The Peak Academy - Home Learning
Group: Skiddaw Date: 11th May – Week 4 Subject: Mechanics
Learning Outcome: To make a moving vehicle from waste items found around the house Explain how it works Recall how you made it Learning Task:
Make a moving vehicle for items found around the house. You can make it from anything you want e.g. Lego, Meccano, wood, plastic bottles/containers, tubes from toilet rolls, bottle tops, etc. It must be able to roll with a push or under its own power for 1 meter (1 good pace)
To help you with your research you can go online and there are some links below to give you some ideas of how to make a car that can move by itself.
Key questions:
List the items you used.
Explain how it works.
Describe how you made it.
What would you do differently next time?
Links to useful websites/ video clips:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eOo90Dv7RU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xhEXDrMMLg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4cwXFywG-U
Ways you can feedback:
Fill in this word document, type your answers under the question. Then save it to your files then email it to the below email address- The heading of the email should have your Initials then Mechanics then whatever week it is (for example- AR Mechanics WK 4). Then email to me at - [email protected]
Or take a photograph of your practical work and email it to me at- [email protected]
If you are not sure how to email or add your work to an email then please let your Teacher, T.A, or whoever call
you know as soon as possible as they will talk you through the easy process.
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