Archer Inventors Summer Project 2015

The task:

You are going to develop an invention for tomorrow's world. You will be given 6 invention categories in this booklet to choose

from. You will need to produce a thorough and detailed project about your idea.

Your main tasks will involve:

Researching your idea.

Using surveys to find out about your target market.

Presenting and analysing your findings using various methods of data presentation.

Creating a final design brief.

Presenting your idea through an extended piece of persuasive writing.

Evaluating the success of your work.

The final piece of work should be submitted as a project in a clearly labelled folder with your name and tutor group.

The best entries will be awarded prizes and one project from each tutor group will be put into the grand ‘Archer

Inventors’ final. In this competition, you will be given the chance to pitch your ideas to our Archer Dragon’s to convince

them to invest money into your design. A final prize will be awarded for the winner in year 7 and the winner in year 8.

This piece of work is compulsory and must be submitted to form tutors on Monday 7th September for year 9 and

Tuesday 8th September for year 8.

Learning objectives:

To work on a high quality thematic project showing evidence of research, analysis and evaluation.

To enhance your creativity and independent learning skills through the development of your own innovative

invention for tomorrow’s world.

To apply numeracy and literacy skills that have been developed across this year.

To be successful you must: Fully complete each section as instructed.

Organise your work appropriately to show clear development of ideas.

Show high quality of presentation using QMS guidelines.

Use diagrams where appropriate to present your invention ideas.

Make sure that all diagrams have clear and appropriate titles, labels and annotations.

Show clear evidence of independent research.

Proof read your work to ensure it is communicated accurately and clearly.

Numeracy Expectations: Show appropriate questionnaire questions.

Design an appropriate capture sheet to record results.

Present graphs accurately, with clearly labelled axis and appropriate titles.

Show clear use of results when drawing conclusions and making decisions on your invention.

Literacy Expectations: Make sure that all of your ideas are explained thoroughly and clearly.

Show high levels of literacy with appropriate grammar, spelling and punctuation.

Write in clear PEE paragraphs where appropriate.

Your final project will be awarded a gold, silver and bronze level. This level will reflect how well you have met the above success criteria.

Project success criteria

Option 2: Design a new school bag

Heston Blumenthal is an amazing chef and inventor. Use

him as inspiration to design or improve a recipe. Who

knows you may awaken the chef in you!

Useful websites:Heston’s giant ice cream

An article on Heston Blumenthal’s giant ice cream.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2167197/Heston-Blumenthal-unveils-worlds-

largest-ice-cream.html

Chemistry in the kitchen

Videos explaining why everything in the kitchen involves chemistry.

http://www.rsc.org/learn-chemistry/resource/res00000850/kitchen-chemistry?cmpid=CMP00000966

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/chemical-reactions-during-cooking/92.html

Chemical changes in cooking

Some good examples of chemical changes in cooking.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/science/ocr_gateway/carbon_chemistry/

cookingrev1.shtml

Royal Society of Chemistry on Heston Blumenthal

An article describing some of Heston Blumenthal’s cooking with chemistry.http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/Issues/2005/May/Cookedtoperfection.asp

Examples of chemical reactions in the kitchen (extension)

More detailed explanation of some chemical changes in cooking.

http://www.ehow.co.uk/list_6457215_examples-chemical-reactions-kitchen.html#pg=6

Design your own school bag with new innovative

ideas and using SMART materials.

Think about the following:

What don’t you like about your school bag?

What do you like?

How can you improve the design?

Can you use any SMART materials?

How can you make it different to the other bags?

Useful websites:• https://www.rubegoldberg.com/• http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/design/re

sistantmaterials/materialsmaterialsrev5.shtml• http://www.nationalstemcentre.org.uk/elibrary/colle

ction/1515/smart-materials

Option 1: Design a new innovative recipe

In many countries in Africa, two out of every five people do not have access

to clean water. This increases the risk of illness caused by dehydration and

poor sanitation. A seemingly simple, plastic barrel has made it possible to

transport five-times the amount of water from a source to households, in

countries where water is not readily accessible. The Hippo Water Roller is

already in use in South America, India and 21 African countries, helping

people reallocate hours spent fetching water to hours spent in school or

completing tasks that may one day lift their families out of poverty.

