At the start of the year, we were challenged by Plusnet to develop some coding skills and create a project that would help others. This was to form part of a collaboration with Plusnet, The Raspberry Pi foundation and Scouts; showing young people how…
Another month, another exciting giveaway. This time you could win a Planetarium Projector from Discovery. Make your way to the bottom of this post on how to enter but before you do that, check out what we thought of it. *We received this planetarium…
*Kit was gifted for the purposes of this review. Thoughts are honest and my own* Well, I don’t know about you but this pandemic has got me scratching my head lately to find ways to keep three children of different ages and interests happy…
{Botley was gifted to us for the purposes of this review and giveaway, thoughts are my own and honest}Meet Botley, the screen-free coding robot that my kids have come to love. It’s cute, simple to operate and a great alternative to programming apps and…
Today is International Day of Women and Girls in Science and so I wanted to share with you some of my favourite fictional female scientists. These are in no particular order other than the order they came to me in but all worth celebrating…
Last week we had our first official meet up since registering our team. We’re still finalising our team members as a couple of them have had to drop out unfortunately but we’re enjoying it all the same. If you’ve never heard of the FIRST…
During my time volunteering with the Peterborough STEM festival, I was introduced to the FIRST LEGO League Jr. – a STEM programme for 6-9 year olds that encourages children to investigate a real-world theme, develop teamwork and programming skills – and have fun.FIRST® LEGO®…
I’d seen these hologram projection pyramid things a few years ago and wanted to have a go at making one but always assumed it would be complicated. I’m in a number of facebook groups for teachers, parents and STEM enthusiasts and I came across…
Part of my role with the Peterborough STEM Festival is to liaise with schools groups and inspire them to take part in our FIRST® LEGO® League Jr. expo. FIRST® LEGO® League Jr. is a challenge for 6-9-year-olds in which they form a team, learn…
Peterborough STEM Festival is a FREE family event that aims to develop and encourage a love of STEM subjects: Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths. Taking place at Kingsgate Conference Centre on October 12th, the festival will be exhibiting a range of science experiments, engineering…