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The project can be used in the curriculum in a number of ways:
A conventional, although very different from the norm, design and make activity in which the main purpose is to build a model stadium and use it to explore design and construction in terms of materials and forces in action. To explore the technology of a modern stadium.
A teamwork challenge activity in which the main purpose is to encourage students to develop and practice teamworking skills such as ‘being able to cooperate with others’, ‘taking responsibility for a task’, communicating your views’, ‘accepting the decisions of the group’ etc. There are strong links here to careers related activities far beyond the engineering industry!
As a focus activity for a broader curriculum topic or theme such as the Olympic Games themselves and the sport, culture and languages etc. of the countries involved. This could potentially involve every subject area taking part in activities related to the Olympics eg. Music: Researching, studying, listening to, playing national anthems from different countries. Geography: Studying the development of a land site for the construction of a stadium and the impact on everything from jobs to wildlife. See the ‘Notes and pics’ pages - click top right corner of the page.
A family learning activity in which family groups of various sizes can work on individual stands or stadiums or on one stadium as a whole community group. I’ve tried this out at one school and it was a great success with parents coming into school for the afternoon and joining their children to help complete the stadium which was started by the children earlier in the day.
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