This years challenge was to create a robot to help keep dangerous areas clean of plastic pollution.
The children had 4 tasks to complete during the competition.
Task 1:
Report writing: Competitors will use the Internet and other secondary sources to research, design and write a report on the ‘Save our shores through STEM’ project, helping clean up plastic from remote mud banks and waterlines through innovative and creative specifications
Task 2:
Design: The design round is a paper-based entry, with competitors producing several concept images of their vehicle designs, including a cartoon-strip of the vehicle in action.
Task 3:
Presentation and Evaluation: Competitors, either individually or as part of their team, video a presentation summarising their project, including an evaluation about their project successes and challenges
Task 4:
Online Q&A round: Competitors with the highest marks will be notified whether they have been selected for the live Q&A round. This round will be a remote question and answer session, where the judges will ask the competitors questions about the project based on aspects of their report, design and video submissions.
The children found the tasks challenging and difficult but they kept persevering and worked hard to keeping going during this lockdown period.
During the announcements they won the Best Report Award and First Runner-Up award. Well done to the Keeping Mudbanks Clean Team.
