This competition is for teams of KS3 and KS4 students that will engage them in working on a real design brief set by Hope Technology.
Hope Technology are an engineering company based in Lancashire who manufacture high quality mountain bike components, and they would like to involve your students in the development of a promotional product to be distributed at the Cycle Show in London.
To find out more about how Hope Technology manufactures some of their components watch the follow film. This is an essential starting point for students entering this competition.
What do you need to do?
The competition is split into two age categories, and the design brief is slightly different for each. Hope Technology has set the following requirements for the products and how you present them, and the competition will be judged against these:
- They must promote the Hope Technology brand in a creative and innovative way.
- The final products will be manufactured from aluminium or stainless steel as shown in the film, but you can model your product in materials that are available at your school.
- The presentations that you send to us must be clear, concise and interesting.
The KS3 extreme engineering challenge
Working in a team of up to four students, design and develop a 2D promotional product that can be manufactured out of 2mm thick stainless steel using a laser cutter. The final product will be machined prior to the show from a piece of material that has a maximum size of 150mm x 150mm.
The KS4 extreme engineering challenge
Hope are going to have a Mori Seiki multi-axis CNC machine at the cycle show and would like to use this to manufacture a gift product for visitors as they watch!
Working in a team of up to four students, design and develop a 3D promotional product that will be manufactured on this machine. The final product will be machined from a round billet with a diameter of 100mm and no longer than 100mm in length.
What can you win?
The prizes for each age category are as follows:
- 1st Prize – £500 for each team member to personalise their bike with Hope Technology kit. Educational resources worth over £1000 for the school. A fully paid visit to Hope Technology to have their winning design professionally developed and manufactured for the Cycle Show and an expenses paid day at the Cycle Show in London to showcase their design and hand out the products to visitors
- 2nd Prize – £300 for each team member to personalise their bike with Hope Technology kit. Educational resources worth over £1000 for the school. 10 free tickets for the Cycle Show
- 3rd Prize - £200 for each team member to personalise their bike with Hope technology kit. Educational resources worth over £1000 for the school. 10 free tickets for the Cycle Show
All entries will receive a free Hope Technology promotional pack including stickers and other items.
A panel of judges from Hope Technology and the SSAT will judge all entries.
We may invite entrants to showcase their work at related SSAT events.
How to enter
Register electronically to enter the competition by emailing a contact name (probably a teacher), the name of your school and a phone number to extremeengineering@ssatrust.org.uk by 20 June 2008.
All entries must be electronic and can be in the form of a PowerPoint presentation, video, website or just photographs. We are looking for an interesting, creative concept that the Hope Technology team can develop with your school. Fill in the entry form and return it, together with your entry, by email to extremeengineering@ssatrust.org.uk or on a CD/DVD to:
The Extreme Engineering Challenge
Hope Valley College
Castleton Road
Hope
Hope Valley
Derbyshire
S33 6DF
If posting your entry we recommend using recorded delivery and keeping a copy of your entry. Please email extremeengineering@ssatrust.org.uk to alert us to postal entries, we can then contact you if they fail to arrive.
Each school can enter one team per age category. The final deadline for entries is 18 July 2008.
For more information email: extremeengineering@ssatrust.org.uk.
Support
The following documents may help in your competition entry:
Useful Links
www.hopetech.com
www.cycleshow.co.uk
Terms and conditions
For this competition KS3 is years 7-9 and KS4 is years 10 and 11. The decision of the judges is final as to the awarding of the prizes. All prizes are subject to availability. By entering the competition entrants agree to take part in promotional activity for the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust, including having their images, names and works featured in press coverage of the competition. The Specialist Schools and Academies Trust retains the copyright of any, and all, material submitted. Return cannot be guaranteed. Any personal data you supply will be used by the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust for the sole purpose of this competition and will be processed in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1988. The closing date for registration for the competition is 20 June 2008. The closing date for entries is 18 July 2008. Winning entrants will be informed in September 2008
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