STEM-oothies

One of the last topics of last year was to create a smoothie. We had to collect data, make the packaging, and even made the smoothies. After all of this was complete the day of judgement came when the teachers tried the smoothies and voted which one was the best. Then when all the votes were tallied it was reviled that Jordan had the best packaging and Megan won for best taste (Sorry if I got anyone mixed up). And the best part is there where no MAJOR casualties.

Nissan 2010

In winter 2010, STEM club visited the Nissan factory in Sunderland where members were given a tour around the massive factory. We saw the whole production line from creating the case of the car, to securing the wheels, to testing it's reliability. This experience showed us how fast such a complex machine can be produced and also how much effort and teamwork it takes to meet the deadline. After our tour of the factory, we were given a presentation by some of Nissan's engineers. Later in the day we went to the national glass museum and made our own baubles which will act as souvenirs of this inspirational trip.

Murderous Maths

On Tuesday, 24th of May, STEM hosted an event for the primary year 6 pupils to attend Brigshaw and participate in a fun packed murderous challenge. It was a challenge at first to set up the chairs and equipment! But nevertheless, we had a fun time with the year 6's. Firstly, we had the Brigshaw Murder; who would have guessed Mr Kibble murdered Mr Black, with a revolver? There was one group which finished and got every single detail right; although everyone else had an excellent attempt too. However, the best part, in my opinion, was when Kjarten Poskitt did his presentation. Not only, was this interesting, but it was extremely exhilerating: in essence, everyone gave the thumbs up.

Thank you to Kjarten Poskitt, the Teachers, the Brigshaw Pupils AND the year 6s for making this one of the best events at Brigshaw.

~Alex

The Last STEM Session

Sorry I didn't post this earlier...I was in London!
Anyway, for our last STEM Club session we made robots!!! We also had a BBQ, thanks to Mr White's insane cooking skills (ermmm).
For the robot, we soldered the wires to the motors and then to a control panel which also had the battery on. It was quite difficult to do as we had to separate the wires from each other and strip the coating off of them.
The BBQ was great, everyone had a good time. Thank you Mr White.
Also thank you Mr Chew and Mr Wayman for everything you've done this year...see you next year!!!
:)

ready.. steady...TOWER!

This week in STEM club we got into groups of 2 or 3 and were given the tasking of making a tower. So, suppose it sounds easy doesn't it...? Well... this is STEM club so think again!! Making a tower sounds pretty easy... but when you're given paper, card, masking tape, sellotape, plastic straws, paper art straws and five pounds it becomes harder! Before we could do any building we had to think about the structure design of our towers and once we'd decided on that, we were thinking materials and budgets! This was difficult as somethings were more expensive than others and some also worked better than others. Once everyone had purchased all their materials we began the process of building! (: Working had we all found out what worked and unfortunately what didn't. Some people thought small, some thought big, and some thought really big! Everyone was successful, some more than others. When judgement time came it was obvious who had won, Jordan's team! Their structure was above the height of the roof so we had to judge it on the stairs,where it could actually stand! So a congratulations is in order for Jordan and his team! Well done guys! I think everyone had a good time and we all enjoyed ourselves! (: x

THE FINAL DAY - HOW EGGCITING

The tension in the room is building up, as Mr Chew calls the last fifteen minutes, people rush round like its the end of the world, rushing, panicing because its almost time to finish.

People now starting to get eggcited as the time is almost there, some still panicing as they need to add the last few adjustments.

Miffy is now drawing for effect to score points for her group...
Laura is drawing with a marker on her egg to make it look fabulous and score more points for hers, miffys, graces and megans group (we'll have to see what happens, There is NO marks for looks !!!)...

Frankie is putting her building together, her target is to be finished in five minutes...

By Sammie Marriott

Finishing our Egg Mechanisms!

Today (Wednesday 4th March), was a chance to finish off the mechanisms that will move our eggs 1.75 metres across two tables.

Some groups had lots to do(OUR GROUP!), whilst others had done and were giving there buildings several test-runs and tweaking whatever needed to be tweaked.

Next week will be the week that we film our official challenge, so a lot of us are feeling the tension and as I look around me I see few happy relaxed faces compared to the many concentrated faces!

Keep reading, next week we will hopefully have some videos on of the results..!

By Miffy