The Catapult Challenge

Inviato da CamTim il Gio, 09/07/2020 - 14:01

General Info


The Catapult Challenge
Abstract

This is one of the activities performed during the Erasmus+ project STEAM like Leonardo.

It is a mission-based approach whose main aim is to design a catapult. 

This catapult has to throw a tennis ball in a basket placed at 1.5 m distance, and over a wall of 1 m height placed at half of the distance.

This final task implies 2 previous stages:

1. Theoretical part: students choose a role they will like to perform according to their skills.

They have to search, to identify and to decode the information in order to achieve their sub-task: engineer, historian, physicist, narrator, technician.

It is designed a presentation of the 5 roles connected to STEAM: 

https://prezi.com/p/6ampvk36uytl/task-3-catapul-challenge-grup-b/

2. Practical part: students design collaboratively the catapult and show the result in a short film: https://youtu.be/8Zlwahwp3E0

 


Lingua
English
Disciplina STEAM
Scienza
Tecnologia
Ingegneria
Arte
Matematica
Licenza
CC BY-NC-SA
Autore della pratica
Timofte Camelia
Occupazione dell'autore
teacher
Organizzazione dell'autore
Școala Gimnazială George Emil Palade

Audience and Educational Framework


Competenza del pubblico
Capace
Livello di istruzione (EQF)
6
Fascia d'età
12-18

Educational Details


Materia scolastica
Physics
Descrizione della pratica

1. Stage one

Theoretical stage – 4 h

Students work in pairs/groups to design theoretical presentations about their assigned missions: narrators, historians, physicists, engineers and technicians.

International pairs or groups choose the appropriate digital tool to design collaboratively their research work.

The students choose their roles according to their skills and interest.

The result can be seen here.

https://prezi.com/p/6ampvk36uytl/task-3-catapul-challenge-grup-b/

 

<iframe src="https://prezi.com/p/6ampvk36uytl/embed/" id="iframe_container" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen="" mozallowfullscreen="" allowfullscreen="" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" height="315" width="560"></iframe>

 

Practical stage – 6 hours

Local team design  a catapult to accomplish the challenge: “to make the ball land a basket in a hoop about 30 cm diameter and about 30 cm in height. The hoop has to be located at a distance of 1.5m of distance and it will be necessary for the shot to overcome an obstacle of 1m in height placed just in the middle.”

https://youtu.be/8Zlwahwp3E0


Durata
5 giorni
Difficoltà
Difficile
Uso educativo
Curriculum

Risultati dell'apprendimento

Ø Searching for and selecting accurate data having a specific learning purpose

Ø Designing educational presentation according to the mission assigned using various online tools

Ø Working collaboratively to design a presentation on a specific topic

Ø Incorporating the missions results into a common educational presentation


Modalità di consegna
Misto
Paese che è stato implementato
Romania
Organizzazione a cui è stato applicato
SCHOOL GEORGE EMIL PALADE
Dimensione del pubblico
30

Valutazione e lezioni apprese

The key competencies are assessed:

-social skills – ability to communicate effectively to design collaboratively an educational product – number of educational product designed collaboratively

-English skills – ability to use English effectively to convey accurately the information – language accuracy and appropriateness of information designed by the students

-ICT skills – ability to use a digital tool to present appropriately the result of collaboration – quality of the educational products, features of designed products, interactive elements

 

Transversal competencies:

-STEAM approach involvement – identifying accurate solutions to difficulties raised using critical thinking and making decision appropriately.

Using information from STEAM related subjects to design the catapult – accomplishing the challenge.


Educational material/resources (file/URL) accompanying the practice


Materiale didattico/risorse

License
CC BY-NC-SA
Educational Resource Type
experiment
Interactivity Type
mixed
Language

Inglese

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It can be seen on youtube.


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