Ignite a passion for engineering in your secondary students
Our hands-on STEM day is designed to challenge and excite young minds through real-world problem-solving, innovation, and creativity. Give your students the chance to think like engineers — building, testing, and competing in fun, engaging activities that develop teamwork and critical thinking.
About THE STEM INITIATIVE
The STEM-Mobile
How do cars and their emissions effect our climate? What are the types of methods being used to reduce pollution? Students will get a chance to discuss these problems, then design and create their own propeller cars in a competition to see whose can go faster and further.
Protect the Package
The future engineers will try their hand at constructing a protective layers to make sure the package does not break! This involves student first designing then create protective structure around a fragile object to make sure it does not break!
Earthquake Engineering Challenge
As engineers design taller and more sustainable buildings, they must ensure structures can withstand natural disasters. In this activity, students will build their own tower using limited materials and then test its strength on our earthquake simulator. The challenge is to see which tower can remain standing during the shake test. Students must apply creativity, stability techniques, and problem-solving skills to improve their designs and keep their structure upright.
Water Filtration Engineering Challenge
Clean water is essential for life — but how do engineers remove dirt, sand, and pollutants to make it safe to drink? In this challenge, students design and build their own water filtration systems using everyday materials. They’ll test how effectively their filter can clean contaminated water and refine their design to improve clarity and flow rate. The goal is simple: who can create the cleanest water sample?
Catapult Design & Distance Challenge
From ancient machines to modern engineering, catapults demonstrate the power of forces, angles, and energy transfer. Students will design and build a small catapult that launches a projectile as far as possible. They must experiment with tension, arm length, and launch angles to maximise distance. The challenge ends in a distance competition: whose design sends the projectile the furthest?
Bridge-Building Strength Test
Civil engineers design bridges that must support heavy loads while staying safe and efficient. In this activity, students create their own bridge using limited materials such as straws, sticks, or paper. Once built, the bridges will be tested to see how much weight they can hold before bending or breaking. Students must consider tension, compression, and truss shapes to strengthen their structure. The challenge: which bridge can carry the most weight?