Last week was British STEM(Science Technology Engineering Maths) week (9th-18th March). We had many visitors visit us to talk about their jobs. We had a pharmacist, a researcher/statistician and a geologist.

We learned things like: what they do in these jobs and how long they have to study for.

It was really interesting to learn about these jobs especially statistician because many of us hadn’t even heard of this job before!

The pharmacist brought in a lot of props to help us understand her job.

The geologist taught us more about metamorphic, igneous and sedimentary rocks. We positioned the particular rocks on the maps which was interesting to see and we also looked at them through a microscope.

As well as having visitors, we looked at topical science subject of  plastic in the ocean. We visited https://www.britishscienceweek.org/plan-your-activities/citizen-science/  and helped find litter at the seaside. We had to tag the objects which we saw. This was our way of helping litter picking as unfortunately we couldn’t get to a beach near us!

It was an interesting week learning about these jobs.