE.

Group Roles:   Designer: BROOK   Prototype Builder : JADE Google Docs Guru:KATE

DESCRIPTION OF CONTEXT:  Investigating ways of transferring energy to cause movement in vehicles
BRIEF: (add yours in here, copy and paste from this file) Mangonel To build a device to shoot a table­ tennis ball over a barrier, the height being increased after each round. You are only allowed to hold the ball before ‘firing’, you must not hold the frame of the device and neither may it be taped to the floor. Only one person from a team is permitted to hold and fire the mangle. You will be allowed one attempt at each barrier height, so your device must be reliable and also sufficiently robust to last several rounds. Assessment – SOLO Rubric  (see below)
Prior Knowledge needed: How are forces used in the real world to create this type of movement? (provide examples and/or drawings from what you already know) * WE ARE USING FRICTION BY PUTTING THE BALLOON AND TOILET ROLL TOGETHER AND THEY ARE RUBBING TO CREATE FRICTION. *  * *WHEN YOU PULL THE BALLOON BACK AND LET IT GO THRUST IS CREATED WHICH PUSHES THE PING PONG BALL FORWARDS.
Resources required: ping bong ball balloon toilet roll	KEY FOCUS:      Follow the Technological Process Ask What is the goal? Why must we create this technology? Imagine What will the technology look like? What kind of research should we do? Plan How can we achieve the goal? Design your prototype Create Build a prototype(first design) and observe if problems occur. Improve Generate  solutions/fixes to the original prototype Evaluate how successful your design was.

Timetable for completion of tasks:

Date	Task	√ if deadline met
Friday 4 September	Choose your group and your challenge.  Add group names to google doc.	√
Tuesday 8 September	On google doc add brief and details in Prior Knowledge section. Resources are organised, add list to google doc.	√
Wednesday 9 September	Plan is drawn, labelled and photo of it added to this doc.	√
Tuesday 15 September	First prototype made and trialed.  Notes made on this doc.	√
Wednesday 16 September	Improvements made and tested. Notes made on this doc.  Photo of design added to this doc. SOLO Rubric completed.	√

Photo of the drawing of your design, include labels describing parts of your model and materials used.  Date Completed____16/9_______
Add a photo of your design:  Date completed______16/9________
First Trial Notes It went will but it was not great i thing we need to add somethings	Refinements Needed it went 1.5m	Date completed 9/9
Second Trial Notes it fell apart when we played with it	Refinements Needed we need to make a new one	Date Completed 16/9
Final Trial Notes It did not work and we need a new design	How successful was our design? not really good but OK	Date Completed 17/9
How well did the members of our team work? You have $300 to award to the members of your team according to: the effort they put in to making your team work well the effort they put in to helping your challenge to be successful. Allocate the $300 amongst your team according to this criteria. Name $$ earned Reason 1.JADE 100 BECAUSE SHE HAS HELPED A LOT AND GETTING OUT OF HER ZONE. 2.KATE 100 BECAUSE SHE HAS BEEN A GOOD MEMBER AND HELPING THE GROUP   3.BROOK 100 BECAUSE SHE HELPED BY USING HER BRAIN FOR THE WHEN SHE WAS DRAWING THE DESIGN