IET Formula Goblin - Teachers - Curriculum

The IET Formula Goblin project is specially designed to incorporate multiple areas of the national curriculum.  Many schools use the project as a teaching aid to illustrate key ideas such as friction, materials and their uses, angles, mathematics – the list goes on. The Kit can be built and broken down easily, allowing each year to take part in the project from the start. The process teaches young people key skills which many would not usually have access to, for example the safe use of hand tools. The project also emphasises and builds on the idea of teamwork and problem solving with the whole group working together and accomplishing a final goal.

On race days adults are encouraged to step back and allow team members the responsibility of looking after the car and each other, thus creating a real sense of team spirit between the group. The project can be used for all young people within the class, from the gifted and talented to the hard to reach, illustrating important concepts in an easy and practical way.