Making Waves Inventing Workshops in Schools

Just like our Powering the Future challenge, which saw workshops galore take place across South Tyneside classrooms and libraries, Making Waves equally caused quite the splash!

We presented a series of workshops in participating schools. The sessions consisted of delivering lots of information about how important oceans are to our planet and the impact that climate change has on ocean life.

This developed the knowledge that helped the children think up ways to combat problems and get creative with elements of the ocean.

Key Stage 1 - 3 pupils took on an invention challenge created for their age group, focusing on the role of the ocean and all life within it.

As the children got creative and innovate in their ideas, they learned how their contributions could develop technology and improve the environment in years to come.

Following the workshops, the children finalised their ideas and put them forward to be judged by an expert panel.

Three ideas, one from each key stage, were chosen to be brought to life by a team of makers - many of them hailing from the North East themselves!

The challenge was in partnership with Dogger Bank Wind Farm and South Tyneside Council.