BAE Systems RAF Museum Cosford visit

On Wednesday 30 year 7 students had the opportunity to join 6 other local schools for a day of activities about Biomimicry at the RAF Museum Cosford hosted by BAE systems. Biomimicry is all about how engineering takes its inspiration from nature, hence "bio" is for biology and "mimicry" means to copy.


After a short introduction the day was kicked off with a short talk from a farmer who brought in a goose and a chicken to show how birds fly. 


We then watched a sketch about an engineer, his daughter and his robot. They explained biomimicry by acting it out in a play and all about the science behind certain engineering ideas.


The rest of the day was made up for different workshops. The NEWA students first got the opportunity to build a rocket in pairs and shoot them to see who's design would fly the furthest.


 
















The second workshop was the "velcro wall" which compromised of a bouncy castle covered in velcro which the students got to stick themselves too!






The third and final workshop gave the students an opportunity to design an invention inspired by nature and then enter their designs in to a prize draw for VIP tickets to Big Bang Fair next year.


The students really enjoyed the day and overall rated it 9 out of 10!