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Egg Drop Evaluation
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Egg Drop Evaluation

Students complete this worksheet after testing their egg drop design and watching others in the class. They sketch their design, and then reflect on how and why it was successful, with a focus on materials choice. They’re encouraged to look at areas that could be improved upon, as well as ideas that others had that might help their design, which they’re asked to incorporate in their improved design.

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Learning goals

  • We are learning to build new vocabulary from a range of sources including technical and subject specific language, such as synonyms and antonyms.
  • We are learning to build new vocabulary from a range of sources including technical and subject specific language.
  • We are learning to gather ideas and information in spoken texts by making notes, asking questions and seeking assistance and presenting ideas and opinions using appropriate levels of formality.
  • We are learning to use active listening skills, appropriate tone, pace, pitch and volume to communicate and interact clearly and appropriately in a range of situations, discussions and presentations.
  • We are learning to collect, interpret and discuss data using digital tools, e.g. tally charts, digital tables, graphing or spreadsheets; represent data using many-to-one pictographs, column graphs and other displays.
  • We are learning to construct data displays from given or collected data, including tables, column graphs and picture graphs where one picture can represent many data values.
  • We are learning to examine design and technologies that impact the design of products, services and environments to meet community needs.
  • We are learning to recognise the role of people in design and technologies occupations and explore how sustainability impacts product, service and environment design to meet community needs.
  • We are learning to describe how forces and the properties of materials affect function in a product or system.
  • We are learning to investigate how forces and the properties of materials affect the behaviour of a product or system.
  • We are learning to explore needs or opportunities for designing and test materials, components, tools, equipment and processes needed to create designed solutions.
  • We are learning to investigate the suitability of materials, systems, components, tools and equipment for a range of purposes.
  • We are learning to critique needs or opportunities for designing and explore and test a variety of materials, components, tools and equipment needed to produce designed solutions.
  • We are learning to generate and communicate design ideas and decisions using appropriate attributions, technical terms and graphical representation techniques.
  • We are learning to generate, develop and communicate design ideas and decisions using appropriate technical terms and graphical representations.
  • We are learning to select and use materials, components, tools, equipment and techniques to safely make designed solutions.
  • We are learning to select and use materials, components, tools, equipment and techniques and use safe work practices to make designed solutions.
  • We are learning to use design criteria to evaluate ideas and solutions.
  • We are learning to evaluate design ideas, processes and solutions based on success criteria.
  • We are learning to sequence steps to individually and collaboratively make designed solutions.
  • We are learning to plan a sequence of production steps when making designed solutions, both individually and collaboratively.
  • We are learning to understand that natural and processed materials have a range of physical properties that can influence how they are used, e.g. metal and plastic waste can lead to pollution.

Curriculum alignment

AC9S4I03 9 Follow procedures to make and record observations, including making formal measurements using familiar scaled instruments and using digital tools as appropriate AC9TDE4K02 9

Describe how forces and the properties of materials affect function in a product or system

 AC9S4H02 9 Consider how people use scientific explanations to meet a need or solve a problem AC9S4H01 9 Examine how people use data to develop scientific explanations AC9M4ST01 9 Acquire data for categorical and discrete numerical variables to address a question of interest or purpose using digital tools; represent data using many-to-one pictographs, column graphs and other displays or visualisations; interpret and discuss the information that has been created AC9S4I01 9 Pose questions to explore observed patterns and relationships and make predictions based on observations AC9S4U04 9 Examine the properties of natural and made materials including fibres, metals, glass and plastics and consider how these properties influence their use AC9S4I02 9 Use provided scaffolds to plan and conduct investigations to answer questions or test predictions, including identifying the elements of fair tests, and considering the safe use of materials and equipment AC9TDE4P05 9

Sequence steps to individually and collaboratively make designed solutions

 AC9TDE4P04 9

Use given or co-developed design criteria including sustainability to evaluate design ideas and solutions

