SATRO Problem Solving Challenge 2016
As part of British Science Week 2016, SATRO is holding the annual Problem Solving Challenge Grand Final on 17th March 2016.
The well established
SATRO Problem Solving Challenge is a competition for teams of six students in
Key Stage groups 3-5 (years 7-13) and is open to all secondary schools in
Surrey and the surrounding areas. The teams are set a problem to solve within a
set time, using only the materials provided (anything from a marble to a
piece of tin foil!). The winning teams are those in each key stage group who
have been judged to have best met the criteria set out in the problem.
The culmination of
the 2016 SATRO Problem Solving Challenge heats which took place around the
county will be on Thursday 17th March 2016. The two highest scoring
teams from each of the 3 key stages at each heat will go up against each other
at ACS Cobham International School to decide the 2016 victors.
This year’s Problem Solving Challenge has been kindly
supported by Allianz, Give-It-Away, The Manly Trust, Frazer-Nash Consultancy,
The Armourers and Brasiers Company and the Institution of Chemical Engineers. Their
support has allowed SATRO to host 62 schools, reaching over 900 students;
enabling them to develop their team working, problem solving and time
management skills, as well as have fun whilst learning.
Students from our
SATRO Problem Solving Challenge heats commented:
“I learnt about teamwork and time management,
as well as overcoming problems.”
“I learnt that
trial and improvement is always the best solution. Not all things will work and
it’s never too late to start again.”
"The best thing I
learnt today was that more time is needed to be spent on planning because once
you start making something it can be hard to change.”
