Year 8 Science students enjoyed learning through a creative way by taking part in the spaghetti design challenge.

The aim of this STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) challenge was to build the tallest free-standing spaghetti structure, using their engineering and science knowledge to do so. Students learnt to:

• Understand trial and error when working with science and engineering, and understand how important this is to develop ideas and solutions to problems.
• Develop on their teamwork skills.
• Understand that weak materials can be made stronger by using good design ideas and structure shapes.
• Understand the techniques used by engineers when designing actual structures and buildings and the consideration of tension and compression forces.
• Understand the use of mass distribution and why it’s important when building a structure.

We had some excellent ideas and were very impressed by the final structures. Well done Year 8!