• hands-on Science and Technology workshops

• business-related courses, including virtual reality tours

• enterprise exercises

• team-building challenges
  
  

SECONDARY SCHOOL WORKSHOPS
We offer workshops for secondary school pupils that focus on Science, Design and Technology, ICT, Business Studies, Enterprise education, financial management and team building. 

Our courses often offer teachers and students the opportunity to investigate software sponsored by business, and to see scientific, technological and business processes as they occur in industry.

Courses can be held in schools and colleges as well as at industrial venues. We have run courses in oil refineries, steel works, car manufacturers, car dealerships, service stations, food manufacturers and Post Office processing centres.

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• learning about the life cycle of butterflies and designing and making moving models using pneumatics (Paulsgrove Primary School, Hampshire and Rise Park Junior School, Essex)
• designing and making controllable cars (Firs Hill Primary School, S. Yorkshire and Sandown Primary School, E. Sussex)
• designing and making shelters (Shirley Warren Primary School, Hampshire)
• making a clown's car with cams (Rise Park Junior School, Essex)
• using cams to make mice jump out of cheese, frogs jump on lilies etc (Eversley Primary School, London)
  
• designing and making roly polys (Biglandgreen Primary School, London, Paulsgrove Primary School, Hampshire and Sandown Primary School, E. Sussex).
• investigating materials by making vehicles with seat belts and crash testing them (Firs Hill Primary School, S. Yorkshire)
  
• investigating shapes and making and testing paper towers (Court Lane Junior School, Hampshire)
• Bob the Builder Week - designing and making moving models of Scoop, Muck, Bob and Wendy (Sandown Primary School, E. Sussex)
• designing and making balloon-powered vehicles (Shirley Warren Primary School, Hampshire)
  

The full range of our 'off-the-shelf' workshops is listed below.  The majority can be adapted to suit specific needs regarding age and ability levels.

If any of them interest you, simply contact us using the enquiry form, by email, telephone or post.                                                                                            

DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY

Title	Description	Subject Area	Pictures
Birds and Butterflies	Make a model bird, butterfly or winged monster using simple pneumatics to make the wings flap.	design and make pneumatics
Mad Hatter	Investigate headgear: religious, historical, protective, regional, symbolic. Design and make an example.	design and make textiles	picture to be added
Fairgrounds	Make a working carousel or big wheel.	design and make pulleys gears electrical circuits
Christmas Special	Choose from:   Santa jumping out of a chimney; Santa being winched out; a reindeer with moving antlers; a motorised sleigh; lights on a Christmas tree ... and more.	design and make pneumatics electrical circuits cams
Simple and Controllable Vehicles	Design and make a controllable vehicle.	design and make wheels and axles electrical circuits switches motors
Easter Bonnets	Design and make an Easter bonnet.	design and make textiles	picture to be added
Three Little Pigs	Use the Three Little Pigs as the context for investigating and building homes.   Includes windows, doors, roofs, walls. Optional: electricity for lights or alarms.	design and make materials levers and linkages joining cutting	picture to be added
Hop, Skip and Jump	Use simple cams to make an insect, frog, or monster that hops and jumps.	design and make cams
Crazy Clown	Use simple cams to make a clown in a car.   The clown bobs up and down as the car moves.	design and make cams
Hopping Frogs	Make model animals and characters that hop, jump and fly through the air.	design and make pneumatics	picture to be added
It's a Wind Up	Pussy in the Well, Hickory Dickory Dock, Rapunzel's hair. Use simple winding mechanisms to create these and other ideas.	design and make winding mechanisms pulleys gears	picture to be added
Moving Models	Make models with moving parts to illustrate nursery rhymes, stories, songs and poems.	literacy linkages and levers	picture to be added
Moving Vehicles: Powered Buggies	Make a model vehicle and make it move using rubber bands and balloons.	design and make forces friction	picture to be added
Pop-up People	Make a model of a character that jumps and moves, using balloons and squeezy bottles. Link in with nursery rhymes, stories, songs and poems.	design and make pneumatics	picture to be added
Springtime Special	Choose from: chicks hatching from eggs; bees visiting flowers; gambolling lambs; frogs on lily pads; butterflies with moving wings.	design and make linkages and levers cam pneumatics
Summer Special	Choose from: boats on the water; swimmers in the sea; tennis games.	linkages and levers cams pneumatics	picture to be added
Vehicles	Use boxes or adapt a basic car net to create a vehicle for a chosen character.	design and make fixed and moving wheels fixed and moving axles
Windmills	Make a working model of a windmill.	design and make gears
Roly Polys	Design and make a roly poly. This activity was developed by the Nuffield Foundation	design and make
Harry Potter Special	Choose from: design and make -   three-headed monsters; wizard costumes; moving pictures; wizards flying on broomsticks; ... and much more.	design and make textiles linkages and levers cams	picture to be added
Bob the Builder Special	Choose from: design and make moving models of- Scoop Muck Bob and Wendy Pilchard ... and others	design and make linkages and levers pneumatics cams
Road Safety	This course incorporates science and design and technology activities including: Test materials through crash testing Design and make reflective garments Design a poster re: road safety Investigate stopping distances Make a set of traffic lights	design and make electric circuits materials friction

SCIENCE

Title	Description	Subject Area
Air Resistance	Design, make and test parachutes using a variety of materials. Use them to investigate and test air resistance.	air resistance materials	picture to be added
Electrical Conductivity	Make your own electrical conductivity tester. Test a variety of materials.	electrical circuits	picture to be added
Force Meters	Investigate the purpose of a force meter (Newton meter or spring meter). Make and test your own force meter.	springs forces	picture to be added
Magnetism	What is magnetism? What is a magnet? Investigate different types of magnets. Make your own electromagnet.	magnetism
Pollination	Find out about pollination of flowers. Make a moving model showing bees visiting flowers.	pollination levers
Testing Towers	Investigate strong shapes and structures, how to strengthen paper and reinforce joins. Set the challenge to make strongest, tallest and/or most stable structure.	structures materials
Thermal Conductivity	Investigate the thermal conductivity of various materials. Design a product based on your findings.	thermal conductivity materials	picture to be added
Road Safety	This course incorporates science and design and technology activities including: Test materials through crash testing Design and make reflective garments Design a poster re: road safety Investigate stopping distances Make a set of traffic lights	design and make electric circuits materials friction

• date(s)
• required length of activity/event
• preferred format (e.g. one class all day, small groups for half-hour activities etc)
• preferred theme (e.g. Bob the Builder, Harry Potter, treasure islands, Spring etc)
• subject or topic focus (e.g. Science, D&T, pneumatics, electricity, cams etc)
• age group
• number of pupils per group
• number of adults available (recommend minimum of 1 per 8 pupils)
• any special needs (physical, educational or behavioural)