STEM

We’ve had a great morning of STEM discovery!

We have been thinking about the different jobs associated with Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths.  We rotated round different work stations gaining and developing  skills.

We were:

  1. Constructing a circuit to make a bulb light, explaining how a switch controls a circuit, and explaining what is happening in a circuit.
  2. Discussing how an everyday product has changed over time, suggesting how products impact on society, and talking about STEM related careers.
  3. Solving practical problems when given a design challenge including aspects of movement, designing a vehicle that could carry an object, and suggesting ways to strengthen a design.

We used….

The Dyson Ideas Box

K’Nex

Electrokit

 

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