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How did students approach the car modification challenge, and what innovative solutions did they come up with? Moving the solar panel to tilt towards the sun

How did the test-modify-repeat cycle impact students' understanding of the engineering design process?

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What feedback have you received from students or parents about the learning in this kit? Students loved this kit

“What an amazing kit. Students were focused throughout and loved the hands on making aspect.”

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How did students approach the car modification challenge, and what innovative solutions did they come up with? They were good at using whatever we had in the class to fix their cars - tape, bluetak, glue

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What feedback have you received from students or parents about the learning in this kit? Kids loved the change in our learning. We followed up with a MOTAT visit

“great kit with awesome resources to teach all of the concepts. A bit fiddly for my age - year 4 and 5 but some did a marvellous job and kept theirs together. Others lost bits (after all the responsibility chats) and were too rough with them and ended up with broken parts.”

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How did students approach the car modification challenge, and what innovative solutions did they come up with? I was impressed with some students that took risks with something they weren't really confident with.

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What feedback have you received from students or parents about the learning in this kit? Students were completely engaged and excited with this kit.

“I think this was the best kit yet although all the kits that I have used are pretty amazing. This kit was a the most hands on for the students. There was a lot of skills being learned and it really helped them develop resilience. Students did so well following the instructions and assembling the cars themselves with very little help from me. They supported each other.”

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How did students approach the car modification challenge, and what innovative solutions did they come up with? Smoothing wheels, reducing weight and drag.

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What feedback have you received from students or parents about the learning in this kit? That they really enjoyed it.

“These cars were great. So much learning and very engaging for the children. The process leading from introduction, through to building, and culminating in racing is great.”

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What feedback have you received from students or parents about the learning in this kit? Students want more kits to try out.

“This was a fabulous and interactive kit set. Students were very engaged with the learning, and the lesson plan was easy to follow with the helpful videos. Students thoroughly enjoyed this set.”

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How did students approach the car modification challenge, and what innovative solutions did they come up with? Al few of the boys wanted to create a larger scale and add modifications to make it propel from the start line faster.

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What feedback have you received from students or parents about the learning in this kit? Some students showed their parents their solar cars after school and parents thought it was a great learning activity.

“The Solar Car activity was great. All students were engaged and excited to make their own solar car. Those students who struggled were able to work in a larger group so that they had the support they needed from their peers and myself, if needed. The competitive nature of some students definitely came out. These individuals wanted to win when we raced the solar cars. Students talked about the need for more sun so that their cars could go further and faster. When the class tested their solar cars, it was a very serious business as the class did not want one person or group to have any advantage.”

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How did students approach the car modification challenge, and what innovative solutions did they come up with? Mostly they wanted to strip the cats back to make them lighter. One student attempted to improve the aerodynamics by taping all around the car.

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What feedback have you received from students or parents about the learning in this kit? Loved the hands on learning.

“We LOVED the solar car kits and accompanying resources. So much opportunity for collaboration and problem solving. Made a great focus for our unit on renewable energy. Thank you so much.”

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How did students approach the car modification challenge, and what innovative solutions did they come up with? My students struggled immensely and got very frustrated. They couldn't figure it out, and we had to get outside help

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What feedback have you received from students or parents about the learning in this kit? They didn't like it, and complained that is was too hard, and didn't work

“This was not a successful kit. The cars were too hard to put together, needed extra parts that didn't come with the kit, and fell apart a lot requiring glue to keep the cars together. The instructions were confusing, and if you put a part on wrong the car either didn't go at all, or ran backwards. This kit would be better for an intermediate or college class, not a year 4 to 6 as suggested.”

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