Assessment - Grade 9

TERM 3

1 – 11 September 2009
Peer Assessment (5min)
Module 1 – 3 The FLL, Programming, Robot building

8 – September 2009
Group Practical Exam (10min)
Turbine Feasibility Study –Seminar

14 – 18 September 2009
Peer Assessment (5min) + Self Evaluation (3min)
Robotics Module 4

16 September 2009
Standardised Test (55min)
Robotics Module 1-3

28 September – 2 October 2009
Peer Assessment (5min) + Self Evaluation (3min)
Robotics Module 5

5 – 9 October 2009
Peer Assessment (5min) + Self Evaluation (3min)
Robotics Module 6

26 - 30 October 2009
Group Assessment – Practical (2min setup + 150 seconds mission run)
Robotic Mission

2 – 6 November 2009
Group Assessment - Practical (2min setup + 5min research presentation + 3min interview)
FLL Research Presentation

November 2009
Exam (60min)
Robotic Theory
FLL Research
Technological Process
Wind Turbine

TERM 2

3 June 2009
Grade 9 - Standardised test (25min)
1) You may be asked to discuss how Leonardo Di Caprio approached the Carbon Footprint Problem by using the 9 steps of the technological process as a problem solving method.
2) You may be asked to outline one of the areas you have chosen for research in preparing a feasibility study to erect wind turbines at Cornwall Hill College.
3) You will be asked to explain the term "Carbon Footprint"
4) You will be asked to explain the relevance of reducing CHC electrical bill on a fiscal and a environmental level.
Bring:
Geometry set
Colouring in pencils
Sharp HB pencil

8 -12 June 2009
Class Assessment
4 min per pupil
Discuss your research in a sussinct manner for marks.

Term Project
Feasibility study: Erecting a wind driven turbine at CHC to drive down electricity bill.
Please see the section under Projects for more detail.
No due date as yet.

30 July 2009
Exam (90min)
Theory: All work covered in Term 1 and 2
Structures:
Types of structures
Types of bridges
Forces in structures
Terminology with regard to structures.
Stress and strain
Properties of materials
Conventional and composite materials

Research project:
The Technological Process
Skills in Technology
The 11th hour
The wind turbine research project
Coal mining overview
Nikola Tesla
Al Jazari
Leonardo Da Vinci