Hello Burradon, 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.
Burradon Community Primary website
Today, Year 4 became materials scientists, testing the properties of different materials and deciding what they could be used for. Click here to find out more about what materials scientists do and for fun activities to try at home.
This morning, Year 1 and their families became structural engineers. They designed and built bridges, then tested them to see which were the strongest.
After that, Year 6 became environmental planners and used maps to discover how finding out about the past can help us to predict the future. To find out more about environmental planners, click here. Year 6 also looked at maps to see how Burradon has changed over the last two centuries. To have a look at similar historical maps, follow this link:
This afternoon Year 5 became astronomers and found out about the development of the telescope throughout history and women in astronomy. They also discovered what stars are made from and how astronomers know this by analysing the light from the stars. To find out more about astronomy and to try activities at home, click here.
