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You have become interested in the Off Road
Racing scene after watching a news special on a weekend race meet
near where you live.
You like the idea of racing your own vehicle but want to find out
more.
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You have become interested in the Off Road
Racing scene after watching a news special on a weekend race meet
near where you live.
You like the idea of racing your own vehicle but want to find out
more.
TASK 1: You need to
investigate what is involved in off road racing because your mum and
dad won't let you race until they know more about the sport. The
following links will help you to investigate the sport.
Use this worksheet to help prepare
some information for your parents. Click here
to view the worksheet online.
You could present your information in the form of a report or
explanation.
TASK 2: Your parents have agreed to let to try Off Road Racing but they want you to design your own car. You must give them a detailed design plan with diagrams and clear labels considering the following requirements;
* Which car class you are entering.
* What materials you are going to use for your frame (remembering you want the car to be light and aerodynamic)
* What shape your car is going to be, remembering you want it to roll in a crash.
* What size your cockpit is going to be eg. for 1 Person , 2 People or more people.
* Where is your safety cage going to be?
* Do you need a windscreen? If so what is it going to be made of? Glass?
* What is the size and position of your fuel tank?
* Where is the engine going to be located in the car?
* What size are your tyres going to be?
* Where are you going to locate your safety requirement? Fire extinguisher, First Aid Kit, Tow Rope
TASK 3: Your parents love your
design and they have found someone to build the car for you. This
person wants to see your design made as a model. You now need to make
a model of your car. You can make your own model using household
materials or you can use lego technics.
Some suggested household materials could be:
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You may have to make a quick re-sketch of your design and label which household materials you are going to use for each part of the car.
TASK 4: An off road racing
association has heard about your fabulous car design and model and
now want you to design a track for their annual off road racing
challenge.
You may wish to examine some track designs from other sites before you begin.
About An Off Road Racing Track.
Long Track - Linear Track (There and back).
Your track design needs to include the following;
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TASK 5: Your off road racing vehicle now needs a colour as well as a logo/sign/symbol to be placed on the doors.These logos/signs/symbols sometimes include the sponsors of the cars. This is so the spectators and officials can easily identify your car during the race.
Check out the following car colours and designs for inspiration and then design you own.
You may use coloured pencils, crayons or paints to highlight your design.
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OUTCOMES: TASK 1: English WS3.9 Produces a wide range of well-structured and well-presented literary and factual texts for a wide variety of purposes and sudiences using increasingly challenging topics, ideas, issues and written language features. TASK 2, 3 & 4: Science and Technology INV S3.7 Conducts their own invesigations and makes judgements based on the results of observing, questioning, planning, predicting, testing, collecting, recording and analysing data and drawing conclusions. Science and Technology DM S3.8 Develops and resolves a design task by planning, implementing, managing and evaluating design processes. Science and Technology UT S3.9 Evaluates, selects and uses a range of equipment, computer-based technology, materials and other resources to meet the requirements and constraints of investigating and designing tasks. TASK 5: Visual Arts VA S3.2 Makes artworks for different audiences assembling materials in a variety of ways. |
