Bishop Rawstorne School, has shown that it's students are keen to ‘beat the cheats’ in anti-doping challenge
London 2012 inspired STEM Challenge winner announced
8 Oct 2010
Bishop Rawstorne School in Leyland has won the third STEM Challenge.
Schools across the UK were invited by the Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths Network (STEMNET) to show how they would undertake anti-doping laboratory techniques to prevent cheating.
Bishop Rawstorne School, beat stiff competition from seven other teams from around the country that made it through to the final, where they faced a Dragon’s Den style interview from the judges, including 2008 Olympic gold medallist for Speed Kayaking, Tim Brabants.
The key to Bishop Rawstorne’s team winning, was the way in which they applied the Olympic and Paralympic Values to their project, including 100% teamwork, support for each other and equality, as well as their scientific knowledge.
The challenge, supported by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) tested knowledge and ability on anti-doping laboratory techniques from laboratory accreditation and quantitative analysis to security and ensuring the chain of custody of samples.
This is the third of ten STEM Challenges that invites teams of 11 to 14 year olds from secondary schools across the UK to play their part in the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Each has been designed to enable young people to use the skills learnt in Science, Design & Technology and Maths lessons to create something interesting, useful and potentially spectacular.
The fourth Challenge, supported by BP, is now underway which is around a transport theme of reducing the carbon footprint of spectators travelling to London 2012.
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STEM Challenges are part of the Enterprise strand of Get Set + and participating schools are encouraged to join the Get Set network for even greater reward and recognition from London 2012.
