IET Faraday Challenge 2009
The Cotswold School was honoured to be selected by the Institution of Engineering & Technology to act as a regional host for a Faraday Challenge Day.
Teams of eager and enthusiastic Year 8 students from Chosen Hill, Tewkesbury, Newent, Winchcombe and The Cotswold School tackled a topical flood defence problem posed by the professional engineers from IET.
Over the course of the day the teams were submerged in designing, costing, constructing and testing a working water moving device. They were not swamped by this challenge and produced some entertaining videos detailing their projects progress.
The Cotswold School teams acquitted themselves well in their inaugral appearance in this event and impressed the judges with their teamwork and the originality of their designs, which earned them a certificate a goody bag and a deluge of applause.
They were, however, just pumped to the winning well by Winchcombe school. Year 10 Science and Engineering club assistants Kirsty Manning, Jade Hartley and Shannon Hitchman were inundated with praise from the IET staff for their help on the day.
Pictures and video clips from the event will shortly be available to view on the IET Faraday website.
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