STEM goes Wild

30/06/2025

🎉 Super excited to be bringing STEM Goes Wild to Rugby Art Gallery and Museum this summer! 🧪🔬
Four days packed with chemical reactions, slime labs, CSI: Rugby mysteries (forensics), DIY electronic games, and Pokemon themed Natural Disasters! 🚀
Bookings are now open – don’t miss out 👉 www.ragm.co.uk/holidayfun

🔬👩‍🔬 Calling all young scientists aged 9-12!

Join our Summer Science Club from 29th July to 1st August for an unforgettable adventure!

🧪🧬 Put on your lab coat and dive into the Chemical Reactions & Slime Lab, solve mysteries with CSI: Rugby, unleash your creativity with DIY Electronic Games, and explore the world of Natural Disasters alongside pocket monsters!

For £150 per child, enjoy four days of fun and learning. Don’t miss out on this exciting opportunity! 🌟🧪

See the full summer activity programme and book at www.ragm.co.uk/HolidayFun

30/06/2025

We offer STEM parties for all ages and all levels - from big, messy experiments to more advanced circuit-building challenges.

Some of our favourite setups from this weekend involve breadboards, resistors, buzzers, and transmitters - real hands-on circuit work where you get to build simple electronic games from scratch. No microcontrollers, no screens, just proper old-school electronics and plenty of problem-solving along the way.

These parties are perfect for curious minds who want to go beyond slime and rockets (although we love bringing those too!). Whether you’re after a wild, high-energy party or something more technical, we can tailor the session to match your crowd.

Find out more: link in comments.

26/06/2025

⚡️ Lemon Power! ⚡️
After school science fun at John Shelton John Shelton Community Primary School today – we powered LEDs using lemon batteries! 🍋 The young scientists loved exploring how fruits can create electricity.
Brilliant teamwork, curiosity, and lots of smiles all around!

22/06/2025

Science Wander Garden Party Begbroke Science Park at University of Oxford yesterday was wild - in the best possible way! 🔧🧠✨

From 11 to 4 we were non-stop: building scribble bots and launching rockets. The gazebo was packed, the kids were buzzing with ideas, and the energy never dipped. Over 250 bots were built over 5 hours!

Huge thanks to everyone who came by, joined the chaos, asked brilliant questions, and made this such a joyful blur of wires, motors, and invention. And thank you to the kind souls who brought me water throughout - lifesavers in this heat! 💚

16/06/2025

🎉 Science Wonder Garden Party
🧪 Saturday 21 June | 11am–4pm | Begbroke Science Park (Oxford)

I’m so excited to be part of this brilliant free family event, hosted by University of Oxford Oxford University Development! Expect live demos, creative experiments, robot building, and so many hands-on activities across the site - including some wild science from me 🌟

📍 Suitable for all ages
🎟️ Free entry – just show up!
🔗 More info: oud.co.uk/wonder25

05/06/2025

Sorry I’ve been quiet and slow to reply lately - I’ve been busy building a fully working Victorian flush toilet model out of junk. As you do... Back to emails now!

28/05/2025

🧪✨ We’ve just launched our STEM Goes Wild blog — and it’s live with hands-on activities, educational tips, and creative STEM ideas you can try at home or in class!

Our very first post? A step-by-step guide to building a simple circuit with household items. No soldering, no stress — just sparking curiosity (and maybe an LED or two 💡).

🔗 Read it now: https://stemgoeswild.co.uk/how-to-build-a-simple-circuit-beginner-friendly-guide

📌 Save it for your next rainy day activity
👩‍🔬 Perfect for parents, teachers & curious kids
💬 Let us know what STEM topic you’d love to see next!

Learn how electricity works and build a simple circuit using household items. No soldering needed – perfect for STEM beginners!

27/05/2025

🐐🌊 Ancient Ingenuity: Assyrian Soldiers and Inflated Skins
Next half-term, we're diving into the world of Ancient Inventions — and while we won’t be making goatskin floaties (you’re welcome 😅), this one’s too clever not to share!
👉 Book your spot here: https://tinyurl.com/STEM-ancient-inventions

Nearly 3,000 years ago, Assyrian soldiers came up with a smart way to cross rivers during battle: they inflated animal skins - most likely goatskins - and used them to stay afloat. Think ancient life jackets! 🦺

This early bit of engineering is carved into stone from around 865 BCE, now on display at the British Museum It’s a great reminder that ancient people weren’t just warriors — they were inventors, problem-solvers, and serious thinkers.

🧠 If you fancy geeking out a bit more, there’s even an academic article all about early flotation devices (yes, really). It covers everything from reeds to animal bladders — including the Assyrian example:
📚 Read it on ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/334778074_Ancient_buoyancy_devices_in_Sweden_floats_made_of_reed_club-rush_inflated_skins_and_animal_bladders

We'll be exploring loads of inventions just as creative (and way more hands-on) in our next sessions. Come join the adventure!