Challenge 1 - Building a National Handball Arena
Building a National Handball Arena
The First Challenge - How to get started
Registration for the competition element of this Challenge has now closed. However, you can still download all of the materials to use in your classroom or clubs.
The first STEM Challenge takes students through some of the steps involved in designing and siting a new building.
We've asked teams to come up with ideas for a National Handball Centre. We will use the London 2012 Handball Arena as an example, but we want students to come up with their own ideas.
Challenge one has now finished. You can still access all of the resources from this page.
Option 1: Design the floor plan
Your challenge is to present proposals for a new National Handball Centre, with a scale drawing of the outline floor plan (including suggested spectator seating arrangements).
Option 2: The Site
Your challenge is to present proposals for a location local to you - or in the surrounding area - to site the National Handball Centre. You should also suggest a design for the exterior of the Centre.
Option 3: The Court
Your challenge is to present proposals for efficient and effective ways to light the playing area within the new National Handball Centre, with a suggested design for the court (including floor material).
Option 4: The Structure
Buildings come in all shapes and sizes, and can be modest or extravagant. Your challenge is to present proposals for a structure for the National Handball Centre. You should also suggest the materials to be used.
Option 5: The Environment
Your challenge is to present proposals for efficient and effective power generation and storage solutions - focusing on providing hot water for the National Handball Centre, with suggestions on how to reduce water use.
Factsheets
Don't quite know where to start? We've put together a few guides and background information to help you on your way.
Test procedure guides
We have put together a series of practical guide sheets and test procedures. These are hints and tips that you may wish to refer for practical work, but you don't have to. They are also featured in the teacher notes.
Rules and conditions of entry
Each STEM Challenge is launched as a competition. During the competition phase, entries will be judged and there are some big prizes available for each one. Make sure you are familiar with the conditions of entry before entering a team.
Once the competition element has passed, we would still encourage schools to use the Challenges as a club or classroom resource for pupils - they are all curriculum linked!
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