Information For Teachers

What could a STEM Ambassador do for your School?

STEM Ambassadors bring enthusiasm and support to classroom projects. Teachers and schools benefit from access to quality-assured volunteers who can help in a variety of ways. Via Ambassadors, teachers can not only get support for enriching and enhancing the curriculum through activities or events, but can also increase their own understanding of the career paths to which STEM subjects can lead. Schools can benefit from enhanced links with local business or individual volunteers with valuable skills. For further information go to About STEM Ambassadors.

Teachers and schools benefit from access to quality-assured volunteers who can help in a variety of ways. Via Ambassadors, teachers can not only get support for enriching and enhancing the curriculum through activities or events, but can also increase their own understanding of the career paths to which STEM subjects can lead. Schools can benefit from enhanced links with local business or individual volunteers with valuable skills.

How STEM Ambassadors have helped Schools

Local STEMNET Ambassadors Derek Orr and Dr Monica MacLeod have been supporting St Mary’s Primary in Bo’ness with Science activities. George set up 15 science experiments from the Global Science boxes for the school, plus a teachers CD support tool to assist with this, and make the resource sustainable. Pupils also have carried out small experiments to look at how clouds, rain and weather systems form. They discussed where the energy for the weather comes from with the 'Celestia' space simulator looking at Sun, Moon and Earth. They carried out some work on measured weather extremes and predicting the weather. They finally looked at some clips of extreme weather and talk about how they happen.

Pupils have also benefited from Friction and Air resistance studies supported with Ambassadors, using video clips from Top Gear, local tug of wars, tilting ramp and sliding sample, as well as working with an interactive computer model too- This was a computer wind-tunnel model to show air resistance of different shapes. Pupils also got involved in work with electrical circuits. The pupils learned how to make ‘human’ circuits with children taking the role of switches, motors, buzzers and batteries. They explored how different materials conduct with a multimeter and toneohm.

Requesting STEM Ambassadors Help

If you are interested in having an Ambassador to support your school science/engineering club or to help with a specific project then contact our STEM Ambassadors co-ordinator.

Remember STEM Ambassadors are a free resource for schools.

STEM Activities for Schools

Comprehensive list of Science, Technology Engineering and Maths activities with relevance to Scotland STEM Activities.

For further information please see:

• Becoming a STEM Ambassador
• Information For Teachers
• How to Request a STEM Ambassador