Evidence required: 2 or more examples of the children investigating engineering in class or in the local area
Design and make activity e.g. design a bridge, a boat, a rocket, a water pump, a catapult
Invite an engineer to the school to speak to the children about their work
Investigate engineering in your local area e.g. a bridge, a factory, a wind farm
Attend or host an Engineers’ Week event in 2015
We recently received a cutiosity box and put it to the test. The children had to follow the instructions to build a bridge using only plastic straws and tape. Some found it particularly challenging while others thought it was a piece of cake. We then tested whose bridge was the strongest and could hold most weight.
We explored many areas of the science curriculum during this fabulous workshop. The transfer of energy from one object to another, circuits, the power of air amongst many others. It was a fantastic show that the whole school enjoyed.
We took part in the roaring rockets workshop as part of the Baboró festival. We had a blast (no pun intended). We examined the energy and forces behind our own paper rockets. There were also balloon rockets and rockets powered by the air inside of an empty soda bottle.
The children thoroughly enjoyed hour of code this year. They found some of the activities more challenging than others
5th class were very lucky to be able to visit Microsoft’s Dreamspace. They were given a small tour and some history of the company. After this they worked on programming their own microbits and later working collaboratively on a project using Paint 3D. They created some amazing projects.
5th class had been challenged to build the tallest structure using only marshmallows and toothpicks. The structure had to remain standing unsupported for 15 seconds in order to be considered.
The winners worked really well together sharing ideas and not eating the limited supply of marshmallows given!
