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    EXPLORE / TŪHURA

    EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

    • We are EXPLORING our context of Tupuānuku and Tupuārangi by observing the designs of gliders, manu tukutuku and wakas to investigate how different forces help them move.
    • We are EXPLORING Tupuārangi by researching on different Māori scientists Polynesian wakas and connecting this to our learning in physics
    • We are EXPLORING Tupuārangi by investigating how friction and air resistance help wakas, gliders and manu tukutuku

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    Welcome back Yr  7s! This term our context is 'Tupuānuku and Tupuārangi'. In science we will be focusing on Tupuārangi - birds, and specifically how they fly ( wing design, principles of flight etc. 

    Over the next few weeks you should be able to: 




    Key words: forces, friction, air resistance, thrust, magnetic, electrostatic, support, buoyancy, contact and non-contact forces, newtons, balance and unbalanced , Newtons laws. 

    Key words linked to context: waka hourua, waka taua, waka tētē, waka tīwai, waka ama 




    Activities and experiments over the next few weeks: 

    1. Contact and non-contact forces - rotation station

    2. Brainpop activities and scientific literacy ( this will be on Google classroom) 

    3. Observing electrostatic forces

    4. Waka designs ( looking at some examples from the art department)  and designing your own within your groups  

    - Researching on waka and traditional Polynesian canoes , testing buoyancy of different objects 

    5. Glider design and creation ( in tech) which we will use in science to explain the physics concepts through. 

    6. Newton's Laws - experiment

    7. Parachute and kite design and looking at variables that affect this.

     





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