Join the Royal Aeronautical Society for British Science Week!
Over the next 10 days, we are running the RAeS Science Challenge! We have split up the aerospace industry into five key areas, so kids and adults both old and young can take part in learning about the industry through fun activities! These areas are:
- Aviation
- Research
- Space
- Inclusivity and Diversity
- Aerospace Engineering
Join us over the week for range of activities celebrating each area. Each activity comes with its own passport stamp for you to collect and add to your passport certificate at the end of the week! Make sure to download your certificate. The activity stamps will be released with each new challenge!
Aviation Day
The theme for the 12th is “Aviation”, so the activities we have lined up for you to take part in are aviation themed! Test our four gliders as part of our Cool Aero initiative, or create your own glider launcher.
11 years and under: Cool Aero glider challenge
11 years and older: Rubber band glider challenge
Collect your downloadable stamp here to add to your certificate.
Research Day
The theme for the 13th is “Research”, so the activities we have lined up for you to take part in revolve around learning about scientists in the aerospace, aviation and space industry and researching their contributions.
11 years and under: Scientist poster challenge
11 years and older: Scientist poster challenge
Collect your downloadable stamp here to add to your certificate.
Space Day
The theme for the 14th is “Space”, so let’s get exploring! Track the phases of the moon or design a lunar lander with household objects for our space themed activities. There is some potentially new maths to do for the Lunar Lander challenge, so if you get stuck, ask your teachers, or email the Education and Skills team here at the RAeS.
11 years and under: Moon phase tracker – British Science Week activity
11 years and older: Lunar lander challenge – ESA activity
Collect your downloadable stamp here to add to your certificate.
Inclusivity and Diversity Day
The theme for the 16th is “Inclusivity and Diversity”, showing the positive advancements that have been made to improve diversity and inclusion in the industry, but also highlighting how more still needs to be done. For those 11 years old and younger, there is still time to take part in our Falcon 2 Poster challenge to create an accessible flight simulator. For everyone else, a research crossword highlighting the achievements of people within the aerospace, aviation and space industries who may not have received the recognition they deserved in their time, or are just less known.
11 years and under: Falcon 2 Poster challenge
11 years and older: Crossword Research challenge
Collect your downloadable stamp here to add to your certificate.
Aerospace Engineering Day
It’s time for our last activity! The theme for the 17th is “Aerospace Engineering”. Today’s activity is brought to you from NASA. Aerospace research takes on many forms, including researching various wing shapes and configurations. Learn more through the ring wing challenge today!
11 years and under: Ring Wing challenge
11 years and older: Ring Wing challenge
Collect your downloadable stamp here to add to your certificate.
