Sunday 6 December 2009
Buscuit Project
Everyone had another great day and were all looking foward to making the biscuits and our presentations
Friday 27 November 2009
planning our biscuits on the 19th
The choices were few and far between, everyone wanted something different.
Our choices were either a moulded biscuit, a shortbread biscuit or a cookie type biscuit .
Some of the choices included a cone shaped biscuit with cream and chocolate and possibly jam or fruit in the middle. In the last week of the school term we shall be presenting our biscuits to three judges as well as a presentation on market sales etc. On of the judging panel is Paul from Fox's biscuits. Good luck every one !
posted by Dan.Davis
Thursday 26 November 2009
Cooking day, 2nd trial
Thursday 19 November 2009
Fox's Biscuit Factory!
During the amazing trip, we had the opportunity to learn about how biscuits were mass produced. This was really helpful to us because in our project we have to design and produce a new biscuit, so of course we needed some inspiration and guidance!
The day started off with a brief introduction on the history of Fox's, then we all got dressed up in our safety clothing (and the occasional beard snood!), ready for our tour.
We all found the tour very interesting, we followed a few production lines all the way from weighing the ingredients out in huuuuge mixers, to seeing them boxed ready to go to supermarkets. Some of us described it as 'How it's Made, only better!' We couldn't belive how great the technology was!
We got loads of ideas as to how to make our biscuits, what kind of ingredients and how our packaging should look, and the various different types of biscuits that were out there.
Thanks to Fox's Biscuits, Richard,Steve and Paul, who managed to get nearly all our questions answered, and were a lot of fun, and taught us a lot!
Also a big thankyou to Miss.Wigglesworth and Mr. White for putting up with us!
But most of all, on behalf of STEM, thank you so much Mr. Wayman for organising this trip! We know it took a lot of effort, and we were very sad that you couldnt come, but thank you so much for giving us this amazing oppertunity to go to Fox's!
By Miffy ( new-ish STEM member)
PS. Wasn't the balloon artist bus driver randomly amazing!!??
Friday 16 October 2009
Year 10 (and an 11!) STEM Leaders take over...!
Mr Wayman
PS A video to follow when I've worked out how to do it...!
Thursday 15 October 2009
Spaghetti Rollercoaster?!?!
First Session
sorry i did this at the last minute, my computer didnt want me to do it!
we had a great first session back and im saying on behalf of all the year 10, 9 and the new year 8's that every one enjoyed it.
we were making a giant structure and i need to ask Mr White or Mr Wayman the correct name for it so please forgive me for calling it a giant triangular based pyramid out of smaller ones. we made a small one out of 6 garden canes, made a medium sized one out of four of them, a large one out of four of them and a gigantic one out of four of them!!
there were two groups working on this so we used a large amount of canes and rubber bands and they were generously supplied by Mr Wayman who spent over £100 on them!! i think we need to thank Mr Wayman by trying our best (like always of course!) in the next task of this project.
Thank you My Wayman, Mr White and all the Year 10's who helped!
Saturday 10 October 2009
Wednesday 23 September 2009
New Year - New Activities
STEM club sessions will be starting on 8th October once the others teachers have decided on who in Year 8 can be invited to join. We have many exciting projects lined up including possible visits to a biscuit factory (Mmm!) an oil tanker engineering firm and possibly an amusement park - but not before we've attempted to make our own malteaser rollercoaster!!! We will be supported by our fabulous Y10's who this year might be gainging a BTEC in STEM leadership!
We are going to meet at lunchtime on 2nd October- to give you all the details before the first session. Tell your fellow members to check the blog.....
Mr Wayman
Tuesday 14 July 2009
STEM Club Party!!
The engineering team built the barbeque's and got them going.
The 'Mains' team created the extra's for the burgers including kebabs.
The 'Drinks Dessert team' made Non-alcoholic cocktails and smoothies for dessert.
Well done to all the pupils who have attended our first year of STEM club and here's to September!
Wednesday 8 July 2009
Actually it was 22nd June - Egg Day 1!!
Sunday 28 June 2009
Congratulations......
On another note - to reiterate what was said last Thursday at STEM club, I presented to about 20 schools who have STEM clubs all about our STEM club and the activities we are doing. I also spoke to the national director of STEM clubs who was very interested in this blog and the contributions you guys are making. So please - keep up the posting and comments and make this something that we can show off, not just to our parents and friends, but schools around the country!
Friday 29 May 2009
Sainsbury's!!!
