EESW/STEMCymru offers a selection of Introduction to Engineering (I2E) in-school workshops designed to stimulate the interest of young people in STEM subjects though hands on, practical activities.

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The Jaguar Primary School Challenge is for a team of 4 pupils to design a race car out of card complete with wheels, body and even a mini driver. They will design their car using software to produce car design ideas and then manufacture them on a plotter cutter before making the car ready to race.

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Crumble Controller

In this workshop, students will create simple circuits using a 'Crumble Microcontroller' with LEDs, switches and buzzers. Students will program their Crumble to operate these circuits.

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BBC Micro:bit

Students will work through a series of challenges to program a Microbit to operate a model car. Students will use what they have learned to create a remote controlled car which they will use to complete a final challenge.

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A new and exciting challenge is presented every year and as a whole class, children work in groups of four to explore this real-world theme with an exclusive LEGO® Education Discovery model.

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The FIRST LEGO League JR is a STEM programme for students aged 6 to 9 years. Similarly to the FIRST LEGO League, teams of up to ten students research a given topic and display their ideas on a 'Show Me poster', and build a LEGO model to help communicate their ideas and program one part of their model to move using a LEGO WeDo kit. 

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The FIRST LEGO League is a global science and technology challenge for teams of up to ten students aged 9 to 16. The students work together to explore a given topic and to design, build and program a LEGO EV3 robot to solve a series of missions.  

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