Grade 6 students explore energy, motion, and real-world problem solving through the Elastic Car, Industrial Mixer, and Space Rover models—connecting science, design, and innovation.
pull back race car
Focus: Explore force and motion using elastic power
Subject Connections:
Science – Energy and Motion
Describe how potential energy (in a stretched elastic) changes into kinetic energy (motion).
Investigate how forces affect speed and direction.
Explore how motion can be controlled through design.
Design and Innovation
Apply the design process: plan, build, test, and improve.
Evaluate how design changes affect performance (e.g., speed, stability, distance).
electrical mixer
Focus: Learn how systems use energy to work faster and meet everyday needs.
Subject Connections:
Science – Energy and Motion
Show how energy moves through gears and motors to create motion.
Explore how gear size affects speed.
Design and Innovation – Impact of Technology
See how technology helps make tasks easier and faster.
Use the design process to build a working system.
space rover
Focus: Explore how technology helps solve challenges in space exploration.
Subject Connections:
Science – Space
Learn how rovers gather information about other planets.
