In this issue:
- News update
- Last chance to enter KS2 competition – Aluminium Desert Wheels Challenge
- New Bloodhound Education website
- Shop for Education resources
- Bloodhound ‘Out and About’
- STEM Ambassadors and volunteers
News update
Bloodhound Education was delighted by the announcement in December 2018 that entrepreneur Ian Warhurst had bought the business and assets of the Bloodhound Project. The Project is currently on hold while the new ownership company carries out restructuring, but in the meantime Bloodhound Education, which is a separate registered charity, is continuing to run and develop its comprehensive range of inspirational STEM education activities, including educational visits and workshops, and education-related events.
“Our Education activities were inspired by the amazing engineering that is at the core of the Bloodhound Project and we eagerly await a news update about its future,” said Kirsty Allpress, CEO of Bloodhound Education. “Whatever happens, we will continue to draw inspiration from the past 10 years of Bloodhound’s engineering achievements and also from other inspirational engineering and science projects as we expand our offerings. Our country needs more engineers and scientists, and if we can help to motivate young people to consider these subjects as worthwhile careers, that is fantastic.”
KS2 Desert Wheels Challenge – closes soon!
Entries for the Bloodhound Aluminium Desert Wheels design and technology competition, sponsored by the Aluminium Federation and Alupro, will close at the end of March. So don’t delay – enter now!
The competition challenges students in Years 3 to 6 to design wheels for a World Land Speed Record car from recycled aluminium. All students can take part and then each school can enter a poster and 3-minute video diary from the best team in each Year group (or one combined team). The top teams present to our judging panel and the best team overall will win a Rocket Car workshop day at their school, club or group.
This is a 5-hour project that can be run as an activity day or over several sessions in the classroom. We’ve designed a comprehensive teacher pack that you can download from our website which gives all the information and advice you will need.
Why not take part in the competition as part of your STEM week activities?
New: Dedicated Bloodhound Education website
Bloodhound Education now has its own website at www.BLOODHOUNDeducation.com, so take a look to see what’s new and add it to your browser bookmarks. It is a ‘work in progress’, so please come back regularly to read our latest news and discover new education workshops and activities. Register your interest via the website’s home page and we will send you news updates, plus details about where we’re exhibiting and our new workshops and inspiration days that you can book for your students.
Email: Education@BLOODHOUNDeducation.com
Tel: 020 8150 3767
Shop for Education resources
We’ve nearly finished restocking our Bloodhound Education resources and these will be available to purchase online through our new website very soon – watch this space for an announcement about when the Shop is open. In the meantime, if you want to run a Balloon Car workshop we can supply you with the kit you need directly: please contact stella.diamond@BLOODHOUNDeducation.com to place your order.
Bloodhound Out and About
Powys Careers Festival, Royal Welsh Showground, Builth Wells, 8 March 2019
Thousands of secondary students from across Powys will visit this annual event to see over 100 exhibitors talking about various career paths and opportunities. Bloodhound Education will be there talking about the unique engineering challenges Bloodhound faces and will have the full-size interactive Education Show Car on display.
The Big Bang Fair, NEC, Birmingham, 13-16 March 2019
The Big Bang UK Young Scientists & Engineers Fair is the largest celebration of science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) for young people in the UK. This award-winning combination of exciting theatre shows, interactive workshops and exhibits, and careers information gives young people the chance to hear from inspiring engineers and scientists from some of the UK’s biggest companies and find out about the opportunities available in STEM. Visitors can explore virtual reality, medicine, marine biology, film and TV, space exploration, explosive chemistry, crime-solving, robots, computer coding, microscopic bugs, giant trucks and more. Bloodhound Education will have a lively interactive stand showcasing the many workshops on offer alongside the full-size Bloodhound Show Car. For more information, go to www.bigbangfair.co.uk
Bloodhound and the road to Hakskeen Pan, Porsche Club GB, Chipping Norton, 23 March 2019
Richard Noble OBE will be giving a lively presentation on his experiences and recollections of land speed record breaking. He will talk about the Bloodhound story so far, what has been achieved, the challenges that have been overcome to reach this stage and Bloodhound’s amazing inspirational education legacy. Book a ticket
EngFest, IET London, 2 April 2019
EngFest is the IET’s flagship STEM event designed to teach 11-18 year olds more about the mind-blowing world of science and engineering. The event aims to inform and inspire future generations by offering them the chance to take part in a series of engineering-themed workshops, get hands-on experience with new technologies and hear talks from some of world’s most exciting and influential speakers. The Bloodhound Education Team will be running workshops around the full-size interactive Education Show Car and Mike Ford will present “What’s Not Possible” – a lively interactive talk on the engineering challenges faced and solved over the years.
STEM Ambassadors and volunteers
As you can see, we are busy ‘Out and About’ inspiring students and adults all over the UK. Bloodhound has always appreciated and relied on the support of many individuals to help at our events and also to spread the messages via their own individual school activities. Following recent changes in the Project, we are keen for this to continue and are currently updating our systems and putting new processes in place to make it easy for you get involved in different ways. If you are interested in volunteering or acting as an educational ambassador, please let us know.