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IET Faraday Challenge Day at Hyde Community College
Students from schools in Greater Manchester had the opportunity to become real-life engineers on Tuesday 5th March 2013 as they took part in the IET Faraday Challenge Day hosted by Hyde Community College.
The Challenge Day involved six school teams from Hyde Community College, Denton Community College, Mossley Hollins High School, Waterhead Academy, The Radclyffe School and The BlueCoat CofE School, each made up of six 12 to 13 year old students studying science, design technology or maths.
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Challenging Stereotypes & Widening Horizons Event at Manchester Islamic High School for Girls
Manchester Islamic High School for Girls hosted the Challenging Stereotypes and Widening Horizons Event (run by Education Business Solutions) on Friday 8th March 2013.
The event coincided with International Women’s Day and provided the opportunity for 50 Year 7 students to talk with female role models (some of which were our dedicated STEM Ambassadors!) from a variety of backgrounds and job sectors, ranging from employees at the BBC to Manchester City Council.
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Engineering without Borders – ‘Shelter for the World’ Workshops
On the 20th February, two schools in Bolton, Greater Manchester were lucky enough to take in part in the ‘Shelter for the World’ workshops, developed by Engineering without Borders, a charity organisation that provides opportunities for young people to learn about the role of technology in tackling poverty.
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Science at Work Event - Dowdales School, Cumbria
I have spent much of the weekend mulling over the 'Science at Work' event at Dowdales School on Friday 1st February 2013. It represents the type of exploration for children I have in the past felt was missing and something I was interested to rectify, if only a school would ask.
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Topcliffe Primary, Castle Vale Birmignham take on the Christmas Card Challenge
Six of our ambassadors supported an Enterprise Day held at the University of Birmingham run by Enabling Enterprise and the university's Outreach team. Before Mike Zatyka, from Enabling Enterprise, welcomed Year 5 students from Topcliffe School in Castle Vale, he met up with the STEM Ambassadors who volunteered to support the students. With many current and former students as well as some guests from industry making up the volunteer team, it was clear the students would get a crash course in what Higher Education was all about.
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Girls have fun with Pi - taking Raspberry Pi to the classroom
Last week saw the Raspberry Pi engaging young people with computing at an event at Fairfield High School for Girls in Tameside. It's great to see how well the Pi goes down with young people, the folks it was designed for!
The pupils got to grips with both Python and Scratch, with basic interfacing and control building games and reaction timers. The now famous Twitter Chicken also made an appearance and was well received, with the students wanting to build their own.
To see for yourselves view the video online:
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Pupils at Perry Beeches The Academy were given a science lesson with a twist recently.
On Tuesday 2nd October Year 8 students at the school were visited by STEM Ambassadors, from Birmingham & Solihull, as part of a memorable morning of science. The students were given the challenge, in groups, of building a bridge made out of newspaper that would hold weights. A series of 1kg weights were added and the winning team's construction held 7kgs.
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Derbyshire STEM Ambassadors support Long Eaton School careers event
DEBP and two local STEM Ambassadors had queues of Year 10 and 11 students and their parents keen to talk to them at a recent career fair at The Long Eaton School.
DEBP were having a stand at the event and wanted STEM Ambassadors to support with giving out information on the STEM subjects, whilst also sharing their own story about getting into a STEM career, why they made the decisions they did and so on. Clive Breen from Rolls-Royce plc and Amanda Jackson from Derby Hospitals NHS Trust responded and were a fantastic support throughout the evening.
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Countdown until Derbyshire students take part in the Space Olympics
It’s only a week until Derbyshire students fly to Russia to form part of Team GB in the International Space Olympics. They will compete against teams from across the globe including America, China, Australia and several European countries.
To become part of the team, students went through a three month selection process which included: