STEAM Day - November, 2024

On the 8th of November, we celebrated Globeducate STEAM Day. This collaborative day promotes cross curriculum interest in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM). STEAM Day inspires students to consider these subjects and the wider impact they have, and how they connect us to the wider world. At Nobel Algarve Lagoa, students participated in various activities throughout the day.

Programming/ Marble run (Pre-School and Year 3)
The pre-schoolers had to programme the "robot mouse" to get to the cheese. 
Using cardboard, straws and masking tape, the children in year 3 designed and created a marble run. The children had to test their designs, adapt them, and rebuild them to form the perfect marble run.  

 

 

Paper bridges challenge (3.º and 4.º ano)
The 4th graders had the challenge of building the best paper bridge. 
Channelling the inner engineer in them, the students planned on paper the structure they wanted to create, then put these ideas into practice.

 

Boat wars challenge (Year 7, 6.º and 9.º ano)
Year 7 were given tinfoil and sellotape and tasked with designing and building a boat in 25 minutes. A boat called ‘Big Dave’ won the day, and managed to hold over 150g, making it the most stable and strongest of the boats tested.
6.º ano carried out an activity entitled ‘Mediterranean Recipe with Intelligent Reuse’, as part of the STEAM activities.
9.º ano produced games involving chemical elements and the functions they play in the human body.

 

Airport trip/ Stop motion (Grade/Key Stage: 10.º, 12.º ano/KS4)
The students of 10.º and 12.º anos  went on a tour of the airport where they learnt about the science to run and operate a busy international airport. The 11.º ano Biology and Geology students made models of the phases of meiosis, to make a stop motion video.

Exploring the Concept of Momentum (Year 10)
Year 10 did a classic egg drop simulation - students designed a structure that prevented a raw egg from breaking when dropped from 3 metres. The winning team used their knowledge of car safety to create a design that reduced  the amount of energy transferred from potential to kinetic energy on the egg shell.