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Primary STEM day – Bridge Building

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STEM Day for Primary 7 pupils

Friday 26th May 2017

60 P.7 pupils from Auchinleck Academy associated feeder Primary schools were involved in a Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths activity day at Dumfries House on Friday 26th May.

Auchinleck Academy Technical Department staff delivered a workshop based on engineering structures. Groups of 5 pupils were given the task to build a scale model of the new Forth Road Crossing cable stay bridge. All groups successfully completed the task within 40 minutes – no mean feat!

Technical staff – W.Whitehouse, A.Mullan and M.Smith (classroom assistant)

 

 

The final product                                                   Mrs Smith caught working                            Mr Mullan passing on some words of wisdom

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