Iron meteorite from Chaco, Argentina. One of the ‘Campo del Cielo’ fragments first found in 1576.
This afternoon Year 3 became geologists and investigated rocks from space. For more information about geologists and meteorites, visit our Geologist page.
To use objects from around your home to create your own meteorite impact craters- just like those we can see on the moon, visit our STEM at Home Impact Craters page.
Year 6 visited Thinklab at Northumbria University and became ice core scientists. They travelled to the Antarctic and discovered what we can find out about the past from air bubbles trapped in the ice. The children used this as inspiration to write their own poetry. To find out more about the Antarctic and to see the completed poems, visit our Underneath the Ice page.
This morning, Year 1 became naval architects. They designed, built and tested their own boats.
To discover how to design, build and test a boat with tin foil, visit our STEM at Home tin foil boats page.
NUSTEM is an outreach group based at Northumbria University. We believe that STEM should be accessible to everyone, for study and for pleasure, from early years, through school, to employment, and beyond. We support children, families and teachers to feel more confident that a career in STEM is for ‘people like them’.
Your child or children have been using one of our NUSTEM loans boxes in class. NUSTEM loans boxes are linked to STEM careers and contain original objects and replicas that can be handled and used as part of classroom activities. While using the resources in the boxes, children get the opportunity to try out and explore some of the skills, techniques, equipment and ideas that STEM professionals use on a day-to-day basis.
Children in Early Years have been using our Water loans box. For more information about the loans boxes, STEM careers and activities to try at home, visit our and our Water loans box page.
Children in Key Stage 2 have been using our Evolution loans box. For more information about the loans boxes, STEM careers and activities to try at home, visit our and our Evolution loans box page.
Today we have been at the Careers Fair, telling children all about the different careers they could have involving computer programming.
Younger children have been doing some simple coding using arrows to direct a robot, and may have come home with the game in the picture. For more information about how to print out and play the game, go to our STEM at home Robot Coding page.
Older children have been doing some cryptography and may have come home with a cipher wheel or a code key. For more information about cryptography and making your own codes at home, please go to our Cryptographer page.
This morning Year 6 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.
The NUSTEM team have been in school to work with Nursery children (Monday) and Reception children (Wednesday) investigating different ways to blow bubbles. Why not try our non-messy indoor bubbles at home? You only need a teaspoon of washing up liquid and sugar and a straw to blow bubbles with. Go to our STEM at home bubbles page to find out more.
This half term, Kenton Bar Primary have borrowed the KS2 Sound loans box. To find out more about our loans box and to try a related activity at home, click:
Today Year 3 became geologists and investigated meteorites which are rocks from space. For more activities to try at home, go to our meteor crater activity.
This afternoon the Year 1 classes became systems engineers. They planned, created, tested and improved marble run. To find ways to be a systems engineer at home, visit our Systems Engineer webpage.
