Students at the Armidale School will be 'feeling the need for speed' this Saturday, when their Memorial Assembly Hall is turned into a miniature Formula 1 racing circuit.
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It's part of activities for the TAS STEM Academy Open day.
F1 in Schools is an initiative of Re-Engineering Australia Foundation Ltd, and is an international STEM competition in which students design, build and race a miniature car which is capable of reaching eighty kilometres an hour in under one second.
Slower moving - but no less engaging said organisers - will be the Digital Farmhand, a robot developed by ag tech company Agerris which TAS students of technology, electronics, engineering and agriculture have been familiarising themselves with this term.
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The day will feature more than 25 attractions and activities specifically for boys and girls aged 4-14, with the University of New England (UNE) also coming on board for the first time.
The day will get under way at 12.30pm when students will be issued with a free STEM passport, which will give them entry to more than 20 activities including drone racing, Oculus Go Virtual Reality and 3D printing.
There will also be a free barbecue and - not to be missed - the opportunity to sample liquid nitrogen ice cream.
Entry is open to the public and free.
