Project+Outline

What to Do


 * Firstly** you should familiarise yourself with the official [|Engquest Website]. Here you will be able to get lots of fabuous teaching and learning activities for your students. You may wish to print out the activities for your teaching program. The class teachers are responsible for how they go about teaching this unit to their students. The wiki project is provided as a means to share our journeys and results with others.

Students should also be given time to explore the Student's section of the [|Engquest Website].

** Sort your students into small groups **
Students will need to be sorted into groups. Size will be determined by you. You will then allocate a group page to each group.

** Create a school page for your school **
You need to choose a page for your school from the navigation bar in the wiki.

**Create a page** **for each group on your school page**
On your page you will need to create a link to a new page for each group so they may then prepare their page for the project.

**The student's first task is to set up their Group's Wikispace Pages**
The groups will then prepare their wiki page. They will need to have: Students will then record their group's progress on their page - the instructions are in the pages in the Navigation Menu on the left.
 * a "fancy" heading displaying their group name
 * a photo of the whole group
 * a bit of information about each Group member - where are you from? what do you like to do in your spare time? [[image:SimpleMachinesImages1.jpg width="203" height="581" align="right"]]
 * And leave space for photos of the final product after completion of the tasks

** The student's then learn more about construction using the Engquest website **
Students go to the [|Find Out More] Engquest page that contains your 'What Are Simple Machines?' background information. Here they will discover all sorts of awesome things about simple machines and how they work. There are some great diagrams too! buildings in the world.

There are lots of wonderful teaching and learning activities to run in your classroom to be found on the Engquest website - when you enter the site as a teacher.

** Students then chose a task and build a simple machine **
Students build a simple machine and record the process, materials they used and create a photographic journal of the process and the final product.

** The students record their journey on the wiki to share with other students in the project. **
Students will need access to computers and prompting to regularly update their wiki pages to keep everyone informed of their progress in their projects. They should check other students' group pages regularly to see how the others are travelling also, to keep the collaborative spirit alive.

Simple Machines Fun Day - Murrumburrah Public School or via VCU.
Towards the end of Term 4, all participating schools are invited to attend a Simple Machines Fun Day to be held at Murrumburrah Public School. Schools wishing to participate are asked to contact anne-maree.moore@education.nsw.gov.au If you are unable to attend the day, you are invited to attend a virtual fun day via VCU. Contact anne-maree.moore@education.nsw.gov.au to arrange a time.