STEM Clubs

The 2010 STEMNET Awards highlight the extraordinary achievements of individuals and organisations in energising STEM learning to captivate the next generation of scientists.

The STEM Club at Bungay High School in Suffolk is lead by teacher Nick Thomas. This club has shown great enthusiasm and commitment since it was set up to involve its students in a wide range of STEM activities and events. It has maintained this passion to become a thriving and ongoing part of school activity. The club has looked for ways to work on a cross-curricular basis with teachers from science, D&T and maths.

At the weekly events run over the past two years they have covered a wide range of projects including bridge construction from paper and sellotape, crash test investigations into crumple zones, fingerprinting, DNA extraction, researching and mounting a remote telescope on the school roof, building and launching compressed air rockets and even investigating the best structure for a tall jelly and taking part in the Tallest Jelly Competition!

Bungay High School STEM Club also organised and hosted a regional STEM Club Celebration Event. This involved five secondary schools and included activities arranged by leading employers such as EDF Energy, BT Openreach and the Unversity of East Anglia.

The STEMNET Awards were presented to winning individuals and organisations by writer, broadcaster and scientist, Vivienne Parry, at a ceremony hosted by Lord Oxburgh.