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What is the Scientific Method?
31 Oct 2022 Experiments, Primary Science, STEAM / STEM
What is the ‘the scientific method’? We’re going to walk you through the step-by-step guide scientists follow to make a meaningful discovery.
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Meet the STEAMWORKS Team- Samuel Scandrett
21 Jul 2022 Meet the Team
Meet the Team- Samuel Scandrett We’ve worked with Samuel for the last few months at STEAMWORKS. Let’s find out why he join our fantastic team, what the experience has taught him and where he’s going next. People join the STEAMWORKS team for all sorts of different reasons. Some are ...
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Bringing Sustainability into Primary School Science
7 Jul 2022 News, Primary Science
Bringing Sustainability into Primary School Science Here’s our primary science and sustainability guide to help you learn where to start making your science curriculum climate friendly. Kids want to understand what’s happening in the world around them. Following student strikes, COP26 bringing world leaders to Glasgow, and a disastrous ...
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Meet the STEAMWORKS Team- Alice Featherstone
23 Jun 2022 Meet the Team
Meet the Team- Alice Featherstone Today, we’re speaking to the fantastic Alice. She’s led FabLabs across South Yorkshire and Derbyshire for months. We ask her about being a great role model for the girls in her workshops, and why STEAMWORKS has rebooted her teaching career. We can’t believe it’s ...
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5 Recent STEM Discoveries Made by Accident
9 Jun 2022 STEAM / STEM
5 Recent STEM Discoveries Made by Accident Making mistakes isn’t always a bad thing! Here are 5 times when something unexpected happened, changing the way scientists think about the world. Our FabLab students often get frustrated when an experiment goes wrong, but we remind them that’s not always a ...
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