Jaguar Cars – Maths in Motion Challenge for Schools Brian Richardson Partner Cambridgeshire Software House Software for Schools

What’s it all about? Helping to raise standards in mathematics Engaging and motivating children Embedding ICT into the curriculum Demonstrating that maths can be fun Using maths in a practical way Using simulation software effectively Sharing information online Challenging gifted and talented pupils.

Supporting Mathematics Percentages Calculations using calculator work (or not!) Fractions Ratios, chance, risk, strategy Measure, scale Speed, distance, time Interpreting graphs

2007 – 2008 Season Very successful season with 38 Primary schools and 6 Secondary school participating in the online leagues The KS2 Bradford Champions were Margaret McMillan The KS3 Bradford Champions were Beckfoot Grammar The KS4 Bradford Champions were Titus Salt School Margaret McMillan reached the National Finals and finished 4th We held two successful F2F races; one winter and one summer.

2008 – 2009 Season 47 Primary schools have registered to take part this season Top 4 schools in the league qualify for the Bradford Final plus 3 schools from a play off. 6 Secondary schools have registered and they will all qualify for the Bradford Final if they participate in 3 or more online races Teacher’s league?

There are 3 age banded competitions Children in KS2 (team of 4) Children in KS3 (team of 2) Children in KS4 (team of 2)

Organisation The curriculum ICT team will provide training and support for all schools through Challenge CLC and Greenhead CLC. All schools will be placed in online leagues and the top teams in the league will compete against each other to produce a Bradford Champion. The Bradford Champions at each KS will be entered into the National Final Race. All initial training will be at the CLCs and will take place in September. An Education Bradford Consultant will be available to support all schools where possible. Most support will be via email and the website.

Extras Schools supported with developing blogs, videoblogs and podcasts using ‘Honeycomb’ Training opportunities for Honeycomb will be in November. The Bradford final will contain winners from the leagues and the top 3 cars in the play off. We are working on sponsorship and the possibility of a Karting day out as a prize. Regular emails will be sent to registered users of online races, F2F events and training All details are on www.skillspace.com/bradict

The time Scale Training Online races Winter F2F Online races School Finals Reg Finals Nat Final Summer F2F Sept 2008 Oct - Dec 2008 Dec. 2008 Jan - Mar 2009 Apr - May 2009 May 2009 June 2009 June 2009 Online Races will be run approximately every 3 weeks from October through to March.

Training Dates. Two adults and up to 3 children from the school can attend the training sessions 24/9/07 Challenge CLC 9.30 – 11.30 30/9/07 Challenge CLC 9.30 – 11.30 1/10/07 Challenge CLC 9.30 – 11.30 2/10/07 Greenhead CLC 9.30 – 11.30 All registration is online via links on the website

A more detailed look. Each team consists of 4 pupils (KS2) & 2 pupils(KS3 & KS4). Each team has to prepare a grand prix car for a chosen circuit and weather conditions. The track has to be measured and categorised. The car has to be tuned. Optimum speeds have to be set for each area of the track. A race plan has to be put together to decide on tyre changes, refuelling, etc. The car is submitted for the race.

Getting Started Load up software Click on name

First steps – Team Home Page Decide ‘Temperament’ – makes a difference Own picture? Team livery? ‘Back’ out Start ‘desk’ work

The Track Plan Using string, calculate length of track Using the key on the Track Plan, decide what each feature is by…… Estimating, then measuring each STRAIGHT and, using the scale, decide if it is a long, medium or short straight 2. Estimating, then measuring the angle on each BEND and, using templates/protractor, decide whether it is a long, medium or tight bend. TAKE NO NOTICE OF WHAT THE TRACK DOES. Extend the lines until they cross and measure this angle

Planning Sheet 1

Planning Sheet 2

Workshop Adjustments…. get the red bars as high as possible but ….. …. make sure you consider how many of each feature you have

Race Planning Click to set to the feature type Set to your actual safe speeds Click here to transfer speeds to main table ALL CARS HAVE TO HAVE AT LEAST 1 SUCCESSFUL PRACTICE LAP TO GET INTO THE RACE Click here to run a practice lap

Practice Lap Report – If you see a report with orange or red bars, watch out!

Weather Conditions Track: Albert Park, melbourne Laps: 50 Weather: 14.00 Showers 14.15 Showers 14.30 Showers 14.45 Showers 15.00 Dry 15.15 – 16.00 Sunny

Pit Team Briefing ? Tyres at Start ? Fuel at Start ? Any pit stops to change tyres/add fuel – 20 second penalty The more fuel, the heavier you will be What’s the weather forecast?

New features for 2008 - 2009 Ability to save your car data to an external destination so that you can have multiple saves of your car as you progress to revert back to. KS3 and KS4 will be using the ‘Rule 4’ for fuel consumption as the season progresses. More video tutorials on how to use the software and tips on getting best performance Video tutorials to support the pupils use of mathematical skills and concepts required to create a competitive car.

Input from the school Online registration of school with reliable e-mail account Allocate a staff member as the school representative Purchase of software or receive free upgrade Installation of software before online races start Set up the challenge as a class project or after school club School to complete a form from each child to allow use of images and take responsibility of this

Input from the school Attend training sessions offered Check e-mail / website to get details for each online race Enter data into the software and ensure team names are correctly set up Run a race in school and save the winning car for that race Email your winning car to me before the deadline for that race If possible, attend the F2F events Encourage pupils to use the website, Honeycomb and available support resources

Input from Education Bradford and the CLCs Provide free training and free support Liaise with school representative Setup and monitor Honeycomb Provide race details for each online race Run the online races and update all results and tables online Support production of podcasts, videocasts and blogs with schools using Honeycomb Provide medals, certificates and trophies for the winners Provide a series of Face to Face races

Setting up drivers and exporting cars Please ensure that the team name for your car contains the school name. The driver’s names can be anything within reason. Set up a separate team for each of the groups of children who are building a car. When exporting your car to email me choose the fastest car in your school for that race and ensure the file is labelled as using the following format Race1-school-league. For example Parkwood school would be Race1ParkwoodSenna

www.skillspace.com/bradict Online support All details of online races, results, tables, schedule, how to guides, etc. Are available on www.skillspace.com/bradict