What to do
Note to teacher: This Internal Assessment Activity may be used unchanged, or can be adapted by the teacher, ensuring that all requirements of the Achievement Standard are still met. This textbox should be removed prior to sharing the activity with your students.
Note to teacher: This Internal Assessment Activity may be used unchanged, or can be adapted by the teacher, ensuring that all requirements of the Achievement Standard are still met. This textbox should be removed prior to sharing the activity with your students.
You will investigate physics concepts and relationships involved in the movement of an inflatable plastic balloon.
The physical phenomenon being investigated in this Assessment Activity is:
- motion of a balloon.
Physics concepts that could be explored are:
- speed
- forces.
Gathering, processing, and presenting evidence
The evidence you collect for your investigation must include numerical data and could include observations.
You will:
- collect and record your evidence in a way that can be easily understood
- process your evidence and present it with appropriate table(s), graph(s), and/or calculation(s).
Show your understanding of physics concepts and relationships involved in motion of an inflatable plastic balloon.
You will:
- use your own investigation as evidence in your analysis
- discuss relevant physics concepts. How are they involved in motion of an inflatable plastic balloon? Use evidence to support your response.
- analyse more than one relationship that you can see in evidence you processed. How are they involved in motion of the inflatable plastic balloon?
You will investigate physics concepts and relationships involved in the movement of an inflatable plastic balloon.
The physical phenomenon being investigated in this Assessment Activity is:
- motion of a balloon.
Physics concepts that could be explored are:
- speed
- forces.
Gathering, processing, and presenting evidence
The evidence you collect for your investigation must include numerical data and could include observations.
You will:
- collect and record your evidence in a way that can be easily understood
- process your evidence and present it with appropriate table(s), graph(s), and/or calculation(s).
Show your understanding of physics concepts and relationships involved in motion of an inflatable plastic balloon.
You will:
- use your own investigation as evidence in your analysis
- discuss relevant physics concepts. How are they involved in motion of an inflatable plastic balloon? Use evidence to support your response.
- analyse more than one relationship that you can see in evidence you processed. How are they involved in motion of the inflatable plastic balloon?
How to present your learning
You can present your work in any appropriate format. It is recommended that you choose one of the following options:
- a written article or report (up to 750-800 words) which may also include diagrams or pictures
- a slideshow (up to 8-10 slides) that will include text, annotations, or a voiceover, alongside diagrams or pictures
- a digital or physical poster (up to 750-800 words) that may include detailed annotations alongside diagrams or pictures
- an oral presentation (up to 3-4 mins), which may be a video or voice recording, or presented in front of the kaiako or class
- a pre-recorded video of approximately 3-4 minutes (that incorporates diagrams and visual representations as appropriate).
Practical activities and the recording of evidence can be performed as part of a group, but the analysis and interpretation of evidence and the final report must be done individually.
You can present your work in any appropriate format. It is recommended that you choose one of the following options:
- a written article or report (up to 750-800 words) which may also include diagrams or pictures
- a slideshow (up to 8-10 slides) that will include text, annotations, or a voiceover, alongside diagrams or pictures
- a digital or physical poster (up to 750-800 words) that may include detailed annotations alongside diagrams or pictures
- an oral presentation (up to 3-4 mins), which may be a video or voice recording, or presented in front of the kaiako or class
- a pre-recorded video of approximately 3-4 minutes (that incorporates diagrams and visual representations as appropriate).
Practical activities and the recording of evidence can be performed as part of a group, but the analysis and interpretation of evidence and the final report must be done individually.
Timeframe
Your assessment should take approximately four hours of class time to complete. You may also work on your assessment in your own time.
Your kaiako will provide details of the time you have, the checkpoints, and the submission date for the assessment.
Time spent to research, plan the investigation, and gather evidence is not included in the recommended timeframe. To prepare you for your assessment, checkpoints will occur at several stages and the dates will be provided. Your kaiako will check your progress on:
- planning your investigation
- gathering evidence
- processing and presenting evidence
- showing understanding of physics concepts and relationships involved in motion of an inflatable plastic balloon, using evidence to support your response.
Your assessment should take approximately four hours of class time to complete. You may also work on your assessment in your own time.
Your kaiako will provide details of the time you have, the checkpoints, and the submission date for the assessment.
Time spent to research, plan the investigation, and gather evidence is not included in the recommended timeframe. To prepare you for your assessment, checkpoints will occur at several stages and the dates will be provided. Your kaiako will check your progress on:
- planning your investigation
- gathering evidence
- processing and presenting evidence
- showing understanding of physics concepts and relationships involved in motion of an inflatable plastic balloon, using evidence to support your response.
Getting started
Prior to carrying out this investigation, you will learn about the concepts and relationships that illustrate forces involved in this type of physical phenomenon.
Plan your investigation
Before your Assessment Activity, you will need to plan your investigation.
