Learners investigate forces on different objects and learn about how properties react to forces.
By David Crewe
Discover what exactly is a carbon footprint and how we contribute to it. Design a street with a power source, home appliances and community activities. Calculate the carbon footprint of your street and then re-design your street to be more environmentally friendly and reducing your carbon footprint.
By David Crewe
Harness the power of light in this exciting K’NEX challenge to design and construct a solar powered fairground ride. Work in groups to complete the challenge. Requires communication, team work and imagination. Perfect to spark the curiosity of learners in engineering in engaging workshop. This workshop is enjoyed by both the learners and … Continued
By Josh.Rodden
Activities aimed at learners early in their school journey. All themes include elements of role-play, experimentation, challenges and a take home craft for learners to grow and be inspired. Choose from the following themes: SPACE: Little learners will dress up as astronauts to explore a distant planet. Launch rockets and sort the planets of … Continued
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Learners will develop skills that help them work collaboratively while building upon challenges and making improvement to their builds during the workshop. The class is split into groups and given the same set of LEGO pieces. Using a design brief the learner build a car that will travel down a ramp with the aim of … Continued
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Complete challenges that help explain and construct pieces of code to learn the basics of programming skills. After learning the basics of using an EV3, students will put into practice the numeracy and programming skills to test and navigate a rocky landscape. The learners through trial and error and forward thinking compete to driver their … Continued
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Suitable for Years 6 to 9. Construct and test canal systems used to carry water. Build upon team work skills, communication and problem solving to create value. Learners will discuss the history and importance of canals for transportation and consider what makes a strong bridge/aqueduct. Using this, in groups, students will have to create a … Continued
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Creatively protect your egg from the effects of gravity through skillful engineering. Each group is given a set of materials that they have to use to protect an egg from cracking once dropped from a height. Presenters will discuss with the class ideas of how they could protect their eggs by providing real-life examples.
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Experiment with building, creating and problem solving how bridges and structures are made. Learners can learn about the history and design of bridges and what makes them strong and successful. Groups are given a design brief to build the strongest bridge using the materials provided and then the bridges will then be tested to see which … Continued
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Ideal workshop for Year Groups 5 to 9. Grow your students’ understanding of how food is grown and the impact growing food has on our planet. Join in on a discussion of how and where our food is grown. Followed up by a quiz that gets the students up on their feet and looking at … Continued
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Join Xplore! for a interactive science show as learners decide which force is used to make household items work by push, pull or both. Years 1 and 2: The effect of push and pull on everyday objects How forces affect shapes of materials by twist, bend, stretch and squash How friction helps us to … Continued
