Ivy Road Primary School

Hello Ivy Road, 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.

Ivy Road Primary website

9th November: Solar and Medical Physics

9 November, 2017/0 Comments/in Ivy Road Primary Workshop/by Joe Shimwell

This morning we’ve been working with Y6 and Y4/5 at Ivy Road Primary.

Y6 were exploring the invisible world of light and learning about the work that Solar Physicists do. The picture on the left is Y6 shown in infrared – you can see the heat from their bodies! We also looked at videos of the sun.

Y5 found out about Medical Physics and explored some of the technologies that help healthcare professionals diagnose illnesses. We looked at x-rays, found out about MRI scans and ultrasound, and use infrared radiation to detect our pulse rates. Want to find out more – check out our medical physics page.

NUSTEM staff have had a busy week at Ivy Road, and are looking forward to coming back soon!