IET Faraday® DIY Challenge
Run your very own IET Faraday® Challenge Day, a fun hands-on design and technology challenge to do with groups, your class or your school, where you can choose a time and theme that suits your students.
How does it work?
Our IET Faraday® DIY Challenges are free of charge activities designed as classroom-based engineering challenge days to help bring STEM together in an engaging way.
The aim of the IET Faraday® DIY Challenge Day is to enable students to experience the ways in which engineers work in a range of sectors and to discover more about what knowledge, understanding and skills are required.
There are a variety of different challenges to choose from and we’ll provide all the resources you need to run one in your school.
The challenges
The IET Faraday® DIY Challenges can be used to enhance the current curriculum as it encourages students to use their existing knowledge of electrical circuits, forces, design and construction and will enable them to integrate learning in science, technology and mathematics.
Our challenges are designed to be delivered across one day but can be split in to smaller parts if required.
Thank you for your interest in running a IET Faraday® DIY Challenge Day.
Below is all the information you need to run your own IET Faraday® DIY Challenge Day.
Who is it for?
Designed for six teams of six students (36 students in total) aged 12 to 13 years (Year Eight and equivalent), the activity day can be adapted for larger school groups and for students of different ability levels.
What’s included?
The complete set of downloadable materials needed to run your very own IET Faraday® Challenge Day includes:
- Teacher’s pack - a list of the practical materials needed to run the activity, presenters’ notes highlighting key areas and reinforcing key themes throughout the day, some handy hints on how to deliver the day plus printable Faradays currency.
- Student booklet - available as an editable Word document for ease of use, adaptation and reproduction. Each team is asked to assign real industry roles and each team member will need to be assigned more than one role and feed into different aspects of the day. A great test of your students’ multitasking skills!
- Introductory PowerPoint presentation - a step-by-step guide for you and your students, taking you through each element of the activity day.
- Film clips - these clips can be viewed online or downloaded. You will need a video player installed on your computer which plays MP4 clips (digital media players are readily available to download for free online).
- Student certificate - a new certificate which you can download below for all challenges and hand out to all participating students.
Download the IET Faraday® Challenge Day certificate [PDF, 36KB]
Please note, these resources and experiments have been specifically designed to be carried out with adult supervision or direction as appropriate, and it is recommended that the instructions are followed in a safe manner.
All resources and experiments are carried out at your own risk.
How to run your own IET Faraday® DIY Challenge Day
We’ve teamed up with our very own IET Faraday® Challenge Leaders, Keira and Phil Hart, who explain how these events can work in your school and provide hints and tips on ensuring your event runs smoothly.
Visit our How to run your own IET Faraday® DIY Challenge Day page.
Feedback
If you run one of our IET Faraday® DIY Challenge Days we would love you to share your experience with us via our feedback form.
For any enquiries, please contact faraday@theiet.org.
For any enquiries, please contact faraday@theiet.org.