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23 November, 2022

Year 7 Pasta Car STEAM Challenge

Year 7 Pasta Car STEAM Challenge - Year 7 Pasta Car STEAM Challenge

Students in Year 7 successfully completed the “Pasta Car STEAM Challenge” which entailed students designing and making a car using different types of pasta.

 Year 7 Pasta Car STEAM Challenge - Year 7 Pasta Car STEAM Challenge

Throughout the challenge students displayed various MIT Learner Ambitions by being CREATIVE, RESILIENT and COLLABORATIVE.

 

Year 7 Pasta Car STEAM Challenge - Year 7 Pasta Car STEAM Challenge

The challenge culminated with a race challenge where students raced their pasta cars down a ramp and the car that slide the furthers from the ramp was the winning car.

 

Year 7 Pasta Car STEAM Challenge - Year 7 Pasta Car STEAM Challenge

Students ended the Pasta Challenge with group presentations outlining the highlights of the challenge as well as the valuable skills their developed.

 

Updates from: Shahida Kandhai, 

Science & Biology Teacher, STEAM and Global Campus Secondary Lead 

Year 7 Pasta Car STEAM Challenge - Year 7 Pasta Car STEAM Challenge

MIT-Nord Anglia STEAM Programme

 

At BSB, the MIT-Nord Anglia STEAM Programme helps our students to develop their creativity and problem-solving skills by tackling interdisciplinary challenges facing the world today. It inspires students to look beyond individual subjects and harness the benefits of an interdisciplinary, practical, hands-on approach to learning, guided by the world’s leading STEAM institution. It also gives our teachers the chance to learn and receive professional development from inspiring figures in the world of STEAM and pass on their passion for learning to our students.

 

Click here to find out more about BSB’s global collaborations with world-leading institutions.

 

Year 7 Pasta Car STEAM Challenge - Year 7 Pasta Car STEAM Challenge