課外課程——汽車(chē)建造

　　Cart Construction ECA

　　常州威雅校內(nèi)地下車(chē)庫(kù)迎來(lái)了汽車(chē)建造項(xiàng)目開(kāi)展的第二個(gè)年頭。上學(xué)期，六位學(xué)生對(duì)停放在車(chē)庫(kù)里的沙漠越野車(chē) “大做文章”——運(yùn)用基于問(wèn)題的解決方法，完成組建一輛功能性汽車(chē)的任務(wù)。要知道在剛開(kāi)學(xué)的時(shí)候，呈現(xiàn)在學(xué)生面前的只有一個(gè)光禿禿的金屬底盤(pán)和部分零件，學(xué)生要使用歸納演繹法完成組裝任務(wù)。

　　The Wycombe Abbey Garage located at Wycombe Abbey’s Changzhou branch, in its 2nd year of operation welcomed 6 new students to work on it’s “Dune buggy” style car this term. A problem-based approach was used and students were tasked with assembling and building a fully functional car successfully. A bare-body chassis and the different parts of the vehicle were presented and the students had to use Inductive and Deductive Approaches to complete this task.

【點(diǎn)擊咨詢(xún)常州威雅學(xué)校】

　　汽車(chē)建造這門(mén)課外活動(dòng)課需要學(xué)生到車(chē)庫(kù)親身體驗(yàn)車(chē)輛建造的過(guò)程，了解汽車(chē)不同部位的組件構(gòu)造以及用途，并學(xué)習(xí)使用專(zhuān)用工具組裝或拆卸汽車(chē)零部件。學(xué)生們學(xué)習(xí)了汽車(chē)內(nèi)燃機(jī)的工作原理，了解了動(dòng)能是如何從汽車(chē)引擎輸送到輪胎上的。學(xué)生們可以通過(guò)觀察未經(jīng)組裝的汽車(chē)了解汽車(chē)的內(nèi)部結(jié)構(gòu)和懸掛系統(tǒng)，知曉動(dòng)能從引擎通過(guò)鉸鏈傳輸?shù)綑C(jī)械裝置的原理。

　　This ECA provides learners with the hands-on experience of working safely in a garage, knowledge of the different parts of a vehicle and their purpose, learning about and using specialist tools to assemble/disassemble different parts of a vehicle. Students learned how an ‘Internal Combustion Engine’ works and understand how power transfer happens from the engine to the wheels. The naked frame of the car enabled them to look at the insides of the vehicle frame, the suspension system and know how the power is transmitted from the engine using the chain drive mechanism.

　　“紙上得來(lái)終覺(jué)淺，絕知此事要躬行。”學(xué)生可以將IGCSE和A Level課程中學(xué)到的有關(guān)力學(xué)、轉(zhuǎn)矩、沖力、功率和不同電子元件等物理知識(shí)運(yùn)用到實(shí)際操作中，并在實(shí)踐中實(shí)現(xiàn)理論知識(shí)的“夢(mèng)幻聯(lián)動(dòng)”。在這門(mén)課程中，學(xué)生們第 一次采用項(xiàng)目管理這一形式進(jìn)行實(shí)踐，將所有需要完成的任務(wù)列成清單，并為每項(xiàng)任務(wù)設(shè)定了截止時(shí)間。學(xué)生們分工明確，以在規(guī)定時(shí)間里成功完成汽車(chē)建造的任務(wù)。

　　Learners were able to apply physics concepts like forces, torque, momentum, power and the different electronic components that they learnt in IGCSE and A-Level to a real-life task and were successfully able to link these ideas in practice. They worked in a project management style scenario by first laying out tasks in a checklist that needed to be completed and set deadlines for these tasks. Roles were assigned to each student and they managed to complete the task of building the car successfully within the time frame.

【點(diǎn)擊咨詢(xún)常州威雅學(xué)校】

　　許多學(xué)生是初次使用這些工具，在學(xué)習(xí)這些工具的名字和用法方面，他們收獲了前所未有的體驗(yàn)。汽車(chē)完成搭建后，學(xué)生們成功試駕了這輛車(chē)。汽車(chē)所有部件運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)良好! 之后緊接著的一周，學(xué)生們又親臨卡丁車(chē)賽道，過(guò)了一把開(kāi)卡丁車(chē)的癮，完成了許多學(xué)生的卡丁車(chē)初體驗(yàn)。開(kāi)卡丁車(chē)非常考驗(yàn)學(xué)生的控制力和方向感，但同學(xué)們都駕駛得不錯(cuò)。在后兩周的課外活動(dòng)課程中，學(xué)生們完成了沙漠越野車(chē)的拆卸工作，并根據(jù)以往課程內(nèi)容形成書(shū)面的指南和提示，將它們“傳承”給下一批選修汽車(chē)建造課外課的同學(xué)們。

　　Many of the students were using such kind of tools for the first time and had a great experience learning the names of the tools and mastering their use. Upon completion of the task students took a small, supervised test drive in the car and were ecstatic to see the machine perform well. A more controlled and guided activity awaited them at the go-karting track the following week where most students drove a go kart for the first time. The final two weeks of the ECA required them to dis-assemble the car and leave guidance and tips for the next group who would take over this task.