Find out about the Hippo water roller;

• how it works,

• how you might be able to improve it,

• the difference it has made in the world,

• What difference has it made in the world?

• What other inventions have helped change the wold in this

way?

Use your research to improve the design of the Hippo Water

Roller, or to come up with your own invention to help improve

the quality of lives in Less Developed Country’s.

Useful websites:http://borgenproject.org/5-inventions-that-are-saving-lives/

Option 3: Improve or design a better Hippo Water Roller

Option 4: Where can we go next with 3D printing?

3D printing is a recent invention that has opened

up a new world to inventors and designers all over

the world. They can be used for making anything

including printing new organs!

Find out about the different uses and come up with

your own ideas. Suggest new ways of how these

printers can be used in the future.

Useful websites:• https://designmuseum.org/• http://3dprintingindustry.com/2015/02/26/12-things-we-

can-3d-print-in-medicine-right-now/• http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/11/24/print-

thyself

Design your own invention that will help develop something

in either criminology or medicine.

Inventions don’t always have the uses that we expect. Use

the websites to research how new inventions in criminology

have helped solve crimes.

You can also use the last link to find out about the

unexpected turns that inventions have lead us through.

Useful Websites:• http://www.livescience.com/33749-top-10-inventions-changed-

world.html• http://www.history.com/news/history-lists/11-innovations-that-

changed-history• http://io9.com/5951267/10-inventions-that-changed-the-world-in-

ways-we-didnt-expect

Option 5: New inventions in criminology and/or medicine.

Other useful websites links to get your started:

http://www.bbc.co.uk.edgesuite-staging.net/education/topics/z9gcwmn/resources/3

www.telegraph.co.uk/science/4981964/Top-10-inventions-that-changed-the-world

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/topics/zsfb87h

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20130102-tomorrows-world?ocid=fu.ap.dw.tlt.ms.na

Option 6: Your own invention.

After conducting initial research you may have an

interesting idea of your own. The websites below

might help to spark an idea.

Your idea must be something that will prove useful in

today’s society.

Once you have chosen your design, you should complete all of the following activities.

Step 1: Introducing your project

You must introduce what you plan to do in your project. Explain clearly what the primary objective of your project will be and how you intend to find out information.

Use the following guidelines to help you:

Outline the nature of the task and describe what it is about.

Outline which of the 5 ideas you intend to develop and what you hope to achieve from this.

Describe how you will collect information to shape your ideas.

Explain why new inventions are important for society today. Refer to a number of examples e.g. internet, television, mobile phone.

Step 2: Background Research

Conduct some initial research:

Research other similar projects. Show a range of product designs and try to annotate key features of the design.

Evaluate these designs. Explain what has gone well about these inventions, why they are successful and suggest how you think they might be improved.

Finally, suggest one or two lessons you have learned from your research which will help you in your own design.

Step 3: Design a survey to help with your market research

Task 1: Design 5 ‘good’ questions that you

would like to find out about your invention

from the public.

Do you remember what makes a good survey

question? Think back to the Thematic Topic “Our

School; our community” project in Year 7

• Don’t be too vague

• Don’t be too personal

• Don’t be too biased

Examples might include:

• Their age / sex

• How many times they would use your product a

day / week / year?

• How much would people be willing to spend on

your product?

• Which was their favourite of your possible designs /

flavours / etc.

Task 2: Design a capture sheet (tally table to

record people’s responses to your questions)Remember:

DO include all possible options (0, more than five times a

week, etc.)

DO use numbers as answers

DON’T be vague with your questions (sometimes, often, etc.)

DON’T have overlapping boundaries that may confuse (5-10 ;

10-15 ; etc.)

Task 3: Show the responses to your 2 most

important questions in an appropriate graph or

chart. You can either do this on a computer using Microsoft Excel or

hand drawn on paper. Think carefully about your presentation, label axis,

provide an appropriate title and annotate key findings, patterns or

unusual responses. Make it pretty!!

Task 4: Draw a conclusion about your findings. Write a paragraph to show what have you learnt and what

factors you will need to take into account based on your

questionnaire findings.

Now you’ve completed your research, it’s time to come up with your invention and present your

ideas!

1) Draw a sketch of your invention and add annotations to explain the key features.

2) Give a detailed brief (written account) about your invention explaining the following:

Who you would like your target audience to be and why e.g. age, gender etc.

