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The Pipe Bridge Challenge

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Overview

It's hands-on, it's fun! It requires lots of K'nex resources (which will be provided for the duration of the event).

The session has been delivered many times for many years, and schools/colleges typically pay a fee for the managed delivery of the session unless other funding arrangements are in place.

Sessions can be run with any age or abilities. It can be adapted and extended easily to include lots of industrial careers and project/enterprise careers information.

Capacity

Minimum of 10 participants, maximum of 90 participants.

Cost

Typically £200 to £300 excluding VAT for a day-long session and subject to additional mileage/travel/subsistence costs.

Duration

Ideally, a day-long event but can be adapted to suit student numbers and age/ability groups.

Typically this session is done as a competition and can be done as a number of sessions, which can build up the skills of the teams gradually to foster the concept of continuous improvement, just like the real world of engineering & industrial design and projects/construction fields.

Details

School subject: Art and design

Engineering

Maths

Physics
Curriculum links: Design and technology

Biology: Material cycles and energy

Physics: Energy

Engineering

Technologies - Craft, design, engineering and graphics

Sciences - Planet earth: Energy sources and sustainability

Sciences - Planet earth

Technologies - Craft, design, engineering and graphics: Application of engineering

Design thinking and engineering

Physics: Energy transfer

Design thinking and engineering: Engineering

Technology & design - Design

Sciences - Earth and universe: The environment and human influences

Sciences - Forces and energy

Technology & design - Manufacturing

Technology & design - Control
Group size: Small groups, Whole class, Whole year group
Duration: Whole day
1 day
Cost: Cost applies
Location: In-school

North East

North West

Yorkshire and the Humber

Learning outcomes

Improve engagement, interest or enjoyment in STEM subjects
Attainment and progress
Learning what the engineering workplace is like
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

Gatsby benchmarks

The Gatsby benchmarks are a framework for good careers guidance for schools across all of England and in some areas across the rest of the UK. This experience helps your school to reach the following benchmarks:

4 - Linking curriculum learning to careers
5 - Encounters with employers and employees
6 - Experiences of workplaces
7 - Encounters with further and higher education

EqualEx

Introduce and Inspire

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: