Young Eco Engineers

Over the last 2 terms, a group of year 6 children have been involved in the Young Eco Engineers project building a kit car which they will be racing against other schools in June. Each week the children meet after school to continue with the build. 

We have spent eight sessions building our Goblin Kit Car and have made excellent progress. Our Goblin Kit Car now has: a front and rear axle; steering column; wheels; brake and seat! Some of the construction and attachment of these parts to the chassis was quite tricky and the children really needed to work as a team. They are now in the process of attaching all the wires to the motor cage ready to attach to the batteries, the motor and the push button, and assembling the safety harness. 

As well as actually building the car, each week the progress made is logged in a workbook. The group are also challenged to think about things such as: ‘which parts of the car are not aluminium and why?’ ‘Where on your car is friction a good thing and where is it to be avoided?’ and ‘what else, apart from recycling, could we do to protect our environment and the planet?’ The children have really had to get their Eco Engineer thinking caps on!