The Sustainable Transport Challenge

    • The Sustainable Transport Challenge: plan a sustainable and climate resilient journey

    The Sustainable Transport Challenge is a one of a kind challenge open to schools in the South West of England. For this adventurous challenge students in KS2 or KS3 work in teams to answer the following questions; and then turn their ideas into a model, a map or poster:

    • The route? Where are you going?
    • The vehicle? How will you travel sustainably?
    • Climate challenges? How could you adapt the route to overcome any impacts due to climate change?

    Journeys needs to be made in an environmentally friendly way, bringing positive benefits to people and the planet by minimising harm and maximising benefits along the way. To do this students will need to consider what technology to use for their transportation and how they might need to future proof their route to account for our changing climate.

    It’s completely free to get involved, a student booklet is provided as well as recommended resources that you could explore to deepen students’ learning. There are a few different ways for schools to get involved in this exciting programme, if you have any queries then please get in touch with us: STC@graphicscience.co.uk

    • The students enjoyed the ICT design aspect greatly alongside the mapping of their journeys. It reinforced their learning about climate change and supported them in understanding the wider challenges of climate change solutions. Thanks for all the support and help with the challenge. We really enjoyed taking part. 

    Teacher, Devonport High School for Boys
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    STEM Ambassador Support

    All schools participating in the Sustainable Transport Challenge have the option of requesting volunteer support via the STEM Ambassador Programme. STEM Ambassadors can be an encouraging mentor for student teams, or they can give a talk about the sustainability considerations in their careers or they could be a friendly ear to bounce ideas of off.

    My favourite part of supporting the Sustainable Transport Challenge was….

    Seeing the amazing vehicles that the children came up with!

    STEM Ambassador

    Being able to talk about my scientific research and how important it is for the environment!

    Climate Ambassador

    Seeing how passionate the students were about their research.

    STEM Ambassador & Team Mentor

    Sharing enthusiasm and getting the students to think in different ways about their respective parts of the Challenge

    STEM Ambassador & Team Mentor