2. Introduction Alex Rider is a secret agent hired by MI6 to solve a mystery. You will find out how he gets himself out of tricky situations and discovers the truth about Stormbreaker. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stormbreaker_%28film%29 He has been compared to James Bond, an adult fictional secret agent http://www.talpa.tv/upload/124006_610_1129123787049-James-Bond-Sean_Connery200x.jpg
3. Reading Stormbreaker Here are two tasks that you will complete while you are reading Stormbreaker Chapter title Assignment Double Entry Journal
4. Task Find out as much information as you can about Alex Rider’s gadgets and how they helped him in tricky situations. You will answer these questions How and why Alex became an agent? What characteristics make a villain or a hero? What countries Alex visited? What materials were used create gadgets? What mystery did he solve? You will end up designing your own gadget to solve a mystery in the school.
5. Process Who is James Bond? Find out what are the characteristics of James Bond. Use a dictionary to explain the characteristics in this Inspiration diagram. Characteristics of James Bond
6. Process http://www.alexrider.com/Alex-Rider Make a list of Bond and Alex characteristics and find similarities. You will need to visit the Alex Rider Profile website. James Bond Comparison
7. Look at Alex Riders gadgets and describe the main features
8. Look at Alex Riders gadgets and describe the main features Look at Bond gadgets and discuss if they could be used today Decide whether Alex can use Bond’s gadgets in Stormbreaker. You will need to tell us how and when.
9. Look at the Bond gadgets on the following 4 pages and discuss if they could be used today.
10. Bond’s Gadgets The next 3 pages of information were sourced from http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/hottopics/jamesbond/bondgadgets.shtml
11. Blue X-Ray Glasses (The World Is Not Enough, 1999) Q designed this pair of blue sunglasses. They are X-ray glasses which allow Bond to wander though a casino viewing concealed weapons. Could it work? Nice idea, of course, but Bond's glasses stretch the barriers of X-ray technology a little too far. Like light and radio waves, X-rays are a type of electromagnetic radiation. They are most widely used in medicine to visualise bones and organs.
12. Underwater Breather (Thunderball, 1965) This emergency device allowed 007 enough oxygen breath underwater for approximately 4 minutes. It saved his life during an underwater battle when his scuba breathing apparatus had been forcefully removed. Could it work? An ingenious idea - unfortunately, it's total fantasy. A 3.8 litre tank contains around 30 minutes of compressed air. The smallest mini breather available is an emergency tank of 0.5 litres of air contained in a tank about the size of a fizzy drink can. It only lasts for about two minutes - or 40 breaths.
13. Q's Pet (A View To A Kill, 1985) This first of its kind surveillance machine is operated by remote control. Its cameras and microphones relay information back to Q in his operations van. Could it work? After the terrorist attack on New York, dozens of experimental robots similar to Q's snooper scoured the wreckage of the World Trade Center's collapsed twin towers. detection devices, these robots were designed to seek out heat, light, motion and colours that might signal a survivor. They were driven by caterpillar tracks and were strong enough to push lumps of concrete out of the way.
14. Alex Rider is not old enough for a driver’s licence in Stormbreaker, but he might be able to use some of the gadgets on the cars! James Bond’s cars
22. Aston Martin V8 rocket launchers spiked tyres laser tyre-slashers and skis. Rocket motor which when fired gives the car an extra boost allowing the car to fly. Has a self destruct mechanism.
23. What do you think would be the perfect gadget? You can create a gadget using Lego Digital Designer or Google Sketchup or you can draw it using a draw programme or on paper. Take elements from Alex and James Bond’s gadgets to design your own. Explain in detail what it could do!
