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Techno Challenge! - Activities week STEM fun with year 7, 8 & 9
30 year 7, 8 & 9 students had a fun creative and successful week building and racing Paddle Boats and Power boats as well as racing each other at Langar Karting track.
As well as the fun of the event, students were using Science and Engineering skills covering topics like, Pulley ratios, Torque, Hydrodynamics, and Electrical Engineering
On the Friday the boats were judged and raced on the following categories:
- Fastest Powerboat: Sameer Qaiser
- Best Designed Powerboat: Rhys Dunkley
- Best Engineered Powerboat: David Wood
- Most Effective Paddle Boat: Aiden McCarthy
- Best Designed Paddle Boat: David Wood
- Best Paddle Boat Manufacture: Oliver Scarth
However all students should be proud of their achievements and conduct having created some amazing results with a really positive attitude. We're looking forward to next year already!
More photos available HERE.
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