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2020 HIGHLIGHTS
STEM Academy Main outreach Reach Programmes:
Students reached 6,000
8 week rotation in Local Schools Programmes: 3D Outreach, Mindstorms & Dash & Dot Robotics
Students Reached: 1200
Students reached 120
Rolled out Bee Bots programme
(for 5-8 year olds).
Bee-Bots are little robots that give children an
introduction into
basic programming.
I Wish
Students reached 3,000
BT Young Scientist
Johnson & Johnson Stem Academy volunteered at the Young Scientist fair, held in the RDS in Dublin attended by Secondary school students (12-19 years old) either individually or in
groups submit projects
in all STEM categories.
Students reached 120
We had the pleasure in welcoming to site, 4 schools over 4 days
for Engineers Week. Each
school received interactive demonstrations on Our Stem Academy Programmes including: Dash & Dot Robotics
Introduction & demo to Virtual Reality Kits
Tour of 3D printing area
Talk on sustainable energy & finishing up with a walk to our Wind Turbine.
This successful week will hopefully inspire these students to future careers and studies in STEM.
Stem Academy attended I Wish a 4 day Stem awareness event held in Cork & Dublin reaching over
6,000 TY students 320 teachers
200 volunteers 150 speakers
62 exhibitors 22 counties & 2 cites
Engineers Week
WITH THE ARRIVAL OF COVID 19 - STEM ACADEMY HAD TO PIVOT OUR WAY OF WORKING - WITH THAT WE INTRODUCED:
STEM ACADEMY WEEKLY ACTIVITIES NEWSLETTER
STEM ACADEMY IN CONJUNCTION WITH WISTEM PROGRAMME INTRODUCED:
Campus Ireland Kids Iive Virtual Demos one from each site:
NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH ST PAULS SCHOOL (DEPUY’S CSR PARTNER FOR 2020)
We are currently devising a tailored virtual
which included a
different theme
every issue such as
the wonders of space
and virtual field trips
where you can visit
museums, zoo’s,
aquariums & libraries
with a click of a
button. We of course
cover all the actual
Science, Technology,
Engineering and
Maths subjects & focused on kids Wellness with Meditation guidance also included.
FUTURE STEM ACADEMY
REACH: 5,000 Families
programme for St Pauls in-conjunction with Junior Achievement & WiSTEM programme & also hope
to roll out virtual Bee Bots Programme by the end of the year. A cross functional site donation of IT equipment has been made to help with this process.
Janssen Pharma: Live interactive Experiments
DePuy: 3D Printing Demo
Vision: Contact Lens, Moulding
Cerenovus: Live Experiments
REACH: 2,000 Families
Students Reached: 120
FUN WITH GOOGLE ANIMALS
How can STEM Academy engage with school’s virtually for STEM Programmes, in the situation of remote working?
REACH:
The Sky’s the limit
Handover of filled Stem Academy Units to the core schools in the 2 year pilot Train the Teacher sessions via Skype Online Assistance Completion of Stem Academy Programme Playbook including how to run your own Stem Academy & full lessons on all programmes
Virtual based STEM program – this will include a Bank of taped Lessons on each of the 4 programmes; To be stored on a private Channel
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PRE-COVID