Yr7 Race for the Line
It encourages our Year 7 students to work in teams to design and make a rocket powered car, then race them. It covers a wide range of engineering disciplines including designing, making, aerodynamic design and testing. There will be a race as part of the series of lessons.
Please see below for the lesson content (you do need to be logged in to view these though).
Lesson 01 - Introduction and Website Orientation
Lesson 02 - Research Aerodynamic Vehicles - Click here for your Homework Sheet
Lesson 03 - Specification
Lesson 04 - Virtual Wind Tunnel
Lesson 05 - Initial ideas (may be combined with Lesson 06)
Lesson 06 - Final ideas
Lesson 07 - STAR response
Lesson 08 - Make 1
Lesson 09 - Make 2
Lesson 10 - Make 3 - Evaluation so far
Lesson 11 - Make 4
Lesson 12 - Make 5 (may be missed in some rotations)
Lesson 13 - Assembly and finishing touches
Lesson 14 - Finishing (may be missed in some rotations)
Lesson 15 - RACE DAY! - Results;
Lesson 16 - Evaluation