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.
Year 5/6 became environmental planners and used maps to discover how finding out about the past can help us to predict the future. To find out more about environmental planners, click here. Year 6/6 also looked at maps to see how Gateshead has changed over the last century. To have a look at a similar historical map, follow this link:
Two more Year 3/4 became geologists today. Did you know that a meteorite starts off as an asteroid and becomes a meteoroid then a meteor before it lands on earth and becomes a meteorite? To discover more interesting facts about geology, click here.
Iron meteorite from Chaco, Argentina. One of the ‘Campo del Cielo’ fragments first found in 1576.
This morning the third Year 1/2 class became naval architects and discovered how to float a goat on a boat! To find out more about what they did and for some extra activities you can try at home, click here.
After that, Year 3/4 became geologists, observing and investigating meteorites which are rocks from space. To find out more about geology, click here.
