Thursday, August 27, 2009

Meeting 3

In today's meeting we attempted the tricky task of spinning the tardis using a larger motor. This was not as simple as we thought it would be.



The base of the tardis has to be reconfigured with either a cog or strategically placed tape to enable the motor to turn the tardis effectively. It was also apparent that the wiring from the light on top of the tardis would get in the way of the spinning motor. Voren, the electronics wizz, will be tackling this challenge.

Scott's large blue strobe light was placed inside the police car and worked really well, but the car needs to be altered slightly so that the light is more visible. The streetscape looks fantastic and is a great representation of both the historical and the contemporary.



We discussed in depth the remaining tasks and divided them up as follows:

Voren- assemble the streetscape and get the tardis to turn. Research and present the educational aspects of our assignment, including the powerful field knowledge, outcomes and indicators of the HSIE and S & T syllabuses and how the activity could be effectively implemented in a stage 1 class.

Frances - create a power point to which everyone would add their own speaking points for the presentation. The powerpoint is to include evidence of the production process, blog entries, the budget, photos etc...

Scott - looks after the electrical components of the presentation, that is, any diagrams, explanations etc..

Rosie - create the first three minutes of the presentation which will include; introduction, the 'big idea', justification for the topic within the curriculum guidelines, overview of the interviews etc, that group members undertook etc..