 AC9TDE4P03 9

Select and use materials, components, tools, equipment and techniques to safely make designed solutions

 AC9S4I04 9 Construct and use representations, including tables, simple column graphs and visual or physical models, to organise data and information, show simple relationships and identify patterns AC9E4LA11 9 Expand vocabulary by exploring a range of synonyms and antonyms, and using words encountered in a range of sources AC9TDE4P01 9

Explore needs or opportunities for designing, and test materials, components, tools, equipment and processes needed to create designed solutions

 AC9E4LY02 9 Listen for key points and information to carry out tasks and contribute to discussions, acknowledging another opinion, linking a response to the topic, and sharing and extending ideas and information AC9TDE4K01 9

Examine design and technologies occupations and factors including sustainability that impact on the design of products, services and environments to meet community needs

 AC9S4I05 9 Compare findings with those of others, consider if investigations were fair, identify questions for further investigation and draw conclusions AC9TDE4P02 9

Generate and communicate design ideas and decisions using appropriate attributions, technical terms and graphical representation techniques, including using digital tools

 AC9S4I06 9 Write and create texts to communicate findings and ideas for identified purposes and audiences, using scientific vocabulary and digital tools as appropriate ACSIS069 8.4 Reflect on investigations, including whether a test was fair or not ACELA1498 8.4 Incorporate new vocabulary from a range of sources into students’ own texts including vocabulary encountered in research ACSHE062 8.4 Science knowledge helps people to understand the effect of their actions ACSIS071 8.4 Represent and communicate observations, ideas and findings using formal and informal representations ACSIS064 8.4 With guidance, identify questions in familiar contexts that can be investigated scientifically and make predictions based on prior knowledge ACELY1688 8.4 Use interaction skills such as acknowledging another’s point of view and linking students’ response to the topic, using familiar and new vocabulary and a range of vocal effects such as tone, pace, pitch and volume to speak clearly and coherently ACELY1687 8.4 Interpret ideas and information in spoken texts and listen for key points in order to carry out tasks and use information to share and extend ideas and information ACSIS065 8.4 With guidance, plan and conduct scientific investigations to find answers to questions, considering the safe use of appropriate materials and equipment ACSHE061 8.4 Science involves making predictions and describing patterns and relationships ACSIS216 8.4 Compare results with predictions, suggesting possible reasons for findings ACSIS066 8.4 Consider the elements of fair tests and use formal measurements and digital technologies as appropriate, to make and record observations accurately ACTDEP017 8.4

Evaluate design ideas, processes and solutions based on criteria for success developed with guidance and including care for the environment

 ACTDEP014 8.4

Critique needs or opportunities for designing and explore and test a variety of materials, components, tools and equipment and the techniques needed to produce designed solutions

 ACTDEK010 8.4

Recognise the role of people in design and technologies occupations and explore factors, including sustainability that impact on the design of products, services and environments to meet community needs

 ACTDEP015 8.4

Generate, develop, and communicate design ideas and decisions using appropriate technical terms and graphical representation techniques

 ACTDEP016 8.4

Select and use materials, components, tools, equipment and techniques and use safe work practices to make designed solutions

 ACTDEK013 8.4

Investigate the suitability of materials, systems, components, tools and equipment for a range of purposes

 ACTDEP018 8.4

Plan a sequence of production steps when making designed solutions individually and collaboratively

 ACTDEK011 8.4

Investigate how forces and the properties of materials affect the behaviour of a product or system

