Today, a number of students from Kahurangi and Haepapa began the work required for their next CREST award - the BP Technology CREST. This award is offered by Te Aparangi - the Royal Society, who have a passion for students to learn about the physical, biological and social sciences. We will be exploring elements of structural technology and engineering, tackling a diverse range of problem-solving challenges.
Today's problems were to create a hurdle and a 'papminton' set using only newspaper, sellotape and a small amount of string. As with the first attempt at all these challenges, there were some successes as well as some areas highlighted for development.
The teams had to get used to working with new students and there was a lot of discussion around good teamwork - this will be a focus in the coming weeks.
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