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Meet the Team- Jas Atkins Jas has been a STEAMWORKS activity officer since 2019. She’s an aspiring plant biologist, a university society secretary and artist. We spoke about why it’s important for primary students to have exceptional science role models. February 11 marks International day of Women and Girls ...

Meet the Team- Matthew Hall Matthew is one of our latest STEAMWORKS Activity Officers. Find out how he brings his engineering expertise into our primary school STEAM workshops. Being based in Sheffield, we’re lucky to work with some of the talented students at the city’s two universities. We chatted ...

The STEAM Before Christmas- 5 Festive Science Facts Here’s some science facts to prove you can find STEM absolutely anywhere, even during the Christmas school holidays! The school holidays may be upon us, and the classrooms shuttered until the new year, but that doesn’t mean young scientists get any ...

We’d like to introduce you to Helen, our Managing Director at STEAMWORKS. Find our how she steered us through a lockdown, what it’s like to work with a fantastic team of STEM enthusiasts and just how hard it is to make 150 pots of slime in a field.

Light Painting- An Easy Bonfire Night Science Experiment Don’t let the long winter nights get you down! Try out our light painting experiment this Bonfire Night to lighten things up Bonfire Night has changed a lot since the Gunpowder Plot- today it’s a huge celebration of thrilling, explosive chemistry! ...