Technology

Developed by the BA, CREST Star Investigators is a brand new, UK-wide award scheme that enables children to solve scientific problems through practical investigation. The activities focus on thinking about, talking about, and doing science.

The K’nex Challenge is an exciting half day workshop that is part of the Young Engineers national competition – We will bring all the kit needed for your year 4 - 6 pupils to design a solution to an engineering problem such as building a bridge or creating an building to accomadate an olympic competitor.Your school winners will be invited to attend the Gloucestershire schools final at GE Aviation.

During this workshop students will be given an introduction to civil engineering.  Groups of between 4-6 pupils will then be challenged to explore the properties of different shapes and encouraged to experiment with different construction arrangements.  Pupils will explore the properties of shapes and how tessellations are made.  By the end of the day pupils will build scale models of different types of structures, including towers, bridges, towers and geodesic domes.  The workshop could be used in conjunction with other subject areas, including DT, Science, Maths and Geography.

With alternative energy sources being explored worldwide, here is your chance to join in.  Children will explore how wind turbines work, and how different designs alter how much energy is generated. See how the shape, number and angle of blades changes the effectivness of the turbine.

With alternative energy sources being explored worldwide, this workshop gives students the opportunity to design and experiment with a wind turbine.  Studentswill explore how wind turbines work, and how different designs alter how much energy is generated. See how the shape, number and angle of blades changes the effectivness of the turbine. 

This challenge day will give students the opportunity to enter the ‘Dragons Den’.  Inspired by the popular TV programme, students will need to design a product and present it to a panel of Dragons.

Children are provided with an introduction to the exciting world of engineering by inviting them to produce a  design solution for  a given problem, and then build it using K’Nex!  Children will work in pairs, and the in school sessions will be presented by one of our team.  

Covers KS1 Science Curriculum ‘Physical Processes’ topic: forces, motion, light, sound, electricity

KS1 children work as a team to design an amazing fairground ride. An interactive 50 minute show from TIMEZONES, exploring physical processes: forces and motion, light, sound and electricity.

Covers KS2 Science Curriculum in full

Your KS2 pupils must work together, as the top secret RoboKid Development Team, to design a futuristic Cyborg capable of exploring a newly discovered planet. An interactive 50 minute show from TIMEZONES, tying together the whole science curriculum.

KS1 children work as a team to recycle the rubbish from the tip to make a recycling machine. An interactive 50 minute show from TIMEZONES, exploring materials and their properties, and recycling.

Future Town : Assembly Theatre Show

An interactive, assembly-style show where KS2 pupils work as a team to design the town of tomorrow.

Many pupils will be familiar with K’NEX, as a construction toy but now we are able to take them to a new level with the Knex Control workshops. Pupils will first be shown how to use the control station software before learning how the control a fairground ride.

KS1 children try out all the jobs involved in building a house. An interactive 50 minute show from TIMEZONES, exploring the construction industry: bricklaying, carpentry, plumbing, electrics, roofing and building-site safety.

Your KS2 pupils work together as they train for their future job as planetary engineers, in charge of constructing ‘Earth 2’. An interactive 50 minute show from TIMEZONES, exploring Earth sciences and chemistry.