Go Ballistic: Plan carefully for the sake of your human cannonball!
In this show-stopping workshop, teams collaborate to fire projectiles – working out angles, distances and trajectories to make sure their cannonball lands on target.
We explore how scientific modelling and physical forces explain how human cannonballs land safely
Students will be working scientifically to
- Pay attention to objectivity and concern for accuracy, precision, repeatability and reproducibility.
- Make predictions using scientific knowledge and understanding
use appropriate techniques, apparatus, and materials during fieldwork and laboratory work, paying attention to health and safety. - Apply mathematical concepts and calculate results.
- Present observations and data using appropriate methods, including tables and graphs.
- Interpret observations and data, including identifying patterns and using observations, measurements and data to draw conclusions.
- Present reasoned explanations, including explaining data in relation to predictions and hypotheses.
- Evaluate data, showing awareness of potential sources of random and systematic error.
- Identify further questions arising from their results, using SI units