Grasmere Academy

Hello Grasmere, 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.

Grasmere Academy website

Friday 10th January 2020 Year 5 and 6 Environmental Modellers and Environmental Planners

Today Year 5 and 6 found out how environmental modellers collect and use data to predict the future. To find out more about environmental modellers, how to help the environment and for modelling activities you can try at home, click here.

After that, Year 5 and  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 5 and 6 also looked at maps to see how Killingworth has changed over the last two centuries. To have a look at similar historical maps, follow this link:

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Wednesday 8th January 2020 Year 3 and 4 Palaeontologists

This afternoon Year 3 and 4 became palaeontologists, exploring fossils and using pollen samples to investigate how the earth’s climate has changed over millions of years . For more information and activities to try at home, click here.

Tuesday 7th January 2020 Year 1 and 2 Naval Architects

This morning Year 1 and  2 became naval architects and discovered how to float a goat on a boat! To find out more about what they did and for some extra activities you can try at home, click here.

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