The benefits of your invention

Why there is a need for it in today’s society

What your unique selling point is

The difficulties or challenges you may have with your invention

3) Extended writing task: Write a persuasive speech to explain to our Archer Dragons why

your invention is the one they should invest in! This should be detailed and include a minimum of 5 paragraphs.

Step 4: Present your ideas

Success criteria:

A range of persuasive techniques, such as imperatives, rhetorical questions, facts, statistics, addressing the audience, rule of three and

repetition.

At least five paragraphs, including an introduction and conclusion

Discourse markers to structure your speech clearly, e.g. firstly, secondly, in conclusion

Formal, sophisticated language suitable for the adult audience

Look at the example below and highlight examples of the above success criteria:

Ladies and Gentlemen,

I am here today to tell you why you should invest in my invention. Let me ask you, don’t we need to find an effective, more energy effective,

quicker way to travel for the 21st century. Well, I have the answer. Solar powered roller skates! Let me tell you why these are the invention

you’ve been waiting for.

Firstly, we are increasingly becoming a nation characterized by laziness. People catch busses, taxis or drive to work. People need to

exercise more! The health benefits are widely known and promoted by health experts. These solar panelled roller skates will encourage

people to avoid public transport and whizz their way to work in a flash instead! This will improve their heart rate, fitness and extend their lives

as a result. Surely this is what we need during an obesity epidemic?

Secondly, we need to seriously think about our environment. Buses and cars cause pollution. Don’t you want to make sure our air is clean

for future generations? Your children? Your grandchildren? Well, these roller skates will not only cut back on pollution by cutting the number

of traffic on the roads, but the solar panels will also save energy.

Extended Writing Success Criteria

Other sentence starters:

In addition…. In conclusion… Lastly… Finally…

Step 5:Challenge Tasks

• Will you push yourself to take on these challenges and

be one step closer to bringing your invention to life?

• Choose as many as you like to include in your project.

Maths: Can you

provide a table of

costings? You

should include costs

for materials,

production,

advertising, branding

and overall projected

profit. You should

carry out research into

average costings to

inform your pricing

and include details of

this research in your

project.

Performing Arts:

Can you produce an

advert for your

product? Analyse some

adverts for similar

products and write up

your findings, including

the strengths and

weaknesses of each

advert. Film your advert

and write a short

explanation of your

choice of style, tone,

sound effects and

camera shots/angles.

Geography: Can

you make your

product

sustainable? Explain

the environmental,

economic and social

benefits of your

product by drawing a

Venn diagram or by

writing a report of no

more than 200 words.

You should also

include your rationale

– why you think this is

important.

Design and

Technology: Can you

create a prototype?

Build a model of your

product using a material

of your choice. You could

include a labelled plan.

Art: can you brand

your product? Design a

logo with clear branding

and justify your choice of

colour, shape and style.

You could also create a

catchy slogan.

Write an evaluation of your overall project:

Your Invention:

Explain what could you do to develop your project further?

Consider the following:

• What other information might you need to know to make sure your invention is a success?• What would need to do next to get people interested in your invention?

• What other products could support or enhance your invention?

Your overall project?

What parts of the project did you find most challenging?

What part of the project have you enjoyed the most?

If you were to do the project again, is there anything you would do differently – explain

your answer?

Step 6: Evaluation

Step 7: Creating a bibliography

What is a bibliography?

• A bibliography is a list of all the sources that you have used when researching your work.

• This includes all books, magazines, newspapers, websites, interviews and TV programmes.

• It is best to keep your bibliography up to date as you go through the project. Keep a word file called bibliography and open

and add to it whenever you do some research.

What should your bibliography look like?

• Put each source on a single line, with a comma between each piece of information and a full stop at the end.

• You should arrange them in alphabetical order of the author's surname.

• You should also make sure that the list is double-spaced.

Remember:

• Author - put the last name first.

• Title - this should be underlined and in quotation marks.

• Publisher - in a book this is usually located on one of the first few pages.

• Date - the date/year the book/article was published.

Use the examples below as a guide:BooksFleming, Ian, 'Diamonds are Forever', Penguin Books, 1957.Jon Spencer, Architect, interviewed on 3/3/2005.Websiteshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/dida, 'Dangers of the Internet', June 2005.