Create Sport Challenge

Can your students work as a team, design a community sports venue and overcome engineering problems?

Want them to have fun putting science, engineering, mathematics and technology to the test?

Then it’s time to take on the Create Sport Challenge!!

What is it?
The Create Sport Challenge is a FREE national competition organised by the Institiution of Civil Engineers, ARUP and the EDT. It allows 12/13 year old students to work in teams with a built environment professional to complete a challenging project that introduces real-world problems to the classroom.

Why take part?
Your students will:

  • get active input and guidance from a working professional
  • use their creativity and curriculum knowledge to overcome a range of engineering problems
  • become more aware of the world around them and understand the things engineers do every day to solve worldwide and local issues
  • develop skills in project management, CDT, communication, presentation and organisation

What will your students do?

  • work together as a team (20 to 30 hours for CREST awards)
  • create a design for a community sports venue
  • build a model of the venue
  • write a detailed report of the different project stages and the problems encountered
  • use the competition website and social networking tools to help with the project

What’s the prize?
Teams will be judged regionally and the best will be invited to present their work at a grand final in June 2011 at the Institution of Civil Engineers in London. The prize for 1st place will be £1 000 for the school of the winning team. Prizes for other places include a school visit by an athlete and a trip to a major sporting venue.

How to enter
For information on how to enter visit the Create Sport Challenge website or email challenge@createsport.org.uk.

For good teaching resources linked to the Olympics, why not visit the National STEM Centre eLibrary?


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