I had a dream recently. It involved young people turning up on a sunny Saturday, being in a classroom and programming a computer. Sitting with a friend, a member of their family or a complete stranger, totally absorbed, solving problems, being creative and having fun.
On Saturday, at the York Raspberry Jam, hosted by the National STEM Centre, my dream came true. Almost two hundred people, including… Read more
Dreaming of Raspberry Pi
Posted by Steve Lyon on 13th June 2013
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Who looks after the money in your school, and how can ‘Top Gear’ help?
Posted by Steve Lyon on 30th May 2013
‘Money makes the world go round’ so the song goes but who, in your school, takes responsibility for making students ‘money aware’? Is it part of your PHSCE programme? Is it left to form teachers in tutor sessions? Is it assumed that it will be covered as part of mathematics lessons as it has something to do with numbers?
One of the challenges of teaching mathematics to students… Read more
Practical approaches to embedding STEM careers awareness across schools and colleges
Posted by Michele Jones on 23rd May 2013
The last 12 months have seen huge and significant changes in the area of careers education, information, advice and guidance in England. The Education Act, which came into force in September 2012, places a new duty on schools to secure access to career guidance, which must be independent and impartial. The Act also removes the statutory requirement to provide careers education in the school curriculum.… Read more
The sky is no longer the limit
Posted by Admin on 22nd May 2013
Driving up the M1 last Friday felt slightly surreal. Next to me in the passenger seat was one of my colleagues with his laptop and phone. Not too surreal so far, until you know that what he could see on his screen was us on a map of the UK, chasing a balloon.
This balloon was 30 km above us and travelling at speeds up to 90 mph. Underneath this balloon was a polystyrene box containing a GPS receiver,… Read more
Mathematics professional development for 2013 is starting at the National STEM Centre
Posted by Lydia Showan on 9th May 2013
I am waiting with great anticipation for our first cohort of mathematics teachers that are coming for a two part residential course to improve their leadership skills. They are coming from all over the country and with a great variety of experience of both teaching and leadership. This will be the first mathematics professional development event of 2013 at the National STEM Centre.
In June we will… Read more
It’s all hAPPening at the National STEM Centre in York!
Posted by Steve Lyon on 18th April 2013
There have been a lot of stories in the news recently about school students writing a whole series of amazing APPS for use on phones, iPods, iPads and the like.
Nick D’Aloisio hit the headlines when his ‘Summly’ app, which summarises news items, was bought by Yahoo for ‘dozens of millions’ of pounds. Nina Dewani designed a password-prompting app and Tom Humphrey launched… Read more
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