Research involves visits to places to obtain information and inspiration. The GCSE group, for instance, visit IKEA to investigate flat pack furniture. Some projects involve working in small groups as a mini company, where they compete with other groups for prizes.

Although we feature topics that you might expect girls to be naturally interested in such as furniture and interior design, we also include the manufacture of working models. Most recently this took the form of the trebuchet (a medieval type siege catapult) although it should be emphasised that the projectiles are restricted to ping pong balls!