{"id":4455,"date":"2018-05-21T15:36:52","date_gmt":"2018-05-21T15:36:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sa\/fishertonpsandeyc\/?p=4455"},"modified":"2018-05-23T18:08:06","modified_gmt":"2018-05-23T18:08:06","slug":"stem-week-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sa\/fishertonpsandeyc\/2018\/05\/21\/stem-week-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"STEM week 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

Monday – Technology<\/span><\/h1>\n

We had a fantastic day with Mr Allen in the Design & Technologies department at Carrick Academy.\u00a0 We couldn’t have been made feel more welcome and were assisted by 2 awesome seniors, who came in to help during their study leave.<\/p>\n

After a tour of the department, the pupils got to see the 3D printer in action.\u00a0 It printed us a 3D version of our school badge to take back to show the wee class.\u00a0 They then followed a step by step lesson on CAD to design a keyring.\u00a0 The design information was sent to the laser cutter and each pupil got to take home their personalised keyring.\u00a0 The pupils were very impressed by the fact that Mr Allen could control their computer from his!\u00a0 They heard how the A3 printer can make large print jobs and we got a fantastic banner to take back to school.\u00a0 The final task was a Scalextrics tournament……Martha was the winner!<\/p>\n

Throughout the day we linked design tasks to maths and gave a real context to measure, shape and scale.\u00a0 We also made links between the skills that are developed in the department and the types of jobs that would use these skills.<\/p>\n

P5-7 pupils really enjoyed this learning day; they looked mesmerised by all the equipment and machines. Carrick Academy and the teachers were no where near as scary as some of the pupils thought they might be! They can’t wait to get to go back one day.<\/p>\n