Today, Key Stage 1 families became systems engineers. They designed, created, tested and improved marble runs to see how long they could get the marble to roll for. To find out more about systems engineering and to discover some fun activities to try at home, click here.
This morning Year 5 became astronomers and found out about the development of the telescope throughout history as well as about the role of women in astronomy. They discovered what stars are made from and how astronomers know this by analysing the light they produce. To find out more about astronomy and to try some activities at home, click here.
Today, Year 3 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.
Today Year 5 came into our Think Lab at Northumbria University to become cryptographers. This involved encrypting and decrypting messages and discovering how this keeps us safe online.
For more information about careers which use cryptography, activities you can try at home and a secret message to decode from NUSTEM, click here.
This afternoon Year 1 became botanists and investigated Venus Fly Traps. To find out more about botany, click here.
Year 4 became naval architects and designed and tested boats. Click here for things you can try at home.
Today Year 3 have explored palaeontology using soil samples to explore the past of our earth, click here for more activities. Year 1 have been finding out how things float though building their own boats while being naval architects, click here for things to do at home. Year 5 have been looking at being environmental planners and deciding how best to preserve shorelines, click here for more.
Today Year 5 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.
This morning Year 2 became systems engineers, designing, building, testing and improving marble runs. To find out more about systems engineers and to discover more systems engineering activities you can do at home, click here.
Year 3 became geologists, observing and investigating meteorites. Click here to find out more about these rocks from space and more about the work of a geologist.
