Week 3 Frog Jump

During the workshop in week 3 we started off by looking at design briefs and how they can be used as an engaging classroom activity. A design brief includes

• problem to be solved
• resources
• investigation and designing
• produce
• analyse and evaluate

The task we had at the start of the worskshop was to design a frog that jumps using:

• cardboard card
• picture of a frog
• rubber band
• sticky tape
• glue- stick
• scissors

In pairs we had to think about how we were going to achieve this and what process we were going to use. As we came up with ideas we had to complete the design brief (above) to help us achieve our goal.

As a pair we eventually came up with folding the edges of the cardboard and wrapping the rubber band around it in a figure of eight (as above). This worked as a sling shot and made the frog jump.

Once everyone was done we shared our ideas with the rest of the class. It was astonishing the amount of variences there were between the class and how they made the frog jump.

This activity was a really effective way to get the class engaged in the lesson. It would deffinatly be useful to use within a classroom as it allows for everyone's creative thinking and they all must communicate how they are going to achieve the task by using the design brief.