PINBALL - KEEPING TRACK

Pinball activity - Teacher sheet

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Pinball activity steps - keeping track

ASK (Research)

• What do we want to do? A pinball machine
• What is a pinball machine?
• How it is used?
• Write down in your notebook what have you found.

IMAGINE

• Draw schetches.

PLAN

• What will you need? How much will it cost? Which tools are needed?
• Group organization. How are you going to work? Who is going to do what?
• Draw plans with measures on them

PLANNING
Group  Organization: Leader, spokesperson Materials and tools Taking notes Timekeeper ...	Student Name In charge of:
Information sources: (copyrights?)
Materials	What Quantity Price Cost TOTAL:      ____________
Schedule	Task Time required

CREATE

Build it. Keep a log of your work on your notebook

Session	Who (students names)	Has done what (task)

IMPROVE

• Test your pinball machine. Does it work? Does it work as expected? Can it be improved to be more fun?
• Describe how do you test it. Write down the results of the tests you do. Which faults do you detect? How do you correct them?
• Make sketches of your new ideas.