STEM Workshops
Why is STEM important?
STEM features in every aspect of our lives.By engaging more students with STEM subjects, we can ensure our society continues to develop, innovate, and create solutions to the world’s problems:
- Global warming
- Cancer
- Third world hunger
Brunel works with schools and industry to run a series of STEM-focussed events for your students.Your students learn from academics who are at the forefront of the discipline and will hear from current STEM students to get a first-hand account of the subject.
Robo-Coding
Ozobots
Ozobots are small, line following robots that allow students to learn coding in a fun and hands-on way. Students are encouraged to learn through trial and error, placing the correct sticker on the map so that the Ozobot can enter the ‘Drop-Off Zone’. Once they understand how to operate the robot, it’s competition time. The programme aims to show that anybody can learn to code, regardless of age or ability.
Sphero's
Sphero SPRK + is designed to inspire creativity. They can roll, jump and change colour. For the more curious students the robot itself has a translucent shell which allows the user to see how the mechanisms work together to create movement. Not only can you expect to learn block-based coding, but you will also have to consider angles, bearings and speeds in order to follow shapes drawn out on the floor. To finish the session, we have a zombie challenge, where one student starts with their light off and has to collide into the other spheros to turn them into zombies until the time runs out, if all of the lights are off by the end, the zombie wins.
Model Car Building
Principals of physics and mechanical engineering come together in our Model Car Workshop. In order to go far, the cars must go fast, this is possible due to the conversion of energy and through aerodynamic designs. Students will compete in teams to see which model car will go the furthest, testing their teamworking abilities and knowledge of mechanics.
Chocolate Welding
Bridges can be made from many different materials:
- Bamboo
- Concrete
- Steel
- Stone
They can even be made of chocolate! Our Chocolate Welding Workshop allows students to plan and build a weight bearing structure using only 4 bars of chocolate and a heat source. By utilising forces such as compression and tension, teams battle it out to create the strongest possible bridges which are then tested to destruction. Creativity is key as we award prizes for the best-looking bridge as well as the most functional.
Immersive Dome
The immersive dome is loaded with award-winning educational films from NSC Creative, with high quality graphics and HD projection systems. Our video’s cover a range of topics from space travel to civil engineering of the future. There are only a handful of spaces like this in the UK, with Brunel’s hoping to help inspire the next generation of innovators.