We are excited to be launching the Sizewell C PowerUp Challenge of 2025. Students will get to learn about structures and mechanisms being able to apply this knowledge to help you solve a real-life problem takes learning to the next level.  They will be learning whilst having fun!  Working in partnership with the team at Sizewell C, we are pleased to announce the second year of the PowerUp Challenge. 
This challenge is only open to primary schools in and around Lowestoft,  Beccles, Bungay and Halesworth 

The Challenge

Children are invited to work in teams to design and build a solution to a STEM-based problem.  They will need to use both structural and mechanical elements in their solutions and be able to describe their design elements and choices.  Using K’Nex they will build a model that represents their design ideas. Children will work in pairs wherever possible, and a winning team from each school will be invited to compete for a prize at the Celebration Event to be held in late March.  To bring STEM to life the in-school sessions will wherever possible, be supported by a Sizewell C Ambassador.

Timetabling

The school session will run for half a day with the pupils working in pairs on the design and construction of a solution to the engineering problem. The exact timing is flexible enough to fit around most break and lunchtime commitments and a typical session will last for 2 hours, Sessions will start with a short talk about structures, strong design and mechanisms and the importance of STEM. Children will be given approximately 1 hour to design and build a working solution to the problem, with an evaluation period at the end of the session. K’Nex is a very adaptable construction kit that will allow the pupils to experiment with structures, gears and other mechanisms while developing their design. Teams will be scored on their ability to work together, solve problems, produce a working model and communicate their ideas to their peers and the attending adult(s).