BSB students at the Nord Anglia STEAM Festival China 2019
S.T.E.A.M. Festival
On 16th to 19th January, six Year 6 students and three Year 9 students travelled to Hong Kong to attend Nord Anglia’s first ever regional S.T.E.A.M. Festival.
After successfully gaining a place on the trip through a series of ‘hack the tube’ challenges and application process, students found themselves in Nord Anglia International School, Hong Kong along with eight other China region schools.
The 1st day saw the students engage in their very own comic-con event showcasing Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Mathematics (S.T.E.A.M). work across their schools, and accessing the latest technology such as VR and student made app inventions. A variety of activities from building underwater drones, programming air drones and coding was then ran through the afternoon.
This was followed up on the 2nd day by the MIT inspirited 2.009 build project. Students were challenged within their school groups to create a vehicle capable of transporting ‘Captain Egg’ (on this year’s theme of super heroes) across land, sea and air!
Following the ideate, model and test approach, over 20 ideas were drawn up by the students leading to two final designs split across the Year 6 and 9 teams. After a long day building and presenting their ideas, the vehicles were put to the test where our BSB Shunyi Year 6 came a very respectable 5th position and Year 9 tied for 2nd position, ending with a 3rd position Bronze Award after the fastest finger first tie-breaker decisions.
Students also recorded and edited their own film of the event and enjoyed a celebration lunch of their achievements over the 2 days.
Please see Lucy and Maria’s testimonial below.
Maria(Left), Lucy (Centre)
“The STEAM trip was a fantastic experience. I got to make new friends, build a battle robot and make our own verson OF MITs project 2.009. We had to build a vehicle that could float on water, roll down a ramp and survive a fall from the top of a building. Our group ended up getting 3rd place. During this trip we also got to go to a carnaval and we Also got to have a movie night. Overall it was an amazing experience that has left me with great memories.”
——Lucy Carrol
“My favourite part were the different experiences and workshops we had. The festival was very well organized but they could improve the food they had. The materials and all the electronic rules were very good. The movie night and the carnival was really fun and relaxing. They provided enough activities to let people get to know each other and our own school members. It was a very nice and exciting trip.”
——Maria Vassen
A very successful 1st Nord Anglia S.T.E.A.M. Festival!
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BSB学生在2019年诺德安达中国区STEAM节崭露头角
1月16至19日，北京英国学校的6名6年级学生和3名9年级学生前往香港参加了首个诺德安达中国区STEAM节。
为获得本次活动的参与资格，学生们通过了一系列hack the tube挑战并通过了申请流程，最终他们和其他8所诺德安达中国区学校的学生来到了位于香港的Nord Anglia International School（香港诺德安达国际学校）。
学生们在第一天便参加了自己的漫画展，展示了来自每个学校学生的科学、技术、工程、艺术，数学（STEAM）作品，他们还尝试了最新技术，如VR和学生自制的应用程序发明。下午学生们还参与了建造水下无人机，为空中无人机编程和编码等等各式活动。
第二天拉开帷幕的是麻省理工学院2.009建设项目。学生们以每个学校的不同年级为单位进行比赛，每个小组需要创造出一种能够在陆地、海洋和空中运送Captain Egg（根据今年超级英雄这一主题设定）的交通工具！
经过构思、制模和测试，学生们想出了20多个点子，最终6年级和9年级组的两个设计脱颖而出。经过一天漫长的建造和想法展示，最后对交通工具进行了测试，我们北京英国学校顺义校区6年级获得了第5名，9年级获得并列第2名，最后通过“最快的手指”平局定胜负方式决出名次，我们获得了第3名铜奖。
学生们还录制并剪辑了他们自己的关于此次活动的小视频，为庆祝他们首次取得的好成绩，学生们还享受了美好的庆功宴。
以下是来自学生Lucy和Maria的分享。
Maria Vassen
“我最开心的是我收货了宝贵的经验同时参与了很多与众不同的工作坊。本次STEAM节组织得非常好，但我希望食物能够改善的更好。活动材料和所有电子规则都非常好。电影之夜和狂欢节非常轻松有趣。各式各样的活动让所有参与者能够齐聚一堂同时也增加了校际间和同学间的相互了解。这是一次非常美好且令人兴奋的旅行。”
——Maria Vassen
这次“STEAM之旅是一次非常棒的经历。我不但结交了新朋友，还组装了一个战斗机器人并制作了我们自己的麻省理工学院2.009项目版本 ，这个项目的难点在于：我们必须建造一种可以漂浮在水面、沿斜坡滚下且能承受高楼坠落的交通工具。我们小组最终获得第三名。在这次旅行期间，我们不但参加了狂欢节，还参与了电影之夜活动。总之，这是一次令人难忘的经历，给我留下了美好的回忆。”
——Lucy Carrol
首届诺德安达中国区STEAM节圆满落幕！
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