A team of five students from Bloomfield Hall School in Peshawar investigated the potential of utilising the energy produced from walking to fulfil electricity demands. Team members Rayyan Rehan, Faraiz Haider, Zoha Izhar, Zyna Malik and Asad Kabir wanted to find a way of producing electricity while keeping carbon emissions and costs to a minimum. Their project was declared the Best in Pakistan.
The judges said: “The team constructed a walking track to generate electricity, a neat design and a methodology with real potential. This is a simple and clear investigation with good understanding of the equipment used. The team executed the experimental work well with sound understanding of the background science. The environmental impact is obvious and could be beneficial.”
Describing their experience, the students said:
‘After weeks of immense hard work, dedication and struggle of trying to carry out a scientific investigation to help the community, along with balancing the school load, we were exhausted. But when we received the news of winning gold in the entire country, we were thrilled! All of the hard work and grind had finally paid off and we were filled with a sense of pride, gratitude and achievement.’ – Rayyan Rehan
‘Participating in this competition was a huge challenge for me. But the great communication skills of the team and the cooperation encouraged me to put in all my effort to create a useful and awesome project, showing that with hard work can dreams be achieved.’ – Zyna Malik
‘We had a fun learning experience while working on the project as we had the chance to learn a number of things, such as how to work together and how a piezoelectric cell functions and how to set up a direct current (DC) circuit. It also felt beneficial knowing that our project could help with the energy crisis. The efforts my team and I put in the project were not wasted.’ – Faraiz Haider