A physics assignment to design energy-efficient packaging for a fizzy drink led to a group of Surrey school girls getting the chance to meet Formula 1 ace Jenson Button.
The girls, from co-ed St Andrew’s Catholic School in Leatherhead, Surrey, not only won first place in a national science challenge with their design but also went on to represent the UK in a Europe-wide version of the competition.
The annual Sci-Tech Challenge was launched by Junior Achievement-Young Enterprise Europe in 2010 and is designed to encourage 15 to 18-year-olds to study science, technology, engineering and maths at university.
It is run in conjunction with schools in nine European countries and after winning the UK’s national challenge the St Andrew’s team travelled to Rotterdam to take part in the European Sci-Tech Challenge earlier this year.
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