Shell Bright Ideas Challenge
Welcome to the homepage for the Year 8, 9 & 10 after school STEM club competition entries for the Shell, Bright Ideas Challenge.
For the 2019-2020 Entries, the PowerPoint we will be filling in can be found HERE
The entry form to be filled in is HERE!
Shell Bright Ideas Challenge 2018 - STEM Club Regional WINNERS!
Four teams from Toot Hill's after school STEM Club entered the Shell Bright Ideas Challenge and we are delighted to announce that not only were we shortlisted in the top 50 school Nationally but one of our teams has now been confirmed as REGIONAL WINNERS. This involves £1500 STEM funding for the school, vouchers for the students and a two day, fully funded STEM trip to Make the Future Live in the Olympic Park in London.
The winning team was Keisha Dowlman, Joel Bingham and Maisie Warner whose "Bright Idea" to solve future city energy problems was for a device to Digest Food Waste and generate gas for cooking in domestic kitchens. They called it the M.A.D.E Cooker (Micro Anaerobic Digester Energy) and it obviously impressed the judges enough to award us the prestigious prize.
Honourable mentions should also go to the other 3 teams who also independently came up with an idea, tested and trialed it and put forward competition entries of their own. Well done: Dave Wood, Hasan Raoof, Tom Middleton, Ben Hollands, Aidan Herrington, Reuben Willis, Charlie Henry, Isaac Thorn, Joe Smith, Ashmit Thomas, Charlie Martindale, Kieran Donnelly, Daniel McLean and also Lewis Watt who had been a member of the winning team but dropped out part way through.
The winning team will be off to the the Shell Make the Future Live STEM Festival and Award Ceremony on July 4th and 5th.
Huge congratulations to the team and all of the other students involved!
Full Project Teams below:
Team Thermite Steam Turbine
- Dave Wood
- Hasan Raoof
- Tom Middleton
- Ben Hollands
- Aidan Herrington
Team City Cycle Energy Generation
- Reuben Willis
- Charlie Henry
- Isaac Thorn
Team Micro Anaerobic Digester
- Joel Bingham
- Lewis Watt
- Maisie Warner
- Keisha Dowlman
Team Surplus Energy Electrolysis for Hydrogen Storage
- Joe Smith
- Ashmit Thomas
- Charlie Martindale
- Kieran Donnelly
- Daniel McLean
@TootHillSTEM
14th Jul 2020: Today's the Day! If you haven't tuned in to the live stream yet then check it out! The #BigBangDigital is on all… https://t.co/jxIoAYeBuv- 8th Jul 2020: We were gutted not to be able to attend the @BigBangFair and the @TBBMidlands earlier this year but fear not! The… https://t.co/4ln6SN60SG
- 3rd Jul 2020: @MrWaldram That is pure gold!
- 3rd Jul 2020: We were gutted not to be able to come to the actual Fair this year but this looks great! Check it out STEM student… https://t.co/f5rQLaVjMQ
- 3rd Jul 2020: Fantastic. Congrats and well deserved! https://t.co/WUeLa78qtV
STEM Pathways News
- STEM Summer Newsletter
Details of Big Bang Digital on 14th July & further STEM initiatives that can be done over the summer (08/07/2020) - Big Bang Fair CANCELED!
The event will not be running and therefore refunds will be issued for year 9/10 trip. (10/03/2020) - Big Bang Fair STEM Trip for Year 9 & 10 - 12/03/2020
We are off once again to the UK's largest exhibition of Science, Technology, Engineering & Maths (03/03/2020) - John Deere Practical STEM workshop for year 10
John Deere will be visiting the school on Thursday 5th December to run 2 year 10 practical workshops (25/11/2019) - Big Bang Fair - East Midlands STEM Event
Year 8 & 9 visit the East Midlands biggest event for Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (28/06/2019)
