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describe how forces and the properties of materials affect function in a product or system (AC9TDE4K02)

Elaborations
  • researching how First Nations Australians consider buoyant forces as they select materials for watercraft, for example making bark or dugout canoes
  • looking at models to identify how materials are used and movement is created, for example in the design of a toy with wheels or moving parts
  • exploring through play how movement can be started by combining materials and using forces, for example releasing a wound rubber band to propel a model boat, how different materials may impact a marble roll speed, or how various surfaces from carpet to grass to concrete might affect a robot’s movement

  • deconstructing a product or system to identify how motion and forces affect performance, for example in a puppet such as a Japanese bunraku puppet or a model windmill with moving sails

  • identifying engineered systems and experimenting with available local materials, tools and equipment to solve problems, for example designing a container or parachute that will keep an egg intact when dropped from a height; a pop-up card; a tower; or a vehicle
General capabilities
  • Literacy Literacy
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and Creative Thinking
ScOT terms

Materials,  Properties of matter,  Mechanical engineering,  Engineering,  Mechanical energy

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