The Young Engineers for Britain K'Nex Challenge (YEB) 2011
REGISTRATION FORMS WILL ARRIVE AT SCHOOLS MID-SEPTEMBER
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The Junior Engineers for Britain K'NEX Challenge is owned and managed by Young Engineers and is supported by Data Harvest.
Junior Engineers for Britain K'NEX Challenge
The aim of this 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?
Registration starts in September to primary schools years 4, 5 and 6 or equivalent (approximately pupils aged 8 - 11 years old) in the UK. The initial challenge is normally run for a classroom of approximately 30 pupils and is suitable for children of all abilities. Schools may enter more than one class of pupils.
What happens next?
In Early Sepember your school will receive a registration fax back form. This needs to be completed and returned to the office before the end of October. During November and December we will collate all of the registrations and allocate engineers and challenge dates. Please be aware that the challenge is subject to a small fee of £30 to cover administration costs. You will be notified of your Challenge Date in January.
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.
A winning team will be chosen on the day and details will be forwarded to the Setpoint Office. At the end of the challenges an overall winner will be selected and put through for the National Finals in June.
The Junior Engineer for Britain K'NEX Challenge has a long and established history with over 53,000 pupils taking part in 2009. Click here to visit the main YE website.
TEACHER FEEDBACK
from previous challenge
"Thank you. The challenge day was excellent! Andrew was also excellent with the children - they loved it"
R Woode, Woodlands
"It was a great day - thank you very much"
A Banks, Pirton
"An excellent Day!"
D Numan, Bengeo
"A fantastic session - thanks. The children learn't lots of new skills and to see them solving problems was fabulous"
V Hazell, Harwood Hill
"Ian did a super job. He explained very clearly what was expected of the children and they were interested. The children really enjoyed the day. Thanks"
W Brompton, Garden Fields
"This years challenge was much harder than previous years. Although the children had great fun and got lots out of it"
K Haslam, Watton-at-Stone
Data Harvest is one of the sponsors of Young Engineers’ exciting and motivating challenge for primary schools. Data Harvest is a specialist supplier of data logging and control systems to schools and colleges, and is also K’NEX Education’s UK distributor. Being at heart an engineering company, Data Harvest shares Young Engineers’ enthusiasm for children designing and making things, making them work and making them work better.
