Hello Marine Park, 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.
On Thursday and Friday NUSTEM have been in Reception and Nursery classes to help the children to investigate bubbles and magnets. To find out how to blow almost mess free bubbles on a flat surface at home, go to our bubbles STEM at home page or to make a magnet game, go to our magnet maze STEM at home page.
Today NUSTEM visited Reception class to investigate robots and simple coding. Reception children all got a game and instructions sheet to bring home. More information about the game and other activities can be found on our Robot Coding STEM at home page.
This afternoon, Year 5 became materials scientists, testing a variety of materials for their different properties and finding uses for them. We have a few activities that you might want to try that use materials you would find in your house.
Bridge building challenge– use card, pens, rulers- whatever you can find to build a the strongest bridge
Insulating ice– which of the materials that you can find around your home makes the best insulator?
Build a nest – can you use materials from around your home to build a nest that will keep an egg safe?
