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Family Space Explorers
We're always looking for new ways to engage different audiences,…
20 November, 2017/by Joe Shimwell
Jam on!
Whether digital making is already your jam or if you’ve never…
4 October, 2017/by Jonathan
Tetrahedral Kite, Beamish
As part of Beamish Museum's 'Wind in Your Sails' event, visitors…
1 July, 2017/by Jonathan
International Women in Engineering Day 2017
Today (23rd June) is International Women in Engineering Day.
Across…
23 June, 2017/by CarolAcross…

Goodbye Think Physics, hello NUSTEM
We’ve changed our name.
We started as Think Physics in 2014,…
8 March, 2017/by JonathanWe started as Think Physics in 2014,…

125,000 rpm centrifuge… powered by hand, made from cardboard
This is outstanding!
One of the first steps in a whole host…
11 January, 2017/by JonathanOne of the first steps in a whole host…

(Raspberry) Pioneers, Bright Ideas: opportunities for secondary students
The lovely people at the Raspberry Pi Foundation – the folks who…
11 January, 2017/by Jonathan
Astronauts, sports scholarships, the web, deforestation, and the power of unexpected connections
Here’s a delightful little story from web developer Sarah Mei, posted…
10 January, 2017/by Jonathan
Connecting with Physics
When I did my A-levels a couple of decades ago, there were only…
9 January, 2017/by CarolIt’s 2017, the year the Sun goes out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJgXaqW3md8
Happy New Year! We…
6 January, 2017/by JonathanHappy New Year! We…

Work with us! Ogden Science Officer vacancy with the Think Physics team
We’re recruiting!
If you’re of a physics sort of persuasion…
28 November, 2016/by JonathanIf you’re of a physics sort of persuasion…

See you this week? Timandra Harkness on Big Data and SUN at Life
This week we’ve not one but two outstanding opportunities to get…
15 November, 2016/by Jonathan
New competition for secondaries: Microsoft STEM Student Challenge
I know, I know – the education world is awash with competitions. Stick…
3 November, 2016/by Jonathan
Maker Faire UK 2017 announced
It’s baaa-aaaaack!
The greatest show (and tell) on Earth…
28 October, 2016/by JonathanThe greatest show (and tell) on Earth…

The Amazingly Enormous STEM Careers Poster
Here’s a neat resource from the terrific folks behind the…
27 October, 2016/by Jonathan
Poetry and Science
Today is National Poetry Day, and across the land people have…
6 October, 2016/by Carol
Calendar updates
If you’ve not visited our calendar of upcoming events recently,…
23 September, 2016/by Jonathan
2015–16: The Year in Numbers
19 September, 2016/by Jonathan
Win a Free Astronomy Trip to the Alps
The European Southern Observatory is organising an Astronomy…
13 September, 2016/by Annie Padwick
Careers in the (primary) classroom?
There have been some news articles recently about universities,…
31 August, 2016/by Carol
Summer holiday science
At this stage in the summer holiday, sometimes it can get a bit…
23 August, 2016/by Carol
Raspberry Pi Day of Making: Apply now!
The Raspberry Pi Foundation (the lovely folks who spend the money…
3 August, 2016/by Jonathan
Chain Reactions (with electronics)
Like everyone else delivering ‘maker’ education, we use…
25 July, 2016/by Jonathan
Physics Summer Schools
In my previous job, I used to be part of a team that ran teacher…
14 July, 2016/by Carol