Niftylift will provide activities including machine demos, virtual reality headsets challanges and more.

Machine demo - We will have a HR17 available, a demonstartion will explain how the machine works and talk about its' capabilities ie Hybrid Engine

VR headset -  Take a journey through our factory as well as scaling the heights of the HR28 - 92 feet in the air.

Engineering costumes -  Dress up as an Engineer

Engineering challenge -  Do you have what it takes?

Touchscreen displays and pop up banner.

Apprenticeship and careers information.

Build a water tower:

• Test your construction and engineering skills. Using small wooden planks try and build a free standing structure which can hold a water container.

The Water Network

• Design a water network. Build a model water supply network to supply some of our 6 million customers.

Micro organisms

• Discover the hidden world of Microorganisms that help us clean the used water before returning it to the rivers.

The Nail Challenge

• Test your problem solving stills. How may nails can you balance on a piece of wood?

Thinking of the future?

• Pick up some information about our apprenticeship schemes and our guide to future employability skills.

Anglian Water education programme:

Teachers – talk to us about:

• Our free education programme. Curriculum linked and designed to support STEM.

YuMi writing demo

Retro cell playing connect four/noughts & crosses

1. Use of KNEX© to build sorting and separation technologies for waste industry
2. Trying on of Personal protective equipment. Matching PPE to correct scenario
3. Waste sorting game

Careers within Amey

We propose to have two virtual and augmented reality stations (PCs). One will demonstrate virtual reality in the gaming sector, with a change for visitors to experience to Occulus Rift through some example games developed by staff and students at the University of Bedfordshire, as well as some well known examples from the gaming industry.

The second station will involve an augmented reality cricket game, allowing users to experience a gust cricket match and have a go at being the next Ben Stokes!

Finally, we will have a selection of Augmented Reality books (users just need to download a free app from the iTunes store or Google Play). These are good for younger visitors and provide augmented reality versions of space and the solar system and a Jurassic park style book

Display of famous psychologists with a guess the psychologist activity

Brain mat

Games and puzzles in psychology: Connect 4 and cryptic crosswords

Table top activities:

Brain hats

Famous beards and moustaches

We will have a TV displaying videos

A 3D printer printing keyrings

Some samples of Additive Manufacturing

• LUVMI-X rover science and navigation cameras – VR application, TV display and 3D-printed models

• Schools micro Gravity Rocket Experiment – recovered flight hardware and sculptures, model of NASA WRX-R rocket

• SamCam – 3D microscope being developed in MK to fly to the moon on Luna-27 (2024)

• (TrackerCam – 3D particle tracking experiment flown on a rocket in June 2019 by the OU student team) TBC

Building structures using art straws and masking tape

With the Aim to work in small teams, to demonstrate understanding of engineering

The other activities will be talking sports science, coaching, sports education and the programme we are developing through E2A. Other activities will be paper-based or quizzes.

In addition, discussions around our business Incubator that we are offering through QCL / E2A where we offer support, mentoring, business plan writing and connecting investors up to young people

We will be measuring how high you can jump and what your balance is like. You will also have the opportunity to do some short distance speed and agility testing.

Engineering: Measuring Gravity Task

Technology: Try your hand at programming with our Lego Robot track challenge. You will also have the opportunity to try our Virtual Reality experience and be a part of different exciting scenarios.

Have a go at being a real compliance engineer. RS Components distributes thousands of products everyday, each needs to be tested!

Have a go at testing some of these products using the tests we have created – can it withstand the smash, crash or drop?

We would look to run the demo we recently ran at our STEMFEST this month at RS components Corby.

Crash Bang Wallop gives visitors the changes to carry out the below tests:

• Vandal Camera Test
• Battery power Test
• Water test
• Drop test

3 computers with retro gaming, all PAT tested.

Heritage quiz

Demonstrate the difference between using the chemical demonstrate the difference between using the chemical and natural products, we need to be able to show it to students and visitors.

Project 1 (LAQUA meters) will showcase how to measure the fluorescence of common drinks, such as squash and tonic water, as a method to chemically fingerprint and identify similarities and differences. It will illustrate how things that look identical to the eye can be very quickly distinguished through the use of light and spectroscopy.

Project 2 (Duetta), will showcase how to measure calcium, pH, conductivity, sodium and potassium of food, milk and water with our pocket size meters and what the measurements mean. The samples will be in small quantities, such as a drop of water or milk.

There will be a statci racing car on display

Hands on automotive engineering in a slightly smaller scale, plus try out what you’ve done on our track.

We provide the opportunity for people to get hands on with automotive engineering using radio-controlled model racing cars.

While these cars are small they are by no means simple, they feature the same chassis engineering as one would find in any normal racing car and are equipped with electric motors and drive system as sophisticated as used in any other form of electric motorsport.

The advantage in our case being that all of this can be conducted on a desk, in a classroom.

Additionally, we have a specially manufactured test track where, complete novices to the sport, can get hands on with the vehicles to test what they’ve been working on – or simply have a bit of fun at the end of a session!