Two weeks ago we all went Sainsbury's on our wildly exciting trip. Inside the bakery we met a man called Roy who showed us how all the expensive machines worked and told us how much they cost. We got to work on baking our sun. With industrial amounts of flour, butter, eggs and sugar. We put all of the ingredients inside an industrial mixer and left them for several minutes to mix. Then we had to wait for the mixture to come together. After we had done this we attempted to pat down the mixture so that it measured 77cm in diameter or roughly 242cm in circumference. Selected students got given a ball of the dough to make the planets. The planets were minute compared to the sun. Mercury and Pluto were almost non-existent. Jupiter was only just about the size of the palm of a hand. Then came the fun part, the customizing. We were all given a plain dough and a chocolate flavoured dough to make our own cookies. The dough tasted really nice when it was cooked. We were shown the special ovens which rotated around to make the cookies bake faster. It warmed up quickly. It took just a few seconds to go to full speed. Whilst the cookies were baking Roy went and got us some orange juice so that we could have a drink in the cafateria set aside for the workers. The Sun tasted really nice in the end. Although it did taste like shortbread! It was a great trip and it gave us all a real insight into what happens behiund the counter.
(Apologies that I don't have any photos so if anyone wants to add some from their phones or cameras then feel free to edit the post)
Tuesday 12 May 2009
Bakery Trip and information
Newsletter - For members who are currently unable to attend there is a letter avilable for you with important club information - please get one from JWE in S24. In addition, there is a trip this Thursday which you are welcome to attend - the letter has the details. Finally, if you have ordered a Hoodie (which can be used next year also) you need to collect it and pay the £8 you owe.
Bakery Trip - Just a quick reminder of a few arangements for Thursday. You all need to meet in my room at 1:20pm. We are due at the Bakery at 1:45pm, so there isn't much time to spare. You will need to bring a packed lunch (or get sandwiches at Break) so we can eat them before we get there. Leave room in your stomache for the odd cookie! Please speak to P5 teacher to gfind out what work you will miss and how you will catch up. All members are welcome to come on the trip but don't forget to wear your hoody!
See you Thursday
Mr Wayman (or 'STAFF' as you now know me!)
Thursday 7 May 2009
Planets Scaling
Last week we worked out how big the diametre of all the planets would be if we scaled them down. We also found out how far they would be from the sun if Pluto was 250 metres from the Sun. To do this, we worked what the scale was from
7,379,000,000 km (approx) from the Sun to 250 metres from the sun. Then, we used this scale to figure out how far all the other planets would be. We did the same with the diametre using the same scale. It was quite hard but once we got used to it, it was not as hard (granted we did get a lot of help from Excel and the teachers! Well some of us did!).
It was another great STEM club.
Can't wait to go to Sainsbury's!!!
Thursday 30 April 2009
Solar System Cookies
The Hoodies have arrived!! If you haven't collected yours already please do so asap from S21 or S24. You need to pay £8 towards the cost and we will pay the rest. If you wish to pay by cheque then make them payable to 'Brigshaw School Fund'.
Mr W
Tuesday 28 April 2009
solar system biscuits - 22nd april
Wednesday 22 April 2009
Solar System Biscuits
Friday 27 March 2009
K'nex Moon Buggies!
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Some time next week we there will be three or four of us helping with the young S.T.E.M.ers when its there turn to try and take on the challenge to build the ultimate k’nex moon buggy.
Friday 20 March 2009
The Cars V10 Final!!!
Wednesday 18 March 2009
Next project
Tomorrow is the big Cars V10 final...... Will Evie be able to maintain her skills at adapting her car....... will Olivia be overtaking her..........will Alex provide something spectacular..........will Mr White get a puncture.........will Mr Chew be choosing pink and purple for his car..... Will Mr Wayman know how to turn on the computer.........????!!! The excitment at the final track is building....
NEXT PROJECT
Our next project (the week after) is a 'one-night project' completing a secret activity which Year 6 STEM-er's will be attempting at Brigshaw on Wednesday 1st April. We will be trialling their young engineers task. However, we only have 1.5hrs - they will have a whole morning!!!
We will have to do some prep beforehand..... You will need to draw a preliminary design for what you are going to build and bring it to STEM club next week - 26th March. As it has to be kept secret from Year 6 I can't attach the details here but they are available in Resources/STEM on the school network drive, and I will hand them out tomorrow. Completing the project next week should mean some of you would be able to help the Year 6 pupils STEM-ers when they come up for the day! Volunteers see Mr Wayman......!!
HOODIES
The Hoodies are being ordered on Friday. If you have not yet chosen your size etc you must do so tomorrow. We will hopefully get them for the Primary STEM day and our last session of the term.