Evidence collection can be done in the classroom or in a suitable space that would allow the measurement of forces involved in motion of an inflatable plastic balloon.
As there will be moving materials, plan your health and safety precautions.
Step 1. Identify the purpose and context
In a small group or pairs, possible focusing questions to consider are:
- What is the aim of your investigation?
- What physics concepts are involved in motion of an inflatable plastic balloon?
- What relationships are involved in motion of an inflatable plastic balloon?
Step 2. Figure out the method
In a small group or pairs, possible focusing questions to consider are:
- What variables will you need to consider when designing and creating an air pressure powered object?
- What can be measured for the investigation?
- Will the balloon be connected to another object, or will it be on its own?
- Will the object or balloon be set up to lift, drop or propel?
- How will the motion of the object or balloon be directed?
- What materials are suitable to use?
- How will the motion of the object or balloon be measured?
- Will the force be measured against gravity or not?
- What variables could affect the results and how could these be controlled?
- How will you record your evidence?
Prior to carrying out this investigation, you will learn about the concepts and relationships that illustrate forces involved in this type of physical phenomenon.
Plan your investigation
Before your Assessment Activity, you will need to plan your investigation.
Evidence collection can be done in the classroom or in a suitable space that would allow the measurement of forces involved in motion of an inflatable plastic balloon.
As there will be moving materials, plan your health and safety precautions.
Step 1. Identify the purpose and context
In a small group or pairs, possible focusing questions to consider are:
- What is the aim of your investigation?
- What physics concepts are involved in motion of an inflatable plastic balloon?
- What relationships are involved in motion of an inflatable plastic balloon?
Step 2. Figure out the method
In a small group or pairs, possible focusing questions to consider are:
- What variables will you need to consider when designing and creating an air pressure powered object?
- What can be measured for the investigation?
- Will the balloon be connected to another object, or will it be on its own?
- Will the object or balloon be set up to lift, drop or propel?
- How will the motion of the object or balloon be directed?
- What materials are suitable to use?
- How will the motion of the object or balloon be measured?
- Will the force be measured against gravity or not?
- What variables could affect the results and how could these be controlled?
- How will you record your evidence?
Student resources
Your kaiako will have provided learning resources and opportunities that relate to this assessment, prior to carrying out this investigation.
Below are some websites you can use to learn about projectile motion and other relevant learning:
Your kaiako will have provided learning resources and opportunities that relate to this assessment, prior to carrying out this investigation.
Below are some websites you can use to learn about projectile motion and other relevant learning:
What to do
Note to teacher: This Internal Assessment Activity may be used unchanged, or can be adapted by the teacher, ensuring that all requirements of the Achievement Standard are still met. This textbox should be removed prior to sharing the activity with your students.
Note to teacher: This Internal Assessment Activity may be used unchanged, or can be adapted by the teacher, ensuring that all requirements of the Achievement Standard are still met. This textbox should be removed prior to sharing the activity with your students.
You will investigate physics concepts and relationships involved in the movement of an inflatable plastic balloon.
The physical phenomenon being investigated in this Assessment Activity is:
- motion of a balloon.
Physics concepts that could be explored are:
- speed
- forces.
Gathering, processing, and presenting evidence
The evidence you collect for your investigation must include numerical data and could include observations.
You will:
- collect and record your evidence in a way that can be easily understood
- process your evidence and present it with appropriate table(s), graph(s), and/or calculation(s).
Show your understanding of physics concepts and relationships involved in motion of an inflatable plastic balloon.
You will:
- use your own investigation as evidence in your analysis
- discuss relevant physics concepts. How are they involved in motion of an inflatable plastic balloon? Use evidence to support your response.
- analyse more than one relationship that you can see in evidence you processed. How are they involved in motion of the inflatable plastic balloon?
You will investigate physics concepts and relationships involved in the movement of an inflatable plastic balloon.
The physical phenomenon being investigated in this Assessment Activity is:
- motion of a balloon.
Physics concepts that could be explored are:
- speed
- forces.
Gathering, processing, and presenting evidence
The evidence you collect for your investigation must include numerical data and could include observations.
You will:
- collect and record your evidence in a way that can be easily understood
- process your evidence and present it with appropriate table(s), graph(s), and/or calculation(s).
Show your understanding of physics concepts and relationships involved in motion of an inflatable plastic balloon.
You will:
- use your own investigation as evidence in your analysis
- discuss relevant physics concepts. How are they involved in motion of an inflatable plastic balloon? Use evidence to support your response.
- analyse more than one relationship that you can see in evidence you processed. How are they involved in motion of the inflatable plastic balloon?
How to present your learning
You can present your work in any appropriate format. It is recommended that you choose one of the following options:
- a written article or report (up to 750-800 words) which may also include diagrams or pictures
- a slideshow (up to 8-10 slides) that will include text, annotations, or a voiceover, alongside diagrams or pictures
- a digital or physical poster (up to 750-800 words) that may include detailed annotations alongside diagrams or pictures
- an oral presentation (up to 3-4 mins), which may be a video or voice recording, or presented in front of the kaiako or class
- a pre-recorded video of approximately 3-4 minutes (that incorporates diagrams and visual representations as appropriate).
