Everyone should be given the opportunity to experience the ‘WOW’ factor through STEM whatever age or ability.
What does STEM mean? Science, Technology, Engineering, Math’s
STEM challenges are awesome for everyone. These activities are visually stimulating, hands-on, and sensory rich for discovery and exploration! As with all our activities, STEM will be ability based learning, built around each person and their plan.
• SCIENCE - Experiments using products from around the home specifically found in your kitchen cupboard. The 3 special AAA ingredients; Acids, Alkaline, Activator.
• TECHNOLOGY - From making conductive play-dough to soldering components on a PCB – (populated circuit board). Making USB (Universal Serial Bus) lights and USB speakers. Creating 3D art with 3D
pens. Discovering Robotics.
• ENGINEERING - Building tall stable structures using sticks. Building bridges using K’nex following specified instructions on the length, span and strength to support 1kg. Or create a K’nex zipwire - build a carriage to hold a cuddly toy and let it zip away along a cable, will it be fast?, will it de-rail?, will it support the cuddly toy?.
Or have a go at designing and making a balloon powered car, then race it.
• MATHS – maths made fun so that you don’t realise you’re doing it! Maths is contained within all SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING projects!
Members can also access our work experience offer by gaining hands-on experience whether it’s working in the
cafe, garden or the gym; members can achieve their goals as part of their plans that will include development recognition awards to show their progression.
We will offer a fantastic opportunity for a group of individuals to train as science ambassador’s in association with STEAMWORKS.