First Lego League Challenge

See Science still have funding available  to support schools to participate in an online competition for teams of young people, to encourage an interest in real-world themes and develop key skills that are crucial for their future careers.
We welcome teachers to contact to discuss particpation in the competition. Get your team together and think about the ways we can get people moving is the theme this year. FIRST® LEGO® League Challenge is a global STEM programme for teams of young people, to encourage an interest in real world themes and develop key skills that are crucial for their future careers. Young people work together to explore a given topic and to design, build and program an autonomous LEGO® robot to solve a series of missions. For more information click here. In Wales we are offering three online tournaments – Click here to register and here to contact for more information
 

Neon - the new website for engineering inspiration

Neon draws together the UK’s best engineering experiences and inspiring careers resources to help teachers bring STEM to life.

Finding engaging activities to show where engineering is used in the real world can take time. Neon curates the most brilliant experiences so you know they are engaging for your students, are linked to up-to-date careers information and highlight real-world applications of engineering.

The choice of content available gives schools access to a wide range of digital and real-world experiences and resources to use now or help teachers plan their use over the academic year.

Neon is powered by the team behind Big Bang and Tomorrow’s Engineers, working in partnership with the engineering community to inspire the next generation.

To find out more, visit the Neon website here. 

The full workshop will involve 3 different sessions, approximately 50 minutes each. The first will be delivered by See Science and will be an introduction to viruses, COVID-19, pandemics and vaccines. This will then be followed by a teacher-led session with hands-on activities for pupils to carry out with all materials/resources provided. Finally, there will be a third session, again delivered by us, which will include a debate activity and plenary.

We can deliver remotely, and the three sessions can be run in one day or spread out over a few days - to suit the school.

Please contact llinos.misra@see-science.co.uk to book or for more information. 

Machines of the Future is the latest group of CREST resources and they have been developed jointly with the Royal Society. Based on Machine Learning, they are topical and relevant for all pupils, whether they have a particular interest in computing or not. There is a Machines of the Future project resource for all ages from year 5 to post-16 and the opportunity to earn a CREST Discovery, Bronze, Silver or Gold Award. All CREST activities are open-ended, student-led and enquiry-based with a real-world context – making them a great fit for the Curriculum for Wales.

These sessions will concentrate on the Discovery Machines of the Future resource, appropriate for upper KS2 and KS3. The activity should last 5 hours and can be done in one day or as five individual lessons. Join us to learn how easy it is to run a Discovery project and for a virtual walk-through of the resource.
Find the resource here or watch this video, introduced by Professor Brian Cox, for a flavour of the activity.

Wednesday, 28 April 4 - 5pm
Tuesday, 11 May 4 - 5pm
Wednesday 19 May - (Welsh Medium)  4-5pm

Digital Skills  activity for Primary Teachers: Delivering a computer programme session through Lego Robotics

Tuesday May 4th, 4pm - 5pm Online

Join the team at British Computer Society South Wales. Having developed a workshop for KS2 pupils they are now working with 3 primary teachers supporting the digital skills competency framework for the new curriculum.

The team welcome reaching out to more schools with these unmissable opportunities:

Resources, support for teachers, live online workshops for pupils and a lesson plan to assist classroom learning.

Teachers and STEM Ambassadors are welcomed to take part in the session.

Using LEGO EV4 kits pupils gain expertise in programming, construction, problem solving, critical thinking, numeracy and creativity.

Part of the workshop includes literacy and creative ideas using investigations relevant to everyday life.   Book here.

The Magic of Maths in Numeracy  Wednesday 5th May 4pm – 5pm

 
Meet STEM Ambassador Alan Jackson who has worked with the Welsh Government as a Statistician.  to discover a new approach to delivering interactive maths sessions for pupils, overcoming familiar fears approaching this topic. Alan is also a member of the Magic Circle Alan has used Maths in his shows as a Magician
The session makes use of Numbers 1 – 10 demonstrating curricular links to ‘What Matters in Mathematics and Numeracy’  and it will cover areas of the new Curriculum for Wales but applicable to all teachers and Ambassadors
To book click here

Net Zero Superheroes

N-Z0 is on a quest to save the planet. Using his carbon neutralising sneakers, he's transforming pollution in to clean energy with every step, walking a steady path towards net zero. But he needs your help.

Your mission, as a school or individual (aged 10-14), is to propose and present an idea on how you can contribute to achieving Net Zero. This could relate to energy, recycling, sustainability, reducing emissions, or any other topic which contributes to the government target of Net Zero by 2050.

Along with an experienced mentor, N-Z0 will provide you with the information you need to understand the challenges of achieving Net Zero. This will help to inform your solution.

Closing date 14 June.   All details here.

The Royal Society Partnership Grants - deadline extended until end of May

Do you have a great idea for bringing research alive in school? Ask a STEM Ambassador to help. 

Partnership Grants of up to £3,000 are available to schools to enable students, aged 5 – 18, to carry out science, technology, engineering, mathematics, computing or data science projects. Additionally in 2020 there is a new extension to the scheme called Tomorrow's climate scientists. This extension will fund schools to research specifically into climate change and biodiversity issues. The application process for Tomorrow's climate scientists is the same as for the main scheme.     Details here.