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Partnership with Arcola Theatre

Published by Matthew on October 28, 2010 in News. Closed

I’m pleased to announce a partnership with the Arcola Theatre in Dalston London!

We started working together on the SAUCE project, which worked so well that we’re now developing another 2 sustainability focused workshops to local schools in Hackney.

fuelcell car

The 2 new workshops are going to be:

  • Using fuel cells in model cars to initiate conversations and learning about efficiency and electrochemistry.
  • Making funky solar insects, (inspired by these photos) to get hands on with motors and solar panels.

SAUCE project progressing well!

Published by Matthew on June 21, 2010 in News and Reflections. Closed

The wind turbines project has been going really well. Every time I run the workshop I get it that bit closer to my idea of a ‘perfect’ workshop; fun, creative, experiential, a great learning environment. I’m getting better at coaching the children through the process and really encouraging the learning through failure attitude.

wind turbine workshop for SAUCE

Published by Matthew on June 6, 2010 in News and workshops. Closed

The UK ‘SAUCE’ (Schools at University for Climate and Energy) programme is based in London Metropolitan University’s Department of Applied Social Sciences (DASS) and was designed to develop education in climate awareness, offer smart energy choices for 10 to 13 year olds, and promote the adoption of similar programmes in schools across Europe.

I’m running a wind turbine workshop where young people will get to design and test wind turbine blades in a custom built wind tunnel.

One reason why I’m excited is because we’ve been working on a fantastic wind tunnel for testing the blades.  The wind tunnel is linked to a computer so we can record the best scores in terms of power generated. You can see the photos of our wind tunnel development here.

We’ll be applying learning-to-learn philosophy, and especially encouraging young people to see how much better they can make blades by trying more than one design.