Firstly an insightful visit to CCAD to the Glass department where head of department Debbie Dawson should the various techniques and materials demonstrating the uses of equipment and machines including sandblasting, laser print glass casting and lost wax techniques and the various uses of the large firing kins. The site visit was documented with photographs, drawing and note taking in sketch books.

In the English Market the classes were met by Virginia the owner of My goodness foods, Virginia shared her ideas on circular economy and zero waste from the soil regeneration project CUSP which they then use to plant herbs and vegetables and the rain water recycling equipment which is then used for their fermented drinks. An up close introduction to SCOBI and the health benefits of fermented foods, all pupils and staff were then treated to a sample tasting of the sparkling lemon kombutcha and raw chocolate truffles.

The Class groups were welcomed onto the college campus at MTU and to the Chemical and Biopharmaceutical Engineering department, on entering the Lab emphasis was given to lab safety techniques and all visitors to the lab were given a lab coat glasses and gloves. The Lab technician Theresa presented a colourful and fun learning atmosphere to demonstrate the inner-workings and equipment in the lab while the lab scientist Olivia gave several hands on technical notions on experiments mixing and measurements.

Creative response workshops inspired by the cross-curricular themes drawn from the project partners and site visits. In the series of creative response workshops, the children experienced a wide range of materials and artistic techniques including: observational drawing , up close detailed drawing and painting techniques, printmaking, gel printing, photography, clay work , sgraffito stained glass.