Year 9 science : March 2013

Models and reports due on Monday 25th March

Models can be brought to me in the morning to save you carrying them- come to my room before P1.
reports can be emailed to rti@cheney.oxon.sch.uk

level ladder for birdmen task is below- email me for your target level if you cannot remember them

To get level	You might	APP Link
3	Research using a website or resource that has been given to you.	–
	Design a flying machine.	–
	Label the parts that will help it to fly.	1.3.1
	Suggest how the parts will help it to fly.	1.3.2
	Use scientific words and ideas to describe and explain your ideas.	3.3.2
4	Research using one website or resource.	–
	Design a flying machine.	–
	Use scientific ideas to explain how it will fly.	1.4.1
	Use a simple model to explain how it will fly (e.g. labelled force arrows).	1.4.2
	Use appropriate scientific words and ideas to describe and explain your ideas.	3.4.3
5	Research websites and books, using evidence rather than opinion to support your scientific ideas.	3.5.1
	Design a flying machine.	–
	Use the idea of forces to describe how it should fly.	1.5.1
	Use force diagrams to explain how it should fly.	1.5.2
	Use appropriate scientific words and units to communicate abstract ideas.	3.5.3
6	Research using websites and books; identify lack of balance in the presentation of information or evidence.	3.6.1
	Design a flying machine, using scientific ideas.	–
	Use the idea of forces to describe how it should fly, in more than one stage e.g. take off, flying and landing.	1.6.1
	Explain how your machine will fly, referring to your diagrams.	1.6.2
	Choose forms to communicate qualitative or quantitative data appropriate to the data and the purpose of the communication.	3.6.2
7	Research appropriate websites and books. Where appropriate, explain how information or evidence from various sources may have been manipulated in order to influence interpretation.	3.7.1
	Design a flying machine using a range of scientific ideas.	2.7.1
	Make explicit connections between your force diagrams and how your machine should fly.	1.7.1
	Use a systematic approach in deciding the relative importance of a number of factors when explaining how the machine will fly.	1.7.2
	Use a range of detailed scientific language and conventions appropriately and fluently.	–
8	Research appropriate resources and critically evaluate information and evidence from these sources, explaining limitations, misrepresentation or lack of balance.	3.8.1
	Design a flying machine using a range of scientific ideas.	–
	Describe or explain how the machine will fly, logically and in detail, drawing on a range of scientific ideas.	1.8.1
	Select and justify an appropriate approach to evaluating the relative importance of a number of different factors when explaining how the machine will fly.	1.8.2
	Use a range of detailed scientific language and conventions appropriately and fluently.	–

Birdmen task:

Every year, around the country, people design ‘Birdmen’ contraptions and try to fly a certain distance off the end of piers. The aim is to get as far as possible before falling into the sea!

Not many people are successful; do you think you can do any better?

Build a scale birdman model yourself, to fit a ‘Barbie doll’ sized pilot. You will test it in class to see the effectiveness of your design.

Consider what makes things fly and how you can include this in your design.

Include descriptions of why you made your model the way you did.

Try and identify the forces which will be acting on your birdman model to help it fly (or not!).