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Mail Rail CREST SuperStar Challenges (KS2)

CREST SuperStar Challenges support the Mail Rail Science Show and a visit to Mail Rail.

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Download Mail Rail CREST SuperStar Challenges

Each Challenge includes Teachers’ Notes, Student Challenge Cards and a PowerPoint.

Petitioning Parliament

The year is 1913 and the streets of London are very busy. Students investigate why and write to the Prime Minister to persuade him to build Mail Rail.
Download Petitioning Parliament! Teachers’ Notes (PDF)
Download Petitioning Parliament! Student Challenge Card (PDF)
Download Petitioning Parliament! (PowerPoint)
Marble Run

Mail Rail engineers needed! Students work as a team to design the fastest, cheapest tunnel to move the mail underground.
Download Marble Run Teachers’ Notes (PDF)
Download Marble Run Student Challenge card (PDF)
Download Marble Run (PowerPoint)
Download Mail Rail money (PDF)
Download Mail Rail map (PDF)
Future Mail

The year is 2050. Students must research transport from the past to design a new method of transporting the mail in the future.
Download Future Mail Teachers’ Notes (PDF)
Download Future Mail Student Challenge card (PDF)
Download Future Mail (PowerPoint)
More about Mail Rail

Additional resources to dig deeper into the history of Mail Rail.
Download fact file (PDF)
Download timeline (PDF)
View and download Mail Rail film clips
Hard Hat Activity

Make your very own Mail Rail hard hat.
Download activity sheet (PDF)