Section outline

  • Make a Whirlybird from Paper - Scientific American

    Context - Relationships have consequences that allow Environments/Societies to Survive/Thrive

    Big Idea :  Our focus this term is on developing our understanding of our Physical World and how the relationship between concepts such as Force & Motion is used in our everyday life, and how electricity & magnetism is useful for human society to progress in technology. 

    EXPLORE / TŪHURA

    EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

    • We are EXPLORING...the concepts relating to Forces by classifying the type of forces, investigating and measuring forces in everyday objects.
    This week we will be focussing on doing a practice NCEA task - With the teacher's direction, to carry out a practical physics investigation that leads to a linear mathematical relationship.  We will be doing a Paper Helicopter Investigation.
    Success criteria:
    • I can write draw the aim, hypothesis and steps of doing the investigation
    • I can identify the Variables - independent, dependent and constants
    • I can accurately gather data in the form of a table
    • I can make a linear graph using the data, analyse, discuss and make conclusions from the investigation.
    Activities - Do NOW
    • Follow the teacher's instructions. We will be using the Education Perfect task on 'Paper Helicopter Investigation' that has been assigned to you as a practice of the NCEA task.
    Session 1: Independent work (with teacher support)

    1. Write down the Aim, Hypothesis, and Variable - Independent, Dependent, and constants
    2. Write out the steps of doing the investigation and how the data is going to be collected.

    Session 2 - Group work (teacher assigned groups of 3)

    1. Carry out your investigation and record your data.

    Session 3: Independent work (with teacher support)

    • Use the data to make a linear graph
    • Write out the analysis, conclusion and discussion as per the instruction sheet provided.