Topics to use in lessons

The BLOODHOUND SSC Education Programme provides these ideas for teachers to use when planning their lessons.

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Stage	Key_Stage	Subjects	Title	Description
Primary	KS2	Science & Maths	Chatterboxes	A bit of cutting followed by a bit of folding origami style, leads to a fun and interactive activity with the children.
Primary	KS2	Design & Technology	Balloon powered car	Children can build their own balloon powered car and then explore ways to make it go faster or further
Primary	KS2	Science & Maths	Hardness of Materials	Simple investigative exercise
Primary	KS2	Geography, Science & Maths	BLOODHOUND SSC desert search	Explore using Google Earth
Primary	KS2	Science	Expansion and Contraction of Air	Classroom experiments
Primary	KS2	Science	Simple tethered water rocket	Investigate forces by building a water rocket
Secondary	KS3	Earth Science and Mathematics	Hardness of Materials	How to compare different surfaces.
Secondary	KS3	Science	Centre of Gravity	Enquiry based investigation into the change in position of Centre of Gravity and its importance in the real world.
Secondary	KS3	Science	Air-powered Dragsters	The aim of this activity is to make the teaching of speed a little more interesting. The results of a series of tests and experiments will allow students to design and build a "dragster" that will race in a competition at the end of the sequence of lessons.
Secondary	KS3 and 4	Science and Mathematics	Static test of Estes Rocket	Measure the thrust profile of a rocket engine to predict the speed your model can reach
Secondary	KS3 and 4	Geography, Science & Maths	BLOODHOUND SSC Desert Search	Use Google Earth and the measuring tool.
Secondary	KS3 and 4	Engineering Diploma	Frames and Structures	A series of lesson ideas to build frames.
Secondary	KS3 and 4	Science and Maths	Speed of Sound Experiment	Learn about the history of the speed of sound. Measure the speed of sound using simple equipment and free software
Secondary	KS3 and 4	Design and Technology	mini BLOODHOUND	Tips on design and build of a mini BLOODHOUND rocket car using Estes rockets
Secondary	KS3 and 4	Design and Technology	Model Rocket Car	Another design for an Estes rocket driven model car
Secondary	KS4	Science and Maths	The Motion	This piece of work allows students to study the expected motion of BLOODHOUND SSC.
Secondary	KS4	D&T Engineering diploma	BLOODHOUND SSC unit of work	Build your own rocket propelled car.
Secondary	KS4	Engineering Diploma	BLOODHOUND SSC systems and control	Uses a simple comparator circuit.
Secondary	KS4	Mathematics and Physics	BLOODHOUND SSC Mathematical Model	BLOODHOUND SSC Mathematical Model - how can we make BLOODHOUND travel at 1000 mph?
Secondary	KS4	Mathematics and Physics	Measuring the Thrust of a Balloon Powered Car	Demonstrate the forces acting on Bloodhound SSC and explore Thrust as a concept tying in with Newton’s Laws of Motion
Secondary	KS5	Maths and Physics	BLOODHOUND SSC - Designing the shape	How the shape of BLOODHOUND SSC was designed using Design of Experiments
Level 3	KS5	Maths, Advanced Level Diploma	Understanding the Motion of the Wheels	Covers Frames of reference; Parametric equations of circle and cycloid; Calculation of velocity and acceleration
Level 3	KS5	Engineering Diploma, BTEC, A level Systems and Control	Estes Rocket Launcher Task	Design and make a system using a PIC Control System Designer to fire Estes solid fuel rocket motors
Level 3	KS5	Engineering Diploma, BTEC, A level Systems and Control	Applications of CAD	The rocket fuel tank support brackets are found to be unsuitable and a new design will be needed. A decision also had to be made about the type of fastening used to hold the tank in place before the car goes for faster runs.
Level 3	KS5	Engineering Diploma, BTEC, A level Systems and Control	Using Run data	Design a system that will cool the ECU capsule to prevent shutdown in operation.

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The development of teaching materials using the BLOODHOUND SSC theme is encouraged but attention is drawn below to the use of the logo.

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