About Flamingo Engineering
Flamingo Engineering built upon the success of its previous project, 'The mysterious case of the Elephant that forgot,' which reached 1,425 pupils across 16 schools through the delivery of 46 workshops and engaged 25 engineers.
A group of engineers, engineering students, and local young adults received training and then co-delivered a workshop with ech2o. The pupils engaged in a hands-on engineering activity and used the 'Think it, Build it, Test it!' model to encourage them to view engineering as an interesting path open to all.
210 pupils in two primary schools, with a high level of pupils receiving the pupil premium, became flamingo engineers and learnt to ‘Think It! Build it! Test it!’ as they raced Frankie the flamingo and Clarence the crab balloons that they had designed. Just like engineers do. 10 of these pupils attended a set of 6 after club workshop to think, build and test more engineering projects including extra balloon racing, parachute puzzles, sewage sorting, spaghetti towers, paper planes and the Mobius loop. 30 of these pupils did an afternoon workshop and learnt other engineering skills when thinking, building and testing spaghetti towers and paper planes. 11 engineers from three engineering companies were trained to deliver the workshop. Four engineers came into schools to co-deliver the workshops with ech2o.
