Last week, a group of 50 academic scholars from the Second and Third Years, took part in ‘Mission to Mars: LEGO® Explorers Workshop’ at the Natural History Museum.
During the workshop, the students were challenged to design, create and code a Martian rover using LEGO® Education WeDo 2.0 robotics sets. They had to work in small groups to test and evaluate their designs before seeing how their rovers performed on a realistic Martian surface. They also had to consider the budget and weight of their designs.
The students then had an opportunity to explore the Natural History Museum further, before returning to school that afternoon.
Third Year Jamie said, “The best part of the trip was the competition to see who could code the rover to get closest to the Lego sculptures. Unfortunately, the rovers could only move forward and backwards but it was still a fun challenge.
Secondly, going around the actual museum was fun. I had never gone into the insect exhibition, and it was interesting finding out about the insects, but the best part was the part on volcanoes and earthquakes. It helped a lot as we are doing that in Geography now. It gave me a lot of insight into how they work and how to prevent damage from them. Overall, the trip was fun, and we got to miss a day of school!”
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While there are opportunities for every student at Trinity School in Croydon, to stretch and challenge themselves intellectually outside of the classroom, there is a dedicated programme of opportunities for our academic scholars. As well as half-termly breakfasts, research projects and talks and lectures, academic scholars also enjoy one educational trip a year. These help them put into practice the habits of scholarliness discussed in school, as they explore interesting topics in more depth outside of the classroom.
Read more about our Academic Scholarship programme in a recent In Trinity article here.
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