RAF 100 STEM Project Moray 1978 1988 Disaster

RAF 100 STEM Project - Moray 1978 -1988 Disaster Relief

RAF 100: Aiming for Awesome Introduction • Aiming for Awesome celebrates the centenary of the RAF and explores the engineering achievements of the RAF over the last 100 years. • There are 10 lessons, each covering a different decade of RAF history. 1918 -1928: Aircraft design 1928 -1938: Radar 1938 -1948: Speed record 1948 -1958: Ejection seat 1958 -1968: Code breaking 1968 -1978: Satellite age 1978 -1988: Disaster relief 1988 -1998: Logistics challenge 1998 -2008: Remotely piloted air systems • 2008 -2018: Stealth • • •

RAF 100: Aiming for Awesome – Moray Project Report • As well as the STEM activities, each week you will find out a bit more about the topic through research. • Over the course of the 10 lessons you will create a project report. • The Project Report will contain: • A page for each weeks topic with: 1. Reflection on what you did in the lesson and what you learned. 2. What you found out in your research of that weeks topic. • A final reflection telling us what you learned, what you liked best and what you might like to find out next!

RAF 100: Aiming for Awesome – Skills

Session 7 – 1978 -1988 Disaster Relief Learning Intentions • I can describe an association between air resistance (drag), the speed of the object being investigated and the surface area exposed to the air, making links to original predictions. • I can apply this understanding to make a parachute and lander to protect cargo (an egg) being dropped from an aeroplane.

Session 7 – 1978 -1988 Disaster Relief STEM Activities 1. Time to Think: • Identify things people need but do not have access to during and after and earthquake. • Decide the order of importance of these – which would you need to get to people first to ensure their survival? 2. Time to make: • Design a lander for your cargo to ensure it’s safe delivery as it is parachuted to the ground. • Test your landers – what is the successful design?

Session 7 – 1978 -1988 Disaster Relief Research Task PAGE 7 of Project – Title = Disaster Relief 1. Reflection on what you did in the lesson and what you learned. 2. Research current news of disasters: • What has happened? • Where has this happened? • Who is helping the people recover? • What short and long term effects might this disaster have on the area?

Session 7 – 1978 -1988 Disaster Relief Debrief Did today’s lesson meet the Learning Intentions? • I can describe an association between air resistance (drag), the speed of the object being investigated and the surface area exposed to the air, making links to original predictions. • I can apply this understanding to make a parachute and lander to protect cargo (an egg) being dropped from an aeroplane. Have you completed the seventh page of RAF 100: Aiming for Awesome – Moray Project Report on Disaster Relief? 1. Reflection on what you did in the lesson and what you learned. 2. Research current news of disasters: • What has happened? • Where has this happened? • Who is helping the people recover? • What short and long term effects might this disaster have on the area?

RAF 100 STEM Project - Moray Next time: 1988 -1998 Logistics Challenge