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05/10/24

It was great to have Jamie McCreddie& join the BARE team last week . We had a special afternoon with students from & taking part in a massed instrumental workshop & performance. pic.twitter.com/nvVfs7vrX0

27/09/24

Rainy day, library is the place to be. Catching our students reading ☔️ 📖 ☺️ pic.twitter.com/0ZUakMLr8y

24/08/24

Hard work pays off, congratulations to our year 11 students, GCSE Results Day.😀😀#Class2024 pic.twitter.com/2hj7DxlxF5

15/08/24

A fantastic set of results for our wonderful sixth formers! We are so proud of you all ❤️.Another year of excellence for Harris Academy Greenwich Sixth Form 🙌#Class2024😀 pic.twitter.com/zZEa23WqaY

18/07/24

Today was our first ever Summer Fair. Students had an opportunity to engage in numerous of activities. ⚽️ 🧽 🪣 pic.twitter.com/bemweFf7Em

18/07/24

Today was the end of our Year 12s work experience placement at partnership has provided endless amount of opportunities for our students. pic.twitter.com/NDnhrJVkmf

18/07/24

Today we hosted our end of year KS3 Pizza Party, celebrating the bright spots and acknowledging these students hard work throughout the academic year. 👩‍🎓🏆😁 pic.twitter.com/eLOdSdO6O6

16/07/24

A lovely day out ☀️ 🚆 📖 pic.twitter.com/B2DurDbmZd

16/07/24

Who said the mind cannot be challenged outside the classroom 🙌🙌 pic.twitter.com/iMUcSjCXrC

16/07/24

Today was our Learning Beyond Curriculum Day. Our Year 7s was offsite today at the National Maritime Museum and Royal Observatory. Happy train journey 🙌😀 pic.twitter.com/XOKv27ZBN0

16/07/24

Well done to our athletes who took part in the Harris Athletic Sports Day Final.🏆🥇🚨 pic.twitter.com/hL862YzTjr

15/07/24

Future sporting champions 🏆🥇😀Always a pleasure hosting you. https://t.co/MWmemIW9hJ

15/07/24

Well done to our athletes who took part in the Harris Athletic Sports Day Final.🥇🥇🏆 pic.twitter.com/vd3ie5B9YC

15/07/24

Today’s Year 7 Achievement Assembly.Well done to you all, first year of secondary school almost completed.🏆 🥇🚨 pic.twitter.com/TaVYD7MRlS

13/07/24

What a lovely day, our students were engaged, educated and inspired 👮 🚨🚓. Thank you https://t.co/RVK0K4cpnW

13/07/24

Good music and excellent performances.What a vibrant evening 🎺🎷🎸🎹 https://t.co/AVkUQE5j3P

06/07/24

This year Bedrock Champions were rewarded for completing their literacy homework with an exciting trip to the British Library. The highlight was the "Treasures" exhibition, showcasing marvels from Shakespeare's originals to 2000-year-old homework placards. 📖 📕 pic.twitter.com/hniivDqYyh

06/07/24

Yesterday we commemorated 3 years since losing Tamim Habimana. We miss you and will always remember your vibrant and energetic character! pic.twitter.com/EQeh4Czgb1

05/07/24

Year 8 Assembly this morning focused on the general election. It’s important that we educate our students on the power of their future votes! 🗳️ pic.twitter.com/1hqAPAgK9H

01/07/24

Our students took part in the Harris regional heats' sports day at Sutcliffe park. The heats are held to determine if the athletes will compete at Crystal Palace stadium and ultimately represent the school against all other Harris secondaries. Great performances today🥇🏆😀 pic.twitter.com/QGJvLlrNHx

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Ziggy – A Mars Micro-rover

Description

Modern Mars rovers are large pieces of equipment. The current 'new' rover, Curiosity, is the size of a Mini-Cooper car. This size has a draw back. Rovers of the size of Curiosity, despite the robot arm it carries, cannot access all of the possible sites it encounters. Therefore there are 'missed opportunities' in the mission. Ziggy is designed to fill that gap, by being deployed from a larger 'mother' rover, moving off to access small sites, collecting samples and data then returning to the mother rover to pass on any samples such that they may be analysed by the mother rover and pass on data to be forwarded to Earth.

Ziggy is controlled by a PICAXE micro-controller 28X1 Picaxe chip on a AXE020 project board. Ziggy has an ultrasonic range finder to allow it to navigate and avoid major hazards.

Ziggy has an interchangeable payload/science system called 'SPIDERS' (Science Package Instruments and Detectors) that allow the payload to be mission selected. We have SPIDERS that will allow us to retrieve soil samples, map exposures and send a probe into 'caves' through some of the skylight formations that have been detected on Mars.

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Competitions and appearances

  • Big Bang Near Me London Regional winner 2013
  • Big Bang at the Houses of Parliament 2013
  • Finalist, National Big Bang Fair Final NEC Birmingham 2014
  • Channel 4 'Sunday Brunch' programme 2014
  • STEMNET private exhibition for corporate stakeholders, Science Museum, London 2015

Project Pipeline

The development of Ziggy is listed by prototype, below:

Mk I Ziggy

A simple chassis with wheels driven by two motors, controlled by a set of switches, tethered for control and power.

Mk II Ziggy

First complex chassis - a Perspex monocoque with LED lights, wheels, a web cam, powered by electric motors, controlled by a set of switches, tethered.

 This mark was the category winner at Big Bang Near Me.

Mk III Ziggy

First Cab chassis, wheels, LED lights, wheels, a web cam, powered by electric motors, controlled by a PICAXE board and chip, tethered for camera and power, first SPIDER developed.

Mk IV Ziggy

Second Cab chassis, LED lights, track system, a web cam, powered by electric motors, controlled by a PICAXE board and chip, tethered for camera, on board power, second SPIDER developed, ultrasonic range finder installed.

This mark was Exhibited at the Big Bang @ Parliament

Mk V Ziggy

Third cab chassis, LED lights, track system, a web cam, powered by electric motors, controlled by a PICAXE board and chip, tethered for camera, on board power, on board re-charger, ultrasonic range finder, third SPIDER developed.

This mark was Competitor at National Big Bang Finals, Appeared on Channel 4 Sunday Brunch, Exhibited at the Science Museum

 

 Ziggy requires funding to allow further development.

Further marks of Ziggy will have:

  • An aluminium plate Hull
  • Improved and more versatile SPIDERS
  • Wireless camera
  • ERF/URF radio link for wireless reprogramming
  • 3D printed and then aluminium water cut tracks
  • Improved drive motors and gearboxes

Estimated cost for these enhancements:

£600.00