The BLOODHOUND SSC Education Programme provides these ideas for teachers to use when planning their lessons.
Inspired by the challenge of building a 1,000mph jet and rocket car, These BLOODHOUND themed activities are aimed at 11-14 year olds. With links to the KS3 National Curriculum but can be adapted to a wider age group and ability.
Stand Alone Resources
BLOODHOUND SSC – Air Resistance Paper Cones Practical.
An investigation to measure how the surface area of paper cone parachutes affects the drag. Includes method, and key questions.
BLOODHOUND SSC Parachute Template
Use this Parachute template alongside the Air Resistance Investigation.
BLOODHOUND SSC Desert Living Camp Design Task
A Powerpoint Presentation introducing a design activity: researching and planning a base camp for the BLOODHOUND SSC Team for the Land Speed Record Attempt in Hakskeen Pan, South Africa.
BLOODHOUND SSC Human Drogue Chutes Investigation
Make drogue chutes from bin liners and attach to human runners, to investigation the effect of drag on average running speed.
BLOODHOUND SSC Model Disc Brakes Instructions
A design and technology wood work project to making a working model of disc brakes.
BLOODHOUND SSC Speed of Sound Investigation KS3
A Powerpoint presentation for a whole lesson introducing the speed of sound. Includes videos of the SuperSonic Car Thrust SSC; animations to demonstration how sound and light travels, and planning an Investigation to measure the speed of sound using balloons, stopwatches and a trundle wheel.
BLOODHOUND SSC State of Matter Worksheet
A worksheet activity describing states of matter and examples of state changes in BLOODHOUND SSC. Includes cloze exercises, and graph drawing and interpretation.
BLOODHOUND SSC State of Matter Worksheet ANSWERS
The ANSWERS for a worksheet activity describing states of matter and examples of state changes in BLOODHOUND SSC. Includes cloze exercises, and graph drawing and interpretation.
BLOODHOUND SSC The Science behind the Car Practical Demonstrations.
A circus of practical demonstrations, from airzooka vortices to explain how the air brakes work, to a combustion tube demonstration of rocket science.
BLOODHOUND SSC Combustion How Jet Engines Work.
A PowerPoint presentation for a whole lesson on Jet engines, including videos, quizzes, and a combustion practical. Links to the KS3 Science National Curriculum, with extension tasks for gifted and talented students.
BLOODHOUND SSC Distance Speed Graphs Worksheets.
A worksheet with graphing interpretation and data analysis questions, from real data from BLOODHOUND SSC’s testing runs.
BLOODHOUND SSC Velocity Time Graphs Presentation.
A PowerPoint Presentation to complement the Distance Speed Worksheet above, includes video footage from a testing run, and explanations of the answers.
BLOODHOUND SSC Geography Where on Earth can we run a Supersonic Car?
Linking to the KS3 Geography National Curriculum, this Presentation encompasses a variety of mapping activities from navigation, grid references, and geological research, linked to the Challenges of finding a suitable location to run a Jet and rocket powered 1,000mph car.
Workshop Support Materials
BLOODHOUND SSC Inspirational Car Name Generator.
Help alleviate writers block, with a quiz to mix adjectives, verbs and nouns into an inspirational car name.
BLOODHOUND SSC Introductory Activity before a Workshop.
A short video with questions to introduce the BLOODHOUND Project, also includes more links to cover all aspects of the car including drag, the fastest wheels ever made, and rocket tests.
BLOODHOUND SSC K’Nex Cars Workshop Scaffolded Worksheet.
A worksheet designed to aid the iterative design process as teams design, build, test and analyse their K’Nex model cars.