Following the success of inter school ‘water rockets’, TVA and Marshfields have redesigned the rocket launcher. Competitions start in two weeks. The new launcher has meant a larger investment in time and money, to produce longer term products that are all made to the same specification across all schools.
Students from all Key stages (levels 2—8) will compete with new card rockets and will focus their attentions on Speed, Distance and Time, giving it a stronger cross curricular link to Science and Maths.
All parts and parts diagrams can be found at The Voyager Academy/Shared/technology/designtechnology/rockets and 2011 screwfix catalogue. Students in all three centres are assessed using TVA assessment sheets and this is an ideal project to work across departments. All mapping of KS3 SOWs can be obtained from Tim Mardle (TVA D/T A.S.T).
Any staff interested in joining this years competitions should contact tim.mardle@thevoyager.co.uk