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Theis a London wide design competition for Year 8 students in which participating teams have to complete a conceptual design, and build a model of a Community Sports Venue in the Greater London region. With the upcoming sports extravaganza of the Olympics, 2012 offers a unique opportunity to engage students in this fun, exciting & educational initiative that develops their STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) curriculum skills and a whole host of other invaluable core life skills.

 

Students will get the opportunity to work with industry professionals to complete project work that is similar in content and form to the kind of problems they will encounter again and again during work experience, higher education and eventual careers in building design/engineering or any other field.

Students - learn about engineering and use what they learn at school in a practical, fun project

 

Schools - introduce your students to engineering & architectural career options and enhance their curriculum knowledge

 

Engineers - contribute to the future of the profession and earn CPD credits

 

What is the Create Sport Challenge?

 

The Create Sport Challenge is a national competition that will show students that STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) GCSE subjects can be engaging, fun and a crucial stepping stone towards a fulfilling career in engineering or any other field.

 

The Challenge is to design a Community Sports Venue that meets local needs. Students will consider all the main aspects that a professional building designer would in performing similar projects.

 

A working engineer or an engineering graduate will work with the school students to help them consider all these aspects.

 

The overall aim is to impress upon students the importance of STEM curriculum options in an accessible and fun context, and to allow them to begin an examination of available career options within the built environment.

 

 

Who is the Create Sport Challenge for?

 

Schools are invited to form teams of 3 - 6 students from year 8 to work on the project. More than one team can be submitted by a school. The planning, design and build of the model(s) will require active teacher input and facilitation, however this will also be supported by a volunteer engineering ambassador.

 

Engineering Companies are invited to release one or more ambassadors to visit local schools and help the students meet the brief. This work will count towards CPD (Continuing Professional Development).

 

 

What is involved in the Create Sport Challenge?

 

Teams will work for around 20 hours, over several weeks, to meet the detailed brief provided. Project management guidelines and a dedicated competition website are also provided.

 

Project work will be assessed independently; those that are shortlisted will have the chance of going to Central London to compete against each other at the Create Sport Final and Prize Giving Ceremony in June 2012. Prizes for the finalists will include sports merchandise, a sports challenge activity day with a team GB Olympic Athlete and a tour of ARUP's central London engineering offices to see professional Engineers and Architects in action! The competition winners will be awarded with a free SAY workshop for their school while all students participating in the Create Sport will be eligible for a British Science Association CREST Bronze Award!

 

The project work will involve project management soft skills and will introduce students to the constraints and concerns encountered in real engineering, including technical, infrastructural and sustainability issues.

 

All students who complete the project will be eligible for a BSA CREST Award.

 

 

What are the benefits of the Create Sport Challenge?

 

  • Students will stimulate their creativity and use curriculum knowledge to overcome a range of engineering problems

 

  • Taking part will raise students' awareness of the world around them and the ways civil engineers solve real world issues

 

  • Students will utilise and develop project management, technical, CDT, communicative, presentation, and organisational skills

 

  

How much does the Create Sport Challenge cost?

 

  • The Create Sport Challenge is FREE to enter and could count towards a CREST Bronze award

 

  • Schools with no record of science or technology achievement are particularly encouraged to take the Create Sport Challenge

 

 

Who devised the Create Sport Challenge?

 

Create Sport is an initiative of the ICE President, Peter Hansford devised in partnership with Arup and the independent educational charity EDT (Engineering Development Trust)

 

 

How do I take the Create Sport Challenge?

 

Interested schools/teams must be registered by 10th February 2012. If you are a school leader, school governor, parent, teacher, student, engineering company, other built‑environment company, an engineer or an engineering graduate, then email the London Create Sport organisers Paul Matthews and Rommell Wallace at: paul@say-youth.org and rommell@say-youth.org. They will explain the next steps and start you on your journey to a fantastic competition!

 

Please contact us now! We will be unable to accept new school teams or ambassadors after 10th February 2012!!