STEAMFest at
MIT in Boston: Day 1
First day includes mixing tracks at a sound studio, learning
the history of robotics and creating mechanical fish
prototypes to understand water dynamics
Day 1 began for 104 students from 26 Nord
Anglia Education (NAE) schools attending
the special week long STEAMFest in
Boston, USA.
With a whole variety of activities and
workshops set up, the students were kept
quite busy by the professors and university
students from MIT.
Students took a field trip at MMMMaven, an
Electronic Music Production and DJ School
in Boston where they learned the arts of
DJing and Music Production in a state-of-
the-art studio under the guidance of award-
winning producers and DJs.
They then went to the MIT Museum, an
exhibition hall documenting MIT’s role
in 19th- and 20th- century science and
technology. At the museum they saw a
demonstration on robotics using the latest
advances in robot mechanics.
Students also took part in a Fish and Ships
workshop where they discovered the
physics behind water mechanics. They
built their own mechanical prototypes
of flapping fish to observe how marine
animals generate thrust. Their challenge?
To develop a more efficient mechanism to
maximise thrust in ships.
104 students from 26 NAE schools
Lots more awaits the students on Day 2!
Jennifer Smith
STEAMFest MIT Group Leader
Subject Leader Science
Check out the STEAMFest MIT
videos here: http://bit.ly/DCISMIT2017
Visiting the Robotics wing of the MIT Museum
Mini-Triathlete Winners
at East Coast Competition
Boys and girls ranging from Year 2-6 competed as a 3 person team
with medals all around
12 pupils from DCIS competed in a mini
triathlon at East Coast Park this past
weekend. The boys and girls ranging from
Year 2-6 competed as a 3 person team, with
1 member swimming 150m in the sea first!
Followed by another member cycling for
6km, before the final team member finishing
with a 1.5KM run.
Congratulations to the following pupils for a
superb team effort:
• Shinji / Zac / Alfonso Year 5 - 1st Place
• Diego - Year 2 / Lucas Year 6 / Oscar
Year 3 - 2nd Place
• Sophie - Year 3 / Emily Year 4 / Ellie Year
4 - 4th Place
• Fillipo / Bertie / Alfie Year 4 - 5th Place
Mark Holmes
Head of Physical Education
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