Future Forward
Build and code a hovercraft, race it round a course, then give it to a school for STEM lessons.
- Group size
- 6 to 2000 people
- Takes
- 1.5 to 2.5 hrs
- Where
- Your venue or ours
- From
- £85 per person
Minimum 6 people. The final price depends on actual numbers and requirements, which we'll confirm long before the event.
Future Forward is a hands on STEM team challenge that combines creativity, problem solving, coding and engineering. Working in teams, participants compete in a series of challenges to gain the components and equipment needed to build their own micro powered vehicles, with everyone encouraged to get involved in the design, construction and testing process.
Once built, teams programme and refine their vehicle before putting it through its paces.
They will need to test ideas, solve problems, make improvements and work together to get the best performance from their design.
The activity creates a lively mix of collaboration, experimentation and friendly competition, while introducing participants to STEM skills in an accessible and engaging way. It is particularly well suited to groups looking for something practical, innovative and different from a traditional team building activity.
It is energetic, practical and highly collaborative, giving everyone a role to play while encouraging experimentation, communication and a little friendly competition.
- What the team does
- Team challenges help earn the parts to build a remote controlled vehicle ready for racing and donating.
- What gets donated
- Microbit educational PCBs and the vehicles.
- The impact
- Future Forward turns team building into an opportunity to inspire the next generation. As teams develop their own STEM skills through building and coding, the wider impact of the event supports young people by helping create access to engaging science, technology, engineering and maths experiences. The result is a purposeful team challenge that develops collaboration and creative thinking while helping spark curiosity, confidence and future aspirations in young people.
How the day works
- 1
We arrive and set up
Our crew, the kit and everything else. Ready to go.
- 2
Your team builds
1.5 to 2.5 hours, everyone involved, nobody standing at the side.
- 3
We donate to the charity
Usually the same day, to the people who will benefit.
- 4
You get the story
Photographs, impact figures and copy for your CSR report.
- technical
- educational
- collaborative
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