WGSB - Inspiring an Engineering Community
As an engineering specialist school, WGSB is well equipped to not only inspire our own students as engineers of the future, but also inspire the community around us. We currently run a wide range of projects in our Primary Outreach program, which comprises a series of engineering projects aimed at students in key stages 1 and 2, details of these projects are given below. Staff and students from WGSB are actively engaged in delivering these projects in primary schools.
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Balloon Cars
Based on the Primary Engineer and Bloodhound SSC challenge, students are shown how to build and run a balloon car. They then produce their car and test it to see how far it will travel and whether it will travel in a straight line. They collect the data from several test runs with different wheels and alignments and decide which car should be used in the final race. This is a morning activity run in the hall of the primary school and is open to groups of up to 30 students from year 2 or 3.
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K'nex Cars
This is a fantastic opportunity where students will be able to design and manufacture K'nex cars, that can be blasted down the hall using compressed air. Students work in pairs to design, build and test their cars, and then adapt them based on their results. The project is great fun and will provide students with a chance to do something different whilst learning how to analyse and solve problems with their designs. This is a morning activity run in the hall of the primary school and is open to groups of up to 20 students from year.
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Bloodhound SSC Science Fair
As part of our Bloodhound SSC outreach work we have developed an Inventions and Discoveries Science Fair. Our activity invites students to take part in hands on tasks to help them understand some of the basic scientific principles and inventions that will help the Bloodhound SSC reach 1000mph.
Our opening presentation includes videos and demonstrations explaining the aims of the Bloodhound SSC project and gives a context for the topics the students find out about during the event.
Students move around the carousel of activities in groups of 5 or 6 and learn about aerodynamics, drag and thrust in more detail from our STEM ambassadors. During the event students receive raffle tickets for asking or answering questions and getting involved in the tasks about the Bloodhound SSC. Prizes are awarded to those students whose raffle tickets are selected from the hat.
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As part of our Bloodhound SSC outreach work we have developed an Inventions and Discoveries Science Fair. Our activity invites students to take part in hands on tasks to help them understand some of the basic scientific principles and inventions that will help the Bloodhound SSC reach 1000mph.
Our opening presentation includes videos and demonstrations explaining the aims of the Bloodhound SSC project and gives a context for the topics the students find out about during the event.
Students move around the carousel of activities in groups of 5 or 6 and learn about aerodynamics, drag and thrust in more detail from our STEM ambassadors. During the event students receive raffle tickets for asking or answering questions and getting involved in the tasks about the Bloodhound SSC. Prizes are awarded to those students whose raffle tickets are selected from the hat.
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CAD/CAM Car
CAD/CAM Car – As a regional education centre for the Bloodhound SSC project we have developed a new project giving students the chance to learn about the Bloodhound project during a research activity run at their home school. This is followed by an optional after school visit to Wilmington Grammar School for Boys were they will have the opportunity to build a CAD/CAM balloon powered car and see the machinery and equipment used in industry manufacturing components of their cars. This will include laser cutters, 3D printers, vacuum formers and vinyl cutters.
The first part of this project is a morning activity open to groups of up to 30 students from years 5 and 6 and must be run in a hall. Students who take part will be given a letter inviting them to take part in the second session at WGSB the following week, there is a small charge for the second sessions if students choose to take part.
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The first part of this project is a morning activity open to groups of up to 30 students from years 5 and 6 and must be run in a hall. Students who take part will be given a letter inviting them to take part in the second session at WGSB the following week, there is a small charge for the second sessions if students choose to take part.
For more details click here.