Monday 27th January Year 4 Palaeontologists
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Today it was Year 4’s turn to become palaeontologists. Can you remember how a fossil is formed? Click here for more information about palaeontology.
Hello South Street, 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.
Thursday 23rd January 2020 Year 2 Botanists and Year 3 Palaeontologists
Today Year 1 became botanists and investigated Venus Fly Traps. To find out more about botany, click here.
After that, Year 3 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 21st January 2020 Key Stage 1 Systems Engineers
Today Key Stage one and some of their 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.
