Hello JRCS Scientists!
On Wednesday, two Y7 top set Science groups took part in
the Tomorrow’s Engineers Energiser Event which has been designed to encourage
the next generation of scientists and engineers. Our students had a chance to work with an
engineer, Mr Nigel Moore, and learn about his job. The pupils looked at the
following areas:
- Our World, Your Future – the effects of a
growing world population;
- Potential Energy – the global energy mix
including renewable and non-renewable energy;
- Kinetic Energy – building and testing a Solar
Car;
- Engineering Careers – looking at what engineers
do and the routes into engineering careers.
We had a lot of fun building wind turbines and cars of the
future. Here are a few quotes from the students who participated.
“It was great finding out about all the different types of
engineers, I have learnt a lot throughout this experience” Hannah Tolentino 7G
“After this experience we now know about many job
opportunities in engineering” Matthew Korbuch 7I
“It was so fun, I forgot we were learning!” Devika Ahtty 7I
“This experience made me change my view on engineering
completely. Now I think that any idea could be a reality with engineering” Joel
Walpole 7A
“I feel like today’s engineering project opened up many
career paths for me, as they taught me all the requirements of becoming an
engineer while being incredibly fun” Jeremiah Ogunturin 7E
“It was a new experience for me and was very interesting to
be able to do something an engineer does. Altogether, it was really fun.” Renee Moundjongui-Bastos 7F
“My favourite part of the workshop was building the car. I
enjoyed the creative part of the building process. I will probably consider
engineering as an option for the future” Maya Quagraine 7H
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