2nd May: Bubbles
We’ve been in today blowing soap bubbles of all sizes with reception. All sizes, but not all shapes – and maybe you can describe why that’s the case?
See the NUSTEM Bubbles page for more things to do and explore.
Hello Bailey Green, we’re NUSTEM. We’re based at Northumbria University, and we work across the region supporting children, families and teachers in exploring science, technology, engineering and maths. We’re particularly keen to help people recognise that careers in these STEM subjects are available to them.
On this page you’ll find a summary of the things we’ve done with your school, and links to follow-up activities you can do at home. You might also want to check out our calendar of upcoming events:
Bailey Green Primary website
20 May: Naval Architecture (with goats)
What a busy morning Bailey Green’s Year 1 classes have had. We’ve been exploring floating and sinking with a little help from the youngest Billy Goats Gruff. We’ve designed, tested, taken measurements and redesigned to ensure that the goat made it safely across the river.
Now you’re back home, follow these steps for more floating and sinking fun:
- Go into the kitchen and find some aluminium (tin) foil.
- Build another boat and make it float in the sink.
- Test out your boat by adding 1p coins to it – home many will it take before it sinks??
- Try out a different boat design, change the shape of your foil and test it out again. Is it better or worse than your first design?
To find out exactly what we did in the session click here.
21st March: The Botanist
Today I’ve been busy at Bailey Green Primary School
This morning Year 2 became brilliant botanists and you can find out all about it by clicking here.