 ACMSP096 8.4 Construct suitable data displays, with and without the use of digital technologies, from given or collected data. Include tables, column graphs and picture graphs where one picture can represent many data values ACSSU074 8.4 Natural and processed materials have a range of physical properties that can influence their use
MA2-1WM old Uses appropriate terminology to describe, and symbols to represent, mathematical ideas ST2-5LW-T old Describes how agricultural processes are used to grow plants and raise animals for food, clothing and shelter ST2-7MW-T old Investigates the suitability of natural and processed materials for a range of purposes ST2-2DP-T old Selects and uses materials, tools and equipment to develop solutions for a need or opportunity ST2-1WS-S old Questions, plans and conducts scientific investigations, collects and summarises data and communicates using scientific representations ST2-3DP-T old Defines problems, describes and follows algorithms to develop solutions ST2-11DI-T old Describes how digital systems represent and transmit data ST2-6MW-S old Describes how adding or removing heat causes a change of state MA2-18SP old Selects appropriate methods to collect data, and constructs, compares, interprets and evaluates data displays, including tables, picture graphs and column graphs MA2-3WM old Checks the accuracy of a statement and explains the reasoning used MA2-2WM old Selects and uses appropriate mental or written strategies, or technology, to solve problems ST2-4LW-S old Compares features and characteristics of living and non-living things ST2-10ES-S old Investigates regular changes caused by interactions between the Earth and the Sun, and changes to the Earth’s surface ST2-8PW-ST old Describes the characteristics and effects of common forms of energy, such as light and heat ST2-9PW-ST old Describes how contact and non-contact forces affect an object’s motion EN2-1A old Communicates in a range of informal and formal contexts by adopting a range of roles in group, classroom, school and community contexts EN2-9B old Uses effective and accurate sentence structure, grammatical features, punctuation conventions and vocabulary relevant to the type of text when responding to and composing texts MA2-DATA-02 new Iinterprets data in tables, dot plots and column graphs EN2-OLC-01 new Communicates with familiar audiences for social and learning purposes, by interacting, understanding and presenting EN2-VOCAB-01 new Builds knowledge and use of Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary through interacting, wide reading and writing, and by defining and analysing words EN2-RECOM-01 new Reads and comprehends texts for wide purposes using knowledge of text structures and language, and by monitoring comprehension MA2-DATA-01 new Collects discrete data and constructs graphs using a given scale
VCDSTC027 Investigate the suitability of materials, systems, components, tools and equipment for a range of purposes VCELY307 Interpret ideas and information in spoken texts and listen for key points in order to carry out tasks and use information to share and extend ideas and use interaction skills VCDSTC024 Investigate how forces and the properties of materials affect the behaviour of a designed solution VCELA293 Incorporate new vocabulary from a range of sources, including vocabulary encountered in research, into own texts VCSIS072 Represent and communicate observations, ideas and findings to show patterns and relationships using formal and informal scientific language VCDSCD028 Critique needs or opportunities for designing and explore and test a variety of materials, components, tools and equipment and the techniques needed to create designed solutions VCSIS071 Reflect on an investigation, including whether a test was fair or not VCMSP179 Construct suitable data displays, with and without the use of digital technologies, from given or collected data. Include tables, column graphs and picture graphs where one picture can represent many data values VCDSTS023 Recognise the role of people in design and technologies occupations and explore factors, including sustainability, that impact on the design of solutions to meet community needs VCSIS070 Compare results with predictions, suggesting possible reasons for findings VCDSCD029 Generate, develop, and communicate design ideas and decisions using appropriate technical terms and graphical representation techniques VCSIS068 Use formal measurements in the collection and recording of observations VCDSCD030 Select and use materials, components, tools and equipment using safe work practices to produce designed solutions VCDSCD031 Evaluate design ideas, processes and solutions based on criteria for success developed with guidance and including care for the environment and communities VCSIS067 Safely use appropriate materials, tools, equipment and technologies VCDSCD032 Plan a sequence of production steps when making designed solutions VCSIS065 With guidance, identify questions in familiar contexts that can be investigated scientifically and predict what might happen based on prior knowledge VCSSU060 Natural and processed materials have a range of physical propertiesΝΎ these properties can influence their use VCSSU056 Science knowledge helps people to understand the effects of their actions

Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.

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