Super Stixx engineering challenge
Students learn hands-on how engineers think & work while developing their problem solving and teamworking skills.
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Overview
In these workshops, pupils discover how engineers think and work, along with some of the basic concepts involved in engineering. These active, engaging sessions inspire young people to consider this career while developing their creative problem solving and team working skills.
Using our STIXX machine, newspaper is turned into super-strong sticks that can hold large weights when constructed well. Students learn how engineers work and where they work, broadening their knowledge and awareness. They then design and build their own constructions using the STIXX.
Our workshops can be based around different themes depending on the pupils' age or ability. Pupils can build bridges using STIXX by researching some of the shapes that are used in real life, then test the bridge to see how much weight they can hold. Or, they could use the session to design and build their own furniture for a specific purpose or need.
For younger pupils we can look at the importance of shapes in structures and then build structures using those shapes.
These workshops offer a fun and flexible way to introduce engineering while linking to the curriculum, Gatsby Benchmarks, and OFSTED, while highlighting future career possibilities.
Capacity
Minimum of 10 participants, maximum of 32 participants.
Cost
From £499 for a full day's session. Contact the provider for a full quote tailored to your requirements.
Dates and location
Skill Supply does not charge travel costs on top of their workshops if the location is within one hour of their office in Sandbach, Cheshire. For travel times over this, they will charge mileage, and for over 2 hours they may need to add accommodation costs on top. Full quotes can be offered before purchase.
Duration
The workshops can be a half (around 2.5 hours) or a whole day (around 5 hours) and fit in with a normal school day's break and lunchtime.
Details
- Curriculum links
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- Engineering
- Physics: Motion and forces
- Technologies - Craft, design, engineering and graphics: Application of engineering
- Sciences - Forces, electricity and waves: Forces
- Design thinking and engineering: Engineering
- Physics: Forces
- Technology & design - Manufacturing
- Sciences - Forces and energy: Forces and energy transfer
- Duration
- Whole day
Half or full day
- Cost
- Cost applies
- Location
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In-school
- UK-wide
Learning outcomes
- Improve engagement, interest or enjoyment in STEM subjects
- Develop engineering employability skills
- Improve awareness and aspirations for STEM-related study and careers
- Challenge stereotypes by showing the diversity of disciplines, people and skills involved in engineering
Frameworks
Essential skills
The essential skills every young person needs to succeed in education and their future career. Find out more at the Skills Builder Partnership. This experience builds the following skills:
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