Getting Ready for the Epro8 Challenge

This year we have four teams competing in the Epro8 Challenge at Monrad Intermediate on March 22nd/23rd.  Teams have begun preparing for this by exploring a range of electronics equipment and investigating construction using simple machines - pulleys, gears and sprockets.  A huge part of succeeding in this competition is a teams ability to communicate and work together.  All the students have selected their own goals to help them develop their collaborative skills a little further.

Goal Setting  - some examples from the Navigator Centre

Noah:  

My goal is to:  

• Be better at working in a group
• Not take control and accept new ideas from others.

Indiana:

My goal is to:

• Work with the other people that I don't usually work with.
• Try to understand what the people in my group are talking about.
• Seek help from people that have been in Epro8 before.

Forbes:

My goal is to:

• Work together well and show good teamwork.
• Make sure we are collaborating, communicating and cooperating
• Show good sportsmanship when competing.

Navigator Centre students exploring Simple Machines

Kahurangi students exploring fans and circuits