What Is Magnitude in Physics? A Clear Explanation
In physics, magnitude is a measure of the size or strength of any physical quantity, but is concerned only with how much, and not with the direction. It cuts down on the complexity to bring out the...
View ArticleMaximising impact of STEM outreach
There are many, many organisations that want to increase diversity in STEM (Science, technology, engineering and maths). To help coordinate efforts and maximise impact, Engineering UK have recently...
View ArticleTeaching Careers in Primary School
Our research at NUSTEM has shown that children have very gendered ideas about what jobs they want to do even before they leave primary school. We’ve been supporting primary school teachers to include...
View ArticleNUSTEM Annual Report 19/20
I’m a big fan of Christmas Round Robin letters. I really enjoy reading about what people have been doing over the past year, and sharing their celebrations and sometimes empathising with their...
View ArticleGearing up for remote workshops
As our partner primary schools well know, the sharp end of NUSTEM starts with in-school workshops. We do many other things, but workshops are a key part of us meeting and working with schools and...
View ArticleAntarctica Day – 5th June 2020
Northumbria researcher and NUSTEM stalwart Dr. Kate Winter is joining a day of celebration of the 200th anniversary of the discovery of Antarctica. Organised by our friends at the Festival of Nature,...
View ArticleSupporting home learning with STEM activities
As the world changes and we all adapt to our new realities, NUSTEM are working hard to make sure we continue to support our partner schools. It’s clear there’s a wealth of activities out there, and...
View ArticleGarageband
This is mostly a post to test that things work, but since we’re here: if you happen to have an iPad kicking around, Garageband (free download) is amazing. This is my 4 year-old getting properly...
View ArticleNUSTEM COVID-19 Update
NUSTEM COVID-19 Update Unfortunately, due to the covid-19 situation, NUSTEM has had to cancel all workshops and external activities for the time being. We’re currently exploring how we can run our...
View Article#2 Look Up!
Meet Rocket, a young scientist with her heart set on the stars! We welcomed back many of our families for the second Me, You and Science Too story: Look Up! The story is about a young girl who spends...
View ArticleTheory of Change paper published
You might have noticed common threads appearing through our work over the last few years. Behind the scenes, we’ve been working towards the development of an overall theory of change to guide our...
View ArticleShortlisted – UK Career Development Awards
Friends of NUSTEM will know that we have been supporting primary teachers with careers in the classroom for many years. It can sometimes feel challenging for teachers to know what careers in STEM...
View ArticleAirbus GEDC Diversity Award – Shortlisted
It’s not just us who bang on about diversity in the engineering workplace — some of the really big players in the sector do too. Organisations like: Airbus. They might be best-known for their...
View ArticleKate back in Antarctica
Last year, we followed Dr. Kate Winter’s trip to the Princess Elisabeth Research Station in Antarctica. A year later she’s back, and already a week behind schedule as wind and snow made it too risky...
View ArticleTales of Engineering – making magnificent things with children and their...
After a few months of developing our website and getting our engineers to think about their research bookmarks (yes we have awesome bookmarks) we finally started to take our engineers to schools. One...
View ArticleSTEM jobs at Museums Northumberland
NUSTEM have been collaborating with Museums Northumberland this year and they have two new projects starting, both of which have a number of new jobs available. The first project, Union Chain Bridge:...
View ArticleFirst conNecTed device prototypes
Our friends from the Life Science Centre visited us today, and we spent the day hacking with cardboard and servo motors to make these puppets. We’re terribly proud of them. These are the first three...
View ArticleFirst Light in a Dark Room
Dominic and Paul inspect our first imagesPhotography with the CACOON camera is trial and error.Washing our best imagesTest #3 in the Fixing BathPaul retrieves our over-exposed first image from the...
View Article#1 Violet the Pilot
Meet Violet Van Winkle an extraordinary engineer and pilot! In our first MYST session over 60 families from the school joined us to read Violet the Pilot. The story is about a young girl with a gift...
View ArticlePlanning
“We’ll need to see an implementation plan,” said the funder, “It seems like a complex project.”“That’s fine. I feel a Gantt chart coming on,” I replied, perhaps unwisely. This isn’t a Gantt chart, not...
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