STEM LIVE! Student Event at the Science Museum, London

Jon Chase is a science communicator, author and science rapper based in South Wales. He has an intense passion for scientific thinking and believes that knowledge should be made available in a way that allows as many people as possible the opportunity to gain access to it. He has presented science for BBC learning on TV and YouTube and also co-authored books on The Science of Star Wars, The Science of Harry Potter, and The Science of Jurassic World. In 2017, he was awarded the Josh Award in Science Communication but it perhaps best known for his science raps, which he has produced for various learning establishments and organisations, including NASA and the BBC.

Discover iconic objects and stories of incredible scientific achievement at the Science Museum in London. Explore hands on galleries and exhibitions from Medicine: The Wellcome Galleries to discover how our ideas about health have changed throughout history to the present day, to Information Age: to trace how our lives have been transformed by information and communication technologies over the last 200 years and many more.

STEM professionals will provide information and entertaining presentations to ignite your students' aspirations whilst perfectly complementing your STEM learning objectives. There's even a mini competition! Students can also put their own questions to the experts during a Q&A session.

Topics include:

Why people in STEM will save our world

STEM is for everyone - why diversity matters

Engineering open doors

Step into the fascinating world of STEM careers for a peak behind the scenes in the Science Museum's brand new interacitve gallery. Experience what it's like to create visual effects on a blockbuster film set, analyse blood samples in a medical laboratory, operate a robot in a manufacturer's workshop, fix a fault atop a wind turbine, and much more. Recreating the workplaces of technicians across multiple sectors - health science, creative arts, manufacturing and renewable energy - students will get hands-on with interactive exhibits that simulate job-related tasks. The gallery is created in collaboration with Marvel Studios, the NHS, National Grid, the University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre, and many others.

In this hands on workshop, students will get to meet a technician and experience what it’s like to do their job. They will carry out job-related tasks in activities led by a real life technician as a role model to help students to identify the skills needed. There will be plenty of opportunities to ask the technician questions throughout the task and in a special Q&A session. Students will find out what it's like to do their job, how they got into it, what inspired them to become a technician and more. 

For those schools using the Gatsby Benchmarks for Good Career Guidance, this event supports Benchmark 4 - linking curriculum learning to careers, and Benchmark 5 - encounters with employers and employees.

The Wellcome Collection is the free visitor destination for the incurably curious. It explores the connections between medicine, life and art in the past, present and future. The venue offers visiting learners contemporary and historic exhibitions and collections lively events, the world-renowned Wellcome Library and tours.

This is an unforgettable learning experience that works to enhance and align with what students are already learning in the classroom. On their visit, students can create something amazing there on the spot with Apple products. Whatever they create, students will leave with a renewed outlook and motivation for learning. 

The ArcelorMittal Orbit is the perfect destination for persons of any age! You will be able to admire breath-taking views of London from the UK's tallest sculpture, from stunning viewing platform with floor to ceiling windows & from the outside observation walkways suspended 80m above the ground. You will also experience the adrenaline of riding the world's tallest, longest and fastest tunnel slide of 178 metres length. You will travel through light and dark sections, loops and gentle curves at a speed of up to 15 miles per hour!

Spend time with over 750 species at London Zoo! 

The ZSL aims to inspire, inform and empower people to stop wild animals going extinct, to tackle the threat to wild animals and help people achieve this positive change.

Groups will have a guided tour of the store and will be able to test and experience the latest technology, products and services from Microsoft and its partners.

Interactive zones, surrounded by immersive video walls run throughout the store, making this the best place to get hands-on with Surface, Windows, Office, Xbox & PC gaming, HoloLens mixed-reality and more.

Interactive workshops are also available. Choose from: ‘Minecraft Hour of Code,’ 'Minecraft Education Edition AI' or ‘Make Code Arcade’.

Get career ready with the Microsoft Employability Workshop; get advice on how to make your CV stand out and how to prepare for interview success.

Groups can also spend time in the Gaming Lounge.

Groups will see a short presentation which will include; an introduction to the Museum, the role of Bletchley Park and the plan for the day. The group will visit The Tunny and Colossus galleries to better understand the reason for building one of the world's first computers, including seeing the 1944 Colossus Mk II rebuild. The group will then visit the First Generation gallery and see the working WITCH computer and the EDSAC reconstruction. Groups will also take part in an activity in the BBC computer room. The tours will enable pupils to see computers from the 1950s through to the iPhone. 

Take an exhilarating outdoor climb over the O2 roof and enjoy the incredible views of London. Downloadable educational resources are also available.