PREDICT
Any more predictions for tomorrow? Post them below.
Wednesday 11 March 2009
Hoodies!
Hello all….
I have looked into the STEM club hoodies and found a company who will print them for us a quite a reasonable price. The cost is determined by the number of colours we want on the logo i.e. the number of times the hoody goes through the machine. To have it in the three colours of Michael’s original logo would be too expensive so we have decided on the following:
AWD Hoody JH001
Darker colour to accentuate logo
White printed logo
Left chest print on front
Large print on back
Name on back
The Hoody we have chosen can be viewed at http://www.printwear.co.uk/catalogue.html Click on Hoodies/College/AWD College. We cannot vote for a colour over the blog as there are too many so make your choice and we will vote tomorrow at the session tomorrow!
The good news is we have decided to subsidise the Hoodies and they will only cost around £7 each! Good times.
Wednesday 4 March 2009
F1 WEEK 2
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Monday 2 March 2009
STEM Club Cancelled!
Saturday 21 February 2009
Next race
In preparation for this Thursday's race I am going to post some information on here so that you can, if you wish, begin to take measurements of the track to help set up your car. You will only have just over an hour to do all the set up for the race on Thursday.
So then, for our second race. Get your beachwear, apply the suncream and don your sunglasses. We're off to Brazil and the Autodromo Carlos Pace circuit at Interlagos. There will be 50 laps and you will need to check the weather carefully for the race. If you want to start preparation early pick up a copy of the track from Mr White from Monday. Please remember to prepare your cars as accurately as possible. If you rely on trial and error you will find yourself at the back of the grid!
Sunday 15 February 2009
F1 Week One
RACING CARS
'Maths In Motion'
This Week We Have Been Put Into Pairs To Work On Computerised F1 Car Racing.
Firstly We Had To Pull A Piece Of Paper Out Of A Hat With A F1 Driver Name And Team.
After That We Had To Find Our Partners And Decide On A Team Name.
Then We Were Given A Piece Of Paper With The Silver stone Track Printed Onto It With Safe Speeds And Corner Labellings. We Had To Figure Out If A Corner Was A Tight, Medium or Long Bend By Drawing Two Straight Lines With A Ruler Until They Met And Took The Angle Of Them With a Protractor And Found Out Which It Was By Checking On The Information Box In The Middle Of The Sheet. As We Had To Do With The Straights Long, Medium or Short But This Time We Measured The Straight By Measuring It With A Ruler And Found Out What it Was With The Information Box.
When We Had Finished Doing That We Went On To The Engine Tuning.
We Had To Randomise A Choice Of Four Tunings: Engine, Suspension, Aerodynamics and Gear Box. Out Of 100% Until We Found A Good Combination That Suited Us.
Saturday 14 February 2009
F1 raceing car project
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Thursday 5 February 2009
Results of the logo vote
In joint 3rd place, with 5 votes are logos 3, 7, 8 and 16
In joint 2nd place, with 6 votes each are logos 12 and 14
And our clear winner, with 12 votes is ..............................
LOGO 5!
Thank you very much for all your brilliant designs. Every logo was voted for at least once and very well done to whoever designed the winning logo! I will update this post with the winners identity sometime soon. We will now try and find someone who can produce hoodies with the logo embroidered. If you've any thoughts about colour, names, other information to include etc please add to the comments below.
Saturday 31 January 2009
Next project
All the details will be revealed at next week's STEM club. Please can we all meet in D1 (Mr Armstrong's room) where Mr White will be leading the session.
Please make sure that you write up your rocket project on the link on the right hand side of this page. Also make sure you vote for the 3 STEM club logos that you prefer. This vote finishes on Thursday at 3pm!
Friday 23 January 2009
Thursday 15 January 2009
3......2......1......BLAST OFF!!!!!
Some of the rockets were great like "Yoshi" which was the only which released it's parachute but others like "BAM" went spiralling away and the fins broke off.
There was a launch point and two points on the field 48metres away and two on the basketball pitches 53 metres away and we took the meaurments from there. Working out the average measurment was a bit harder though. We worked out the tangent for each measurement for each measurement for angle then times it by either 48 or 53. After that we added the height (from the eyes) of the person to the answer. We did that to all of the angles then added all 4 together and divided the answer by 4. That was the average height of the rocket then.
We're going off the topic rockets now and we are moving on to something else. We don't know what yet but we know a few options.
Anyway we all had a laugh even though it was FREEZING outside, especially when have to stand and just measure rockets!!!