The Shackleton Challenge is an initiative to help develop entrepreneurial skills among post primary students emulating the leadership and exploratory skills of explorer Ernest Shackleton.
The programme is being developed and piloted in Athy College for the Athy Shackleton Committee and it is hoped that it can be rolled out to further schools after its development stage.
Students are divided into groups andposed with challenges of developing and prodcing prototypes of different products with a polar theme - food, article of clothing, drinking vessel. Each group assigned a mentor who motivates and directs the team.
The preliminary presentation of their work is to a group of POLAR BEARS ( similar to the Dragons in "Dragon's Den) and later a final presentation is made
The programme is being developed and piloted in Athy College for the Athy Shackleton Committee and it is hoped that it can be rolled out to further schools after its development stage.
Students are divided into groups andposed with challenges of developing and prodcing prototypes of different products with a polar theme - food, article of clothing, drinking vessel. Each group assigned a mentor who motivates and directs the team.
The preliminary presentation of their work is to a group of POLAR BEARS ( similar to the Dragons in "Dragon's Den) and later a final presentation is made
