23 November 2022 DUBAI ENRICHMENT LEAGUE

Budding Year 4 scientists enjoyed a day in the life of an F1 engineer! As part of the Dubai Enrichment League, we were invited to enter a team of four Year 4 students in to a local science competition.

They had the task of creating a balloonpowered car design and final product, using their prior knowledge of aerodynamics, streamline products, and friction to make a car that would travel faster and further than the other teams. They were also tasked with making it look good, just like a real F1 car! Students spent the morning testing different prototypes and evaluating their changes before coming up with their final design. They demonstrated resilience when they realised that their straw wasn't positioned for optimal travel and worked as a team to rectify this.

The team was overjoyed to be awarded 2nd place for Best Designed Car and had a wonderful day out developing their knowledge and collaboration skills.

Mohamed Year 4 Class

On the day, we made some balloon powered cars and got to race them against other schools. We experimented with forces and we had so much fun during the day.

My favourite part of the day was designing how the car looked. We chose to include lots of sticks and drew flames on them to cover the bottle we used as the main body. I also enjoyed making lots of new friends. I had a really great day and I was really proud of myself.