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Fun and educational STE(A)M activities for young people
STE(A)M Challenges
EDT have put together a series of easy-to-do STE(A)M experiments and wordsearches to carry out while you are at home. We hope you find them fun and interesting, and that you learn a little more about the STEM that is all around us in our every day lives.
If you enjoy taking part in these activities, you can support EDT and share what you’ve learned with us on Twitter and Facebook.
WIN a STE(A)M Experience Day for your school!
This interactive learning experience is designed for young people to excite and enlighten you about how STEM can be fun, interesting, and result in a rewarding career. If you win, this experience could be held at your school for you and all your classmates!
As well as having loads of fun, this fantastic experience will help you and your friends develop important skills such as team working, problem-solving, creativity, communication, time management and working under pressure. Click here to find out more
You will get the opportunity to enjoy hands-on activities and learn about careers in STEM. WOW what a day!
All the posters will be put into a prize draw and the lucky winner will hear in September that they won this fantastic EDT STE(A)M Experience Day for their school!
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Complete four of our online activities below
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Design a poster showing what you did
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Fill in our evaluation to share what you learnt
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Get an adult (over 18) to email STEMchallenges@etrust.org.uk
Funded schools and companies are eligible to apply for an Industrial Cadets award
The Industrial Cadets Challenger award is available to schools who were due to
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take part in a funded EDT Experience Day, which was cancelled due to Covid-19.
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to the children of employees whose company partners with EDT to deliver programmes.
Please Note that only funded schools and companies are eligible for the Industrial Cadets Challenger award, however the First Edition STEAM day competition is available to all.
Industrial Cadets is an industry-led accreditation inspired by HRH Prince of Wales, Patron of Industrial Cadets.
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Competition T&C’s
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This competition is open to young people from Year 4 to Year 9 (P5 to S2 Scotland).
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The winning entry will win an EDT Experience Day for their whole year group. Where year groups are bigger than 80 students, the event will consist of 2 x half day events taking place on the same day for up to 80 students per session.
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This competition is open to all schools in mainland Scotland, England and Wales.
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The Industrial Cadets Challenger award is only available
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to schools who were due to take part in a funded EDT Experience Day cancelled due to Covid-19.
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to the children of employees whose company partners with EDT to deliver programmes.
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If your child’s entry does not meet the requirements to receive the Industrial Cadets Challenger award, they will still be eligible to enter the EDT Experience Day competition.
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Entries must be received by 31st July 2020 in to stemchallenges@etrust.org.,uk
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The winning school will be announced by 14th September 2020. The EDT Experience Day will be organised and take place within the school academic year 2020/21.