Expo Champions

February Challenge

In light of Innovation Month, we challenge you to create an innovation that will help solve global challenges and help make the world a better place!

You can work on it individually or in groups.

Steps to follow

1. Connect: choose the people you want to help. They can be from your school, home, neighborhood, community or any other place in the world.
2. Imagine: think about the challenges they face, and how those challenges can be made better.
3. Innovate: think about different solutions and choose the most innovative one.
4. Create: sketch your innovative idea and make a basic model of your idea using recycled materials.

TIP: Use the Formula for Greater Good to help you develop your project and explain what it’s all about:

I am helping (a person) to (challenge I’m helping to solve) by creating (my innovation).

Outcome

We’d love to see your creations!

• You can share the journey of the creation of your innovation in a short video capturing your steps. Present your innovation to your class or family.
• You can tag us in the short video. Students, teachers and parents can share on social media by following us @Expo2020schools and tagging #ExpoSchoolProgramme
• Teachers who use these challenges in class can also tag us on the Expo Schools social media so we can see all your amazing classwork!

March Challenge

This month’s challenge requires you to look closely at the world around you, capture Expo 2020 Dubai through a lens and inspire others to join the journey!

Steps to follow

1. Find: Look for something that reminds you of Expo 2020 Dubai. Remember Expo 2020 Dubai is everywhere, so look closely for it in your home, school, and community or from your visit to Expo 2020 Dubai Pavilions Premiere!
2. Snap: Take a clear snapshot of it using your camera or mobile phone.
3. Share: Share your photograph with us along with an inspiring message to the world. Remember to tag us @expo2020schools #Exposchoolprogramme. Teachers who use these challenges in class can also tag us on the Expo Schools social media so we can see all your amazing classwork!

April Challenge

Objective: To design a game based on Expo 2020 Dubai facts.

Steps to follow

1. Choose a minimum of 10 of your favourite Expo 2020 Dubai facts from the list attached.
2. Design a game using your selected facts. It can be played in pairs or in groups, and can be designed on paper or digitally. When designing your game, remember to keep all the social distancing restrictions in mind.
3. Challenge your classmates, family and friends to play the game.
4. Share photos of your game and everyone playing your Expo 2020 Dubai game. If you create your game online, remember to share the link with us! Do not forget to tag us @expo2020schools #Exposchoolprogramme

EXPO 2020 DUBAI FACTS

General Facts:

1. The Dubai Metro Route 2020 will be able to carry 44,000 passengers per hour to and from the Expo 2020 site directly
2. 4.38 sqkm is the size of the Expo 2020 site, equal to more than 600 football pitches
3. 2 public parks
4. Approximately 150,000 visitors are expected to be welcomed on an average day
5. Up to 300,000 people per day can be accommodated on the Expo 2020 site
6. There will be up to 60 live events each day throughout the six-month event
7. 30,000 – is the number of volunteers – that’s more than the population of Jumeirah
8. 2021 marks the UAE’s 50th anniversary. Celebrate the Golden Jubilee at Expo 2020 Dubai.
9. There will be approximately 200 F&B outlets and 50-plus global cuisines on offer
10. More than 200 participating nations – including countries, multilateral organisations, educational establishments and companies – as well as millions of visitors, will come together to celebrate Expo 2020
11. The Expo 2020 logo was inspired by a 4,000-year-old ancient ring discovered at Saruq Al Hadid, an archeological site in the UAE

Al Wasl Facts:

1. 1. Al Wasl’s dome is a 360-degree projection screen that can be seen from inside and outside
2. It is 67.5 metres tall – more than 10 metres taller than the Leaning Tower of Pisa
3. At 130 metres wide and 67.5 metres tall, the dome weighs a total of 2,544 tonnes – as much as 25 blue whales
4. Al Wasl Plaza’s 550-tonne steel crown encloses a space of 724,000 cubic metres – the volume of almost 300 Olympic-size swimming pools
5. Al Wasl dome uses 13.6 km of steel – equal to the length of 16 Burj Khalifas
6. Crowning the dome was a 14-hour feat of engineering
7. Al Wasl dome’s 1,162 individual sections had to be joined together with a margin of error of less than five millimetres

Sustainability Pavilion:

1. The Sustainability Pavilion and surrounding grounds cover approximately 25,000 sqm
2. The pavilion’s canopy is 130 metres-wide
3. There 4,912 solar panels arranged on top of the canopy and the pavilion’s Energy Trees
4. It will generate 4GHw of energy per year – enough for a Nissan Leaf to drive halfway to Mars.
5. The grounds feature technology, local plants to reduce the amount of water needed for irrigation by 75%

Mobility Pavilion:

1. The entire pavilion covers 15,000 square metres; and the exhibition covers 4,300 square metres
2. The pavilion has the world’s largest passenger lift, which is capable of holding more than 160 persons (38 based on current social distancing restrictions) and has a twin sister in Singapore
3. A partly underground, partly open-air 330-metre track runs around the building, above and below ground. Here, you’ll see cool mobility devices in action
4. The Mobility Pavilion visitor experience begins 4,500 years ago in Saruq Al Hadid, a settlement in the Dubai desert
5. You will see 9-metre-high statues created by five-time Academy Award®-winning design studio and physical manufacturing facility, Weta Workshop

Expo Entry Portals

1. There are 3 Expo Entry Portals in which visitors will enter the Expo Site
2. Each portal is 21 metres high, 21 metres wide and 30 metres long
3. They are made of high-grade carbon fibre and resin. Laid out end to end, all of the carbon fibre filaments used would circumnavigate the world more than 5,000 times
4. The portals each have a set of two doors (21 metres tall by 10.5 metres wide)
5. The doors are light enough to be opened by a single person

May Challenge

Objective: To explore innovations showcased at past World Expos and envision the futuristic impact they will have on the world.

Steps to follow

1. Choose an innovation from the list provided or research your own innovation from past World Expos.
2. Develop an infographic about your chosen innovation exploring the below questions:
   • What did people use before this innovation?
   • How did this innovation change the world? What challenges did it help overcome?
   • What feature can you add to this innovation to make it futuristic and serve more than one purpose?
3. Share snapshots of your infographic with an exciting message on what innovations you expect to see at Expo 2020 Dubai. Remember to tag us @expo2020schools #Exposchoolprogramme

LIST OF INNOVATIONS:

• The telephone (Philadelphia, 1876)
• The Eiffel Tower (Paris, 1889)
• The Ferris wheel (Chicago, 1893)
• The X-Ray machine (Buffalo, 1901)
• The ice cream cone (St Louis, 1904)
• The commercial broadcast television (New York, 1939)
• IMAX (Osaka, 1970)
• Touchscreens (Knoxville, 1982)
• The humanoid robot (Nagoya, 2005)
• Ketchup (Chicago, 1893)
• Mobile Phone (Osaka, 1970)
• Braille (Paris, 1878)
• Telescope (Philadelphia, 1876)
• Diesel Engine (Paris, 1900)
• Clean Energy Car (Hannover, 2000)

June Challenge

Objective: To explore children’s tales from countries participating at Expo 2020 Dubai.

Steps to follow

1. Download the eBook found in the link below.
   Children’s Tales from Around the World (expo2020dubai.com)
   
2. Choose a tale from the list and come up with your own creative way to retell the story. Here are some examples of what you can do:
   • Dress up as your favourite character and read your favourite part of the story
   • Recreate the setting of the story and act it out with your family and friends
   • Recreate the story in the form of a comic strip or animated story
3. Share snapshots or a clip of your creative act! Do not forget to tag us @expo2020schools #Exposchoolprogramme