Engineering
Design and make a boat that can float when taking a 1kg weight:
3rd and 4th class:
Use their engineering skills to create a name sculpture, without falling over, with only one connection to the base. 2nd class.
St. Brigid's Day crosses in 3rd and 4th class:
Design and make a castle grounds. 2nd class
Include at least three features of a castle that we learned about (battlements, drawbridge, portcullis, moat, bailey, tower, arrow loops, the keep etc.)
Design and make a marble run (3rd and 4th class):
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World Book Week and Engineer's Week integrated:
Each day during World Book Week (same week as Engineer's Week), pupils received a new challenge each day. Challenge 2 was to integrate engineering along with the novel we were all reading (The Iron Man by Ted Hughes).
Pupils were challenged to create a 3D model of The Iron Man character from the novel, using recycled materials.
See examples below:
Pupils were challenged to create a 3D model of The Iron Man character from the novel, using recycled materials.
See examples below:
Engineer's Week Workshop
Each class (2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th class participated in a virtual workshop for Engineer's Week in March.
The workshop was aimed for children to help them learn more about computer science, without a robot and using online VEXcode VR. Pupils learned to code a virtual robot using a coding environment powered by Scratch Blocks.
2nd class engaged in-peson in school as they were back at school.
3rd - 6th class engaged virtually, from home via Google Classroom.
The workshop was aimed for children to help them learn more about computer science, without a robot and using online VEXcode VR. Pupils learned to code a virtual robot using a coding environment powered by Scratch Blocks.
2nd class engaged in-peson in school as they were back at school.
3rd - 6th class engaged virtually, from home via Google Classroom.
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Engineer's Week: Planning, designing, constructing and testing bridges in 2nd class:
2nd class learned and studied four different types of bridges in their science/ geography lessons (suspension bridges, arch bridges, cantilever bridges and beam bridges).
They looked at and examined bridges locally, the type of bridge, location, use and materials used.
Pupils worked in groups (in their pods) to create one of the types of bridges they've learned about.
We followed the stages that engineers would follow:
1. Ask a question(s)
2. Plan and design
3. Construct
4. Test + find and fix problems
5. Present
See photos below. The project and learning took place over two weeks in March 2021.
They looked at and examined bridges locally, the type of bridge, location, use and materials used.
Pupils worked in groups (in their pods) to create one of the types of bridges they've learned about.
We followed the stages that engineers would follow:
1. Ask a question(s)
2. Plan and design
3. Construct
4. Test + find and fix problems
5. Present
See photos below. The project and learning took place over two weeks in March 2021.
