Are you up for a thrilling primary school challenge?

The Junior Engineers for Britain K'NEX Challenge is owned and managed by Young Engineers and is sponsored by Data Harvest, Tomorrow's Engineers and Tomy.
This year our engineering theme is .........a secret!

The aim of the challenge is to provide primary school children with an introduction to the exciting world of engineering and technology in a fun and educational way.

Who can enter and when?

The challenge is open to primary schools or organisations teaching school years 4, 5 and 6 or equivalent (approximately pupils aged 8 - 11 years old) in the UK. The initial challenge is normally run for an average classroom of approximately 30 pupils and is suitable for children of all abilities. Schools may enter more than one class of pupils.

The closing date for registration is 30 April 

What happens next?

 

INTECH will be running the competition in Hampshire. 

Click here to register for the challenge. All expressions of interest will be forwarded to INTECH and we will contact you to discuss your requirements and arrange a suitable date for the challenge to be run in your school or as part of a visit to INTECH. Please be aware that the challenge will be subject to a small fee to cover administration costs. Or you can borrow the K’NEX kits and run the activity session yourself.   INTECH also offer you the opportunity to extend the challenge session into a full educational workshop from the wide range we offer.

Hampshire County Finals will be held at INTECH on 30th June at 1pm

 

The challenge

The challenge requires the pupils to work in pairs and involves them in building a design solution to a problem that has been set by Young Engineers. The challenge encourages the pupils to develop and demonstrate their problem solving skills, their imagination, creativity and ingenuity as well as early project management skills. The pupils start the challenge by drawing their ideas first and then building their solution, adapting their initial designs as they learn what works and what doesn’t.

The Junior Engineer for Britain K'NEX Challenge has a long and established history with over 55,000 pupils taking part in 2010. A UK National Final will be held in September 2011 and it is expected that over 20 teams will be invited to attend. The selection process from an in school challenge to national final will involve a combination of methods including judging in school to county finals.