STEM Career Days

Our in-school STEM Career Days are designed to give young people insights into STEM careers. They also develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills through practical activities.

Career Days are a full day ‘off timetable’ for a whole year group (up to a maximum of 200 students), suitable for year 7, 8 or 9 students, and are tailored to individual school requirements. You could choose a ‘Challenge Day’ or a ‘Carousel’ of activities, and build some of our STEM Skills Workshops into the programme for the day. We round off each day with a talk to highlight the value of STEM skills across a wide range of roles and to inspire STEM careers.

Pricing:

£495+VAT (including 2 members of staff) for a full day.

For more information and to book, contact us at [email protected]

Challenge Day

Choose from one of our themed challenges for a whole day of activities. Students work in groups on a practical problem-solving activity and are mentored by business volunteers.

Challenges to choose from:

Engineering theme: the ‘Squashed Tomato’ challenge

Students work in project team to solve the problem farmers face transporting their goods in the Himalayas.

Coding and Computing theme: the ‘Micro:bit Burglary’ challenge

Students work in project teams to design a security device to protect a precious item.

Carousel Day

Choose from one of our interactive workshops for a whole day of activities run by our business volunteers.

Interactive choices to choose from:

Space Theme:

Our Space Day offers a series of mini challenges around Space travel for teams to solve, including the ‘egg drop’ challenge, the ‘heat loss’ challenge, the journey planning and rocket building.

Life Sciences Theme: Murder Mystery Forensic Challenge

This ecology-themed day focuses on challenges faced by forensic scientists around the world, and includes mini-challenges around forensic chemistry, microbiology, ecology, DNA analysis and debate.