| Subject | Higher Education, Business, ICT, Maths, Science, Engineering, Computer Science |
| Type | Knowledge, Skill |
| Audience | Young Person |
| Location | On Campus, Online |
| Year Group | Year 7, Year 8, Year 9 |
| Gatsby Benchmark | 4, 7 |
| Term | Spring, Summer |
| Sign Up | Teacher |
ScrapBot Olympics is a hands-on engineering challenge for Year 7-9 pupils, fostering teamwork, problem-solving, and creativity. Using a robotics kit (provided by us) and any recycled materials they can source, your students will work together to design and build their own ScrapBot, with assistance from current UEA Engineering students.
Your students and their Bot will compete at the ScrapBot Olympics (Wednesday 02 April 2025 at UEA) in events like sumo, hungry hippos, and an obstacle course. The winning team will be crowned ScrapBot Champions, earning a trophy and certificates to take home.
You can expect them to get involved with engineering topics and equipment that they haven’t had a chance to explore yet – opening up their horizons on the subject and developing their passion. To get the most out of this activity, they’ll need to do around 2-4 hours work outside of the sessions run by our team.
When does the activity take place?
Wednesday 12 February: launch event at UEA. We’ll give you your robotics kit and take you through the whole process.
Week commencing 24 February: online session 1 with UEA Engineering students.
Week commencing 17 March: online session 2 with UEA Engineering students.
Wednesday 02 April: Competition day at UEA.
How can my students take part?
Places will be allocated on a first-come first-served basis to target schools.
Each school that secures a place on this activity will be invited to form a group of 4-6 students to take part. If we have extra capacity, we may be able to accommodate a second group of students form your school. You can indicate whether you’d like to be considered for this on the sign-up form.
Sign-ups will close at 23.59 on Monday 27 January.
Interested in more activities for Year 8s and 9s? Check out what else is on offer in Future Me.
Don’t forget, our Outreach team is here to help. So, if you’ve got a question, just ask.
