Do you have a team of pupils that can help design an adidas glove for canoeing, sailing or rowing? If so, they could be in with the chance of spending the day with an Olympian.

What's more, the winning glove design could even make it to the prototype stage with adidas.

This challenge provides an opportunity for any Key Stage 3 student from any school to be a part of London 2012. The challenge should amount to no more than eight hours of work, from which students create a ten minute presentation.

Students may work in teams of up to six.

Design a new glove for adidas and be part of London 2012!

In this challenge, adidas is asking students to design a new glove for one of the following Olympic and Paralympic sports:
- Canoeing
- Rowing
- Sailing

The challenge is supported by adidas, the official kit supplier to the British Olympic Association, and so your design could help a Canoeing, Rowing or Sailing athlete in their quest for Olympic or Paralympic success.

At Athens 2004, five of the gold medals that Team GB won were decided by a combined time of less than one second.

So, it’s not just a case of every second counts

It’s a case of every one hundredth of a second counts!

Top sports equipment can help althletes perfrom at their best. Could your glove become an innovation that makes the difference between missing out on the podium and the glory of gold?

About the STEM Challenges

The STEM Challenges are being managed by the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Network (STEMNET) in association with the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) and are funded by the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF). www.stemnet.org.uk