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Year 10 "On the Move"

Year 10 science students are currently studying the unit 'On the Move". 

Why and how things move depends on a variety of factors, including their size and shape. Movement and change are concepts that we need to understand to make sense of the world around us. They are linked to concepts of energy and force. Scientists and engineers apply these concepts to design toys, cars and spacecraft and study the performance of athletes.

Students participated in a design challenge where they constructed a toy car that moved with elastic band potential energy. Students worked in teams to develop their communication and critical thinking skills to construct a toy car that would travelled the furthest distance on the power of a stretched elastic band.

Ms Denise De Paoli

Science Teacher