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Key facts

  • Key Stage: KS4
  • Activity Type: Workshop
  • Session Length: 60 minutes
  • Places per Session: 30 (or one class)
  • Themes: Engineering; structures; materials; properties.

 


Description

The challenge: construct a chair strong enough to support your weight… from cardboard. No string. No glue. No tape. Just cardboard.

Curriculum Links

Links to the new KS4 National Curriculum 1.2 Practical and enquiry skills and 2.2 Chemical and material behaviour.

Risk Assessment

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