Air Powered Vehicle

Introduction

PLAY

BUILD

DRAW

Toy cars

Introduction

1- Groups

Six groups of 3/4 students

Introduction

2- Journal

1 Go to Drive 2 Create a new Document 3 Rename it 4 Share

Create Doc & Share

Investigate

From learning to use animals for transport and the invention of the wheel to the first roads, trains and aeroplanes What do you think was the first form of Transport?

4000 BC

The Domestication of Horses, Camels and Donkeys

Around 4000 BC, humans learnt to domesticate animals and use them for transport and trade. Capable of travelling long distances and carrying heavier loads, the use of animals made travel and trade easier and more efficient.

4000 BC - 3500 BC

The First River Boats

The first riverboats were invented in Ancient Egypt in 3500 BC. Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia began using river boats, which they made out of wood. These early riverboats continued to change and develop, with later civilisations creating stronger boats that could tackle the rougher seas and allow them to travel greater distances.

3500 BC

The Invention of the Wheel

Invented in Iraq, the wheel was used to create animal-drawn vehicles like horses and carriages. The invention of the wheel allowed for the first-ever vehicles of transport to be invented, like the chariot in 2000 BC, allowing for longer travel and more developed trade.

18th century

The Industrial Revolution

Beginning in Britain, the IndustrialRevolution saw the development of advanced machinery and manufacturing that changed the way the world produced and traded goods. During the Industrial Revolution, the first bicycle was made, the first motorways were invented, and the first car was built.

1886

When was the car Invented?

The first car with a gas engine was made in 1886 by Carl Benz. Cars continued to develop around the world, and in 1908, the first Ford cars were manufactured in America. Now, there are over 1.475 billion cars across the globe that run on petrol, battery and hydrogen.

Activity1:

Vehicle Research

1. Choose a vehicle (land, air, water) (old or modern)
2. Find 5 facts about it
3. Find a picture
4. Make a simple report about it in your shared doc
5. Follow the example given

Activity2:

Timeline

1. Check the Timeline of the History of Transportation2. Choose 4 vehicles3. Create the timeline

Explore

Design and build your own balloon-powered car that will travel as far and fast as possible.

Introduction

Balloon-powered cars, like the picture, are fun to build and even more fun to play with. You will be challenged to build and test your own balloon-powered car.

Car Parts

A balloon-powered car consists of three main parts: 1.- The body of the car (piece of cardboard or plastic bottle) 2.- The wheels of the car (CDs or plastic bottle caps) 3.- The axles, which connect the wheels to the body, and allow the wheels to spin (wooden skewers)

Balloon

Have you ever blown up a balloon and then let it go? The air rapidly escapes from the balloon, making it fly all over the room! This is because when you blow up a balloon, you increase the air pressure inside the balloon. This air pressure stretches out the balloon material. Both the air pressure and the stretched balloon have potential energy, or energy that is "waiting" to do something.

Balloon

When you let the balloon go, the air is rapidly squeezed out the opening of the balloon. The potential energy inside the balloon is converted to kinetic energy (movement). Because the air is pushed out rapidly backwards, there is a reaction force that pushes the balloon forward, as shown in the picture.

Balloon

When you just let a balloon go on its own, it tends to randomly fly around the room, and is almost impossible to steer. However, when you attach the balloon to a car, , you can make the balloon's energy to move the car forward! The engineering goal in this project will be to design, build, and test a car that is powered by nothing but a balloon. You want to design your car so it can travel as far as possible.

Copy and answer the questions in your shared document

Questions

1 What are we building? 2 What are the parts of balloon-powered car? 3 What happens when you let go an inflated balloon? 4 Define potential energy 5 What materials can you use to build balloon cars?

Develop

Choose the type of car you want to build and draw it

Label the materials you need

Materials

Go to Disanz website and look for the materials you need Fill in this Material Request Form

1 Coordinates 2 Let's play Battleship 3 Wanna play with a friend?

1 Go to Sratch 2 Sign in 3 Complete your data 4 Change your password

What's coding?

The TRACK

1 Create a new background (PAINT) 2 Choose a COLOR, the SQUARE and draw it 3 Choose the BRUSH, a COLOR and make it BIGGER. Then draw the track 4 Draw the FINISH LANE

The CAR

1 Create a new CHARACTER (car) 2 Paint it (Structure, wheels, lights...) 3 Change the size so it fits

Movement

1 Set STARTING position 2 Make the car TURN right and left 3 Change the car SPEED 4 Make it SAY "winner"

1 Decorate the BACKGROUND 2 Add another car (CHARACTER) 3 Make OBSTACLES

Code

Car 2

Car 1

1 Go to your project

2 Fill in the innstructions and credits

3 Click on share

What can you do?

1 Make the Game Controller 2 Set the alligator cables 3 Play!

Conductive Materials

Create a Document and Share it with your group 1) Go to Drive 2) Click on "New" Google Doc 3) Add a name :