Practical activities and the recording of evidence can be performed as part of a group, but the analysis and interpretation of evidence and the final report must be done individually.
You can present your work in any appropriate format. It is recommended that you choose one of the following options:
- a written article or report (up to 750-800 words) which may also include diagrams or pictures
- a slideshow (up to 8-10 slides) that will include text, annotations, or a voiceover, alongside diagrams or pictures
- a digital or physical poster (up to 750-800 words) that may include detailed annotations alongside diagrams or pictures
- an oral presentation (up to 3-4 mins), which may be a video or voice recording, or presented in front of the kaiako or class
- a pre-recorded video of approximately 3-4 minutes (that incorporates diagrams and visual representations as appropriate).
Practical activities and the recording of evidence can be performed as part of a group, but the analysis and interpretation of evidence and the final report must be done individually.
Timeframe
Your assessment should take approximately four hours of class time to complete. You may also work on your assessment in your own time.
Your kaiako will provide details of the time you have, the checkpoints, and the submission date for the assessment.
Time spent to research, plan the investigation, and gather evidence is not included in the recommended timeframe. To prepare you for your assessment, checkpoints will occur at several stages and the dates will be provided. Your kaiako will check your progress on:
- planning your investigation
- gathering evidence
- processing and presenting evidence
- showing understanding of physics concepts and relationships involved in motion of an inflatable plastic balloon, using evidence to support your response.
Your assessment should take approximately four hours of class time to complete. You may also work on your assessment in your own time.
Your kaiako will provide details of the time you have, the checkpoints, and the submission date for the assessment.
Time spent to research, plan the investigation, and gather evidence is not included in the recommended timeframe. To prepare you for your assessment, checkpoints will occur at several stages and the dates will be provided. Your kaiako will check your progress on:
- planning your investigation
- gathering evidence
- processing and presenting evidence
- showing understanding of physics concepts and relationships involved in motion of an inflatable plastic balloon, using evidence to support your response.
Getting started
Prior to carrying out this investigation, you will learn about the concepts and relationships that illustrate forces involved in this type of physical phenomenon.
Plan your investigation
Before your Assessment Activity, you will need to plan your investigation.
Evidence collection can be done in the classroom or in a suitable space that would allow the measurement of forces involved in motion of an inflatable plastic balloon.
As there will be moving materials, plan your health and safety precautions.
Step 1. Identify the purpose and context
In a small group or pairs, possible focusing questions to consider are:
- What is the aim of your investigation?
- What physics concepts are involved in motion of an inflatable plastic balloon?
- What relationships are involved in motion of an inflatable plastic balloon?
Step 2. Figure out the method
In a small group or pairs, possible focusing questions to consider are:
- What variables will you need to consider when designing and creating an air pressure powered object?
- What can be measured for the investigation?
- Will the balloon be connected to another object, or will it be on its own?
- Will the object or balloon be set up to lift, drop or propel?
- How will the motion of the object or balloon be directed?
- What materials are suitable to use?
- How will the motion of the object or balloon be measured?
- Will the force be measured against gravity or not?
- What variables could affect the results and how could these be controlled?
- How will you record your evidence?
Prior to carrying out this investigation, you will learn about the concepts and relationships that illustrate forces involved in this type of physical phenomenon.
Plan your investigation
Before your Assessment Activity, you will need to plan your investigation.
Evidence collection can be done in the classroom or in a suitable space that would allow the measurement of forces involved in motion of an inflatable plastic balloon.
As there will be moving materials, plan your health and safety precautions.
Step 1. Identify the purpose and context
In a small group or pairs, possible focusing questions to consider are:
- What is the aim of your investigation?
- What physics concepts are involved in motion of an inflatable plastic balloon?
- What relationships are involved in motion of an inflatable plastic balloon?
Step 2. Figure out the method
In a small group or pairs, possible focusing questions to consider are:
- What variables will you need to consider when designing and creating an air pressure powered object?
- What can be measured for the investigation?
- Will the balloon be connected to another object, or will it be on its own?
- Will the object or balloon be set up to lift, drop or propel?
- How will the motion of the object or balloon be directed?
- What materials are suitable to use?
- How will the motion of the object or balloon be measured?
- Will the force be measured against gravity or not?
- What variables could affect the results and how could these be controlled?
- How will you record your evidence?
Student resources
Your kaiako will have provided learning resources and opportunities that relate to this assessment, prior to carrying out this investigation.
Below are some websites you can use to learn about projectile motion and other relevant learning:
Your kaiako will have provided learning resources and opportunities that relate to this assessment, prior to carrying out this investigation.
Below are some websites you can use to learn about projectile motion and other relevant learning: