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
This afternoon, Year 3 became geologists, observing and investigating meteorites which are rocks from space. To find out more about geology, click here.
After school, Key Stage 2 families became wind turbine engineers, designing the blades for wind turbines and testing them to see which shape would turn the turbine the quickest. Click here for more information and activities.
Look Bubbles!
Today Reception children had fun with bubbles and predicted what would happen if they blew bubbles with different shaped wands. Click here for more bubble information and activities.
Today Year 2 and Key Stage 1 families have been systems engineers. They were designing, building, testing and improving marble runs to make their marbles roll for the longest time possible. To find out more about systems engineers and to discover some similar activities to try at home, click here.
