After the initial investigation and planning stage (in which Year 8 children were challenged to design and annotate satellites), the following week they had only an hour in which to turn their designs into a model.
The following are examples of the transformations under a tricky time pressure – Year 8 did a great job.
Fancy making your own Sputnik? Have a look at the apparatus laid out by Charlotte, see if you can transform this into your own model satellite.