Royal Academy of Engineering -Water RK298 / A123

I am happy to share with you all the details for the next Connecting STEM Teachers network meeting which will be held on Monday 28th November 3:45 – 5 PM . This will be a hybrid meeting held in person at the Joseph Whitaker School and online via Zoom.  Zoom attendees are only allowed from the Derby and Nottingham Areas.All attending in person will receive the main kit, additional STEM resources and light refreshments on the day. All attending via Zoom will receive the STEM kits through the post after the meeting.

Please note that there is no limit to the number of attendees per school but resources are limited to only one set per school.

This is Engineering: Water STEM resource explores the essential role that engineers play in water and sustainability. Through a series of creative and collaborative challenges, students will develop enquiring minds and team working skills and are encouraged to find imaginative approaches to problem solving, understanding the role STEM-based learning plays in real world engineering scenarios.

Activities and challenges range from creating their own bioplastic, designing flood defence mechanisms, investigating what bacteria is getting into our water systems and generating energy from water.

The resource will include a teacher guide, student guides and a class set of materials to carry out the activities in the booklet.

Alongside this resource, we will be launching ‘Sustainable Futures: Innovation Challenge’ for the second year. The challenge will ask students aged 9 to 15 to come up with creative solutions to tackle some of the biggest problems that are creating carbon emissions and impacting our environment