INSPIRING THE NEXT GENERATION
On the final day of Plantworx, several local schools brought their students along for the day. Through the Primary Engineer initiative several companies, including Volvo, sponsored schools to enable them to provide materials and guidance to their classes in building a working model truck. The students were split into ‘apprentices’, who built basic model trucks, and ‘engineers’ who incorporated electronics into their models. The models were presented by the students and judged by all the sponsors including Volvo CE’s Marko Simic and John McIntyre. Marko and John were asked to interview the students to find out how they planned, designed and built their models and scored them on each aspect. The Primary Engineer team then put the models through their paces with the electronic models being tested on their ability to drive in a straight line and to drive up an incline, the gradient of which was increased until the machine was no longer able to power up the ramp. The ‘apprentice’ models were tested by being pushed down a ramp and were then scored on distance and how straight they travelled. All participants in the Primary Engineer program received a certificate of participation with the runners-up and winners announced for each category and presented with a medal. Those awarded with a medal will now take their models to a county heat. Those who took part in the Primary Engineer program were then joined by other schools in the afternoon to embark on a student trail through the exhibition. Several schools visited the Volvo stand where they took part in a quiz and were each given a goody bag before heading off back into the mud! ■
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