Glasgow Science Festival

Before you hold your classroom challenge we recommend holding a practice session with the pupils.  Use the worksheets below to gain a working knowledge of the K'nex* pieces and the different ways they can be used.

• Teacher practice worksheet
• Pupils practice worksheet

Whilst the above worksheets will be very useful for the intial stages in the competition, as the winning teams progress through the competition, each level will present a tougher challenge.  To prepare the pupils for this progression it would be a good idea to explore / practice the following:

• Pulley systems
• Steering mechanisms
• Use of handles
• Gears

As the pupils progress throught the stages of the competition, there will be at least one of the elements above in each challenge.

*If your school doesn't have access to K'Nex Kits to run your Classroom and Cluster Challenges, Glasgow Science Festival have a number of kits available for short term loan (allocated according to availability). If you need to borrow kits, plesae contact Donna on donna.namyslak@glasgow.ac.uk

Classroom heat resources

• Classroom Heat 2018 - Building Bridges - for use as a Classroom heat Challenge
• Classroom Heat 2018 : Passenger Lift - for use as an alternative Classroom heat Challenge
• Examples of Bridges for Classroom Heat - To provide inspiration for the Classroom heat
• Classroom level judging sheet - for use with the Classroom Challenge

Cluster quarter-final challenge resources

• Cluster quarter-final challenge resources are provided in the cluster pack.  This will be sent to Cluster Contacts before the beginning of February.  If you are running a cluster challenge and don't have this information yet please contact your cluster contact or a member of the Glasgow Science Festival team.

Certificate template

There are two versions of the certificate available for download, a full colour version and a lighter version which will use less printer ink.  Both are editable in Word.