Regrettably, due to school closures enforced by the January lockdown in England, we have taken the difficult decision to cancel the 2021 3M Young Innovators Challenge competition.
Many of the Challenges require close collaboration and teamworking which would no longer be possible, and we do not wish to add to the already significant workload that teachers and parents face in moving again to remote learning.
The competition is always a highlight of our year and we are very disappointed that we cannot continue as planned. We look forward to engaging with you again in 2022.
3M will pay for entries for the Fragile Freight Challenge to be submitted for a British Science Association CREST Bronze Award. See our Terms and Conditions. Please indicate your consent on the Entry Form.
Closing date for entries: 25 March 2021
Virtual judging: 10 May 2021 by Microsoft Teams meeting. Please indicate your preferred time on the entry form.
Up to 30 marks for the total weight of cherry tomatoes transported
Up to 25 marks for idea generation
Up to 20 marks for design development
Up to 10 marks for an understanding of Sustainable Development
Up to 15 marks for quality of the presentation and video
Total marks available = 100
The students’ year group will be taken into account when awarding marks.
Judges will select 4-6 finalists who will be invited to attend the virtual 3M Young Innovators Challenge presentation event on Thursday 27 May 2021.
Links to Science Curriculum (England) | Links to Design and Technology Curriculum (England) |
Key stage 3 Scientific attitudes; pupils should be taught to: Experimental skills and investigations; pupils should be taught to: Analysis and evaluation; through the content, pupils should be taught to: Forces
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Key stage 3 When designing and making the model, pupils should be taught to: Design: Make: Evaluate: Technical knowledge: |
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Please make sure you download these important documents for the Fragile Freight Challenge. Please save the entry form to your device and send as a file attachment to NorthEuropecomms@mmm.com.
If you have any questions, please Get in Touch.
Please see our Terms and Conditions.
Judges
Robert Sutton is the laboratory manager for the Fire and Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) product development team at 3M’s Skelmersdale site. Following a degree in Physics and Electronics, Rob’s initial career with GEC was the design and manufacturing optimisation of electro-optics devices. This culminated in the role of head of engineering for the Thermal Camera Business Unit and the launch of the first widely used fire-fighting thermal imaging camera. Since joining 3M, he has managed the design of all aspects of the Fire and SCBA portfolio, and has led international joint venture and site relocation projects.
Richard is a Process Engineer with a degree in Chemical Engineering, which combines Maths, Physics and Chemistry and applies this to industry. He works at Wood plc in Reading, Berkshire as a Project Process Manager. This work has involved travel to countries such as Saudi Arabia, Korea and China.