DAY 5

Here are your tasks for today

1. Blog results and conclusion
2. Blog on group's reflection
3. Reflect on Individual Learning ( Worksheet)

Day 3

Here are your tasks for Day 3

1. Finish constructing your kite
2. Blog the steps taken to make the kite
3. Blog response to math question
4. Carry out the experiment
5. Record results of the experiment

Day 2

Day 2

Here are your tasks for today!

1. Make your own kite ( each group will make at least 2 kites
2. Record the steps taken to make the kite
3. Respond to the maths tasks
4. Blog steps taken to make the kite and response to the maths tasks.

Maths Task

Question 1: What is area? Why is it important to learn about area? (Suggest situations or applications of the concept of area to your daily-life)



Question 2: Describe how you can go about finding the area/ perimeter of one of your kite.

You may consider the following:
Ø What are some of the information that you will need to find the area of your kite?
Ø What measurements would you need? What do you need to do with the measurements you have?
Ø Is there an alternative method?

Day 1

DAY 1

Here are what you need to do for Day 1

1. Form your groups of 4-5 ( There should be at least two different races in your group)
2. Give a name to your group
3. Assign Roles for each member ( Leader, Reporter, Questioner, Encourager)
4. Brainstorm on ideas
5. Draft hypothesis
6. Blog the hypothesis
7. Plan and Design Experiment

Have Fun with Kites!

Task Description:

As a group, you will decide how a kite can be constructed so that it stays longer in the air.

You will form a hypothesis on which change (choose only material or size) is likely to allow the kite to stay longer in the air. For example, if you think that changing the size wil lead it to stay longer in the air, then you will make two kites of different sizes. You will then carry out fair tests to compare the different sizes of the kite.

During the course of the project, you will blog your progress which include the following :

- Members in the group (Day 1)
- Group's hypothesis (Day 1)
- Steps taken to make the kite (Day 2 & Day 3)
- Steps taken to test the kite (Day 3 and Day 4)
- Findings and conclusion (Day 5)
- Group's reflection (Day 5)

At the end of the project, groups will give an oral presentation of their findings which include the following:

- Group's hypothesis
- Steps taken to make the kite
- Steps taken to test the kite
- Findings & conclusion

Let's Have Fun With Kites!

IPW Week Overview

Click on the image for a clearer view.

* Note that Day 3 and 4 are interchangeable.

How to ensure a fair test ?

How to ensure a fair test?

By changing one variable at a time and keeping the others the same, we have a fair test.

Anything that affects the result in a test is called a variable.

For Example:

My Hypothesis - I GUESS that sea water will evaporate the fastest BECAUSE with the impurities present, there will be less water.

To test my hypothesis, I construct a fair test by placing 3 dishes of equal volume containing different types of water in the same location over a few days.

In this case, the only variable that I change is the type of water. The volume, exposed area, humididty level remains unchanged.

How to write a hypothesis?

A hypothesis statement should contain a likely reason.

How to make a kite (Part 1)

How to make a kite (Part 2)

How to make a kite (Part 3)

How to make a kite (Part 4)

How to make a kite (Part 5)

How to make a kite (Part 6)

More about kites

Interested in finding out more about kites?

Click on the following links!

How does a kite fly?

Singapore Kite Association

Make your own kite!

Ground Rules for Brainstorming

What Roles do We Play?

Leader

• Let everyone speak one at a time


• Remind everyone to talk only about the project


• Give an equal amount of work to everyone


• Keep track of progress

Reporter

• Write down the duties of ech member


• Record the ides of members

Questioner

• Remind everyone to talk only about the project


• Raise questions when in doubt


• Clarifies ideas

Encourager

• Praise members for interesting ideas


• Thank members for conrtibutions


• Ask members what they think of others' ideas

How to insert tables into the blog?

One of the ways to insert tables into the blog, you have to create the blog using Microsoft Powerpoint. After you have keyed in the data in the table, right click on the mouse and select " save as picture" as shown in the picture below. ( Take note to save the file as *.png)

After saving the picture in your thumbdrive, you may proceed to insert the picture into your blog.

Hope this helps to clarifies some of the problem.

How to post pictures to your blog?

Please refer to the link to find out how you can post pictures to your blog.


http://www.google.com/support/blogger/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=41641

Reflection

To help you in your reflections, you may like to consider the following questions

• Have you spent adequate time working on the project?
• Are you satisfied with the effort you put into the project
• What are some thing I will do the same the next time?
• What are some things that change?
• What did you learn from the process of doing the project?

Cyber Wellness

Netiquette
(Customs or rules that are regarded as correct in the Cyber World. )

• Be mindful of how your friends will feel.
• Try to imagine yourself in their situation.
• Avoid typing in CAPTITAL LETTERS. If you would like to emphasize on something, use italics or bold or change the colour of the word(s).

Copyright Issues
(Legal right granted to someone for their work)

• Rephrase what you have found out.
E.g. “Hold the kite in both hands and toss it lightly into the wind until the wind catches it. This works well when the wind is moderately strong.” -- http://www.ehow.com/how_1289_fly-kite.html
– Rephrase to “We need to use both hands to toss the kite into the wind.”
• Be mindful of where we get the pictures
• Limit your pictures to those found in Microsoft Clip art or take your own photos