The Carnoustie High School STEM club led by Dr K Mustard have been up and running now since January. The club have tackled a diverse range of exciting projects including purifying their own DNA, hatching brine shrimps, building monorail trains, constructing steam powered boats and creating fruit batteries!

The dedication and enthusiasm of the club members recently paid off when they were announced winners of the prestigious Junior Saltire Competition 2015.  This competition was open to all primary and secondary schools across Scotland. It was funded by the Scottish government and managed by Skills Development Scotland (SDS) in partnership with SCDI’s Young Engineers and Science Clubs Scotland. Working in teams of four, pupils had to design and construct a floating energy converter. The CHS STEM club team ‘The super Scientists’ (Ragnall Simmons, Maya O’Connor, Hamish Bartle and Glen Byars) were short-listed as finalists from a selection of over 200 schools. They were invited to test their device at the FLOwave research facility at Edinburgh University before being announced the S1-S3 Scottish Junior Saltire Winner 2015. Fergus Ewing MSP, Minister for Business, Energy and Tourism and Dr Heather Reid OBE presented our pupils with £600 and the Junior Saltire medal at an awards ceremony held at Glasgow Science Centre.

Photo : Proud winners of Junior Saltire Medal and £600

From L to R, Neve Walker, Imogen Crozier, K. Mustard, Kirsten Ireland, Fergus Ewing MSP, Glen Byars, Heather Reid OBE, Ragnall Simmons, Maya O’Connor.