@DameAllans The students were absolutely brilliant throughout the day and truly impressed us with their listening skills, ability to communicate effectively under pressure and, more than anything, their ability to apply new ideas to new situations. It was a pleasure to work with them.
Yesterday, our Y5s, plus pupils from local primary schools, enjoyed a History Mystery workshop held by @TiE4STEM 💀🧬 Their mission was to use scientific clues and experiments to identify a mysterious historical figure, whose skeletal remains were recently unearthed...
Where are we? A true detective will know for sure! And there's no place better to say there is still time to book onto the Murder Mystery competitions coming up in Norwich after we finish our stint in the Capital tomorrow.
An exciting range of weekend and holiday workshops, based on the multi-award winning experiences delivered for hundreds of schools, colleges and universities in the past 20 years is going public! Ages 10+ can put their detective skills to the test. Can you solve it?
@TarbiyyahSchool It was a privilege to work with such outstanding students in our Target:Mars 'Alien Analysis' workshop. They listened intently, communicated effectively and conducted the MicroScience experiment with superb attention to detail. We thoroughly enjoyed our visit. Thanks for hosting
@TythySocSci@TythySixth Tytherington Sixth Form impressed again, as in the previous 2 years, showing brilliant creative and critical thinking plus a fantastic competitive drive. Team Marple made a dramatic comeback, with a near perfect conclusion, to win. Excellent effort from all. Great to work with.
@BanburyStMarys The students were truly WOW - with a top 20% average score by the Y5 class and a Top 3 score of all time (well, since 2008) for the winners in the Y6 version. Students worked well under pressure, communicating and applying the skills and knowledge taught. Excellent effort.
@ChelseaAcadMAT@Bruneluni The Urban Scholars were absolutely brilliant this week - impressively learning new techniques , thinking critically and communicating ideas well. Their hard work was rewarded with 86% of participants solving the case!Thanks for a great Saturday.
@TythySocSci@TythySixth What a nail-biter this event was. It came down to just 800 points between 1st and 2nd place - with a score of 210,300 claiming victory in a last minute twist! All teams worked impressively well to solve the case this year - with each team winning at least one activity.
@Stonyhurst Participants in both the KS4 and KS5 workshops performed incredibly well - with dedication and fantastic teamwork. The winning score in KS4 was the second highest ever recorded since 2015! The mean score for KS5 was within the top 3% ever achieved. Truly outstanding.
@HammersmithAcad@SPGSMain Absolutely fantastic scores were achieved during the 3-Day CSI case. Teams from Hammersmith Academy claimed Gold & Silver medal positions - and set new records for Blood Analysis and Fingerprint Analysis too. Truly impressive - considering the workshop has been run since 2005!
@SPGSMain @CardinalVaughan @HammersmithAcad@WestLondonFree@HMC_Org@ISC_schools@GSAUK Thinkers in Education @TiE4STEM were delighted to deliver a 3-day CSI Workshop as part of this superb Summer School. Participants worked brilliantly and enthusiastically to solve the case - with all teams claiming gold, silver or bronze wins in four or more of the 12 activities!
Bristol College Prep School @bcnpps blasted into the final frontier to start Science Week. Juniors from Yr5 & 6 analysed Mars sand and built sensors for a safe rocket launch. Yr 7 & 8 used microchemistry and electronics to set a new record for their age group. Absolute stars!
Target:Mars - Mission One STEM event saw 4 schools go head to head in the Year 9 competition to use Micro Chemistry, ELISA and Blood Typing in an exciting space adventure. Students from Guru Nanak excelled as a team, setting a new record in ELISA protocol.
Swalcliffe Boys School showed how to solve a murder in CSI Blood Pool. Both KS3 and KS4&5 used DNA and Blood Analysis to reach conclusions in two different cases. Students had wonderful independent and team working skills, with an impressive 73% convicting the right suspect.
What a genuinely outstanding school @MagnaCartaSch are. We have had the pleasure of working with pupils from Yr 7 to Yr 10 over the past two weeks - over a range of workshops - and every group has impressed us with their attitude and eagerness to learn. Staff were so welcoming.
Today Year 10 step up to the CSI challenge & team Holmes have just equalled the record for Toxicology. A record first set in 2013 and never equalled until today! An absolutely superb start. But there's not much between teams after session one.
@MagnaCartaSch should be proud of this achievement - the record was tough to beat! Participants needed to analyse results from Powder Fingerprinting and Ink Prints. Then they need to identify matching ridge details for use as an expert witness in the trial. They were superb.
Is it the end of the world? Not @MagnaCartaSch - both Yr7 & Yr8 saved humanity when an asteroid hit Earth in Bunkered this week. It's just one of the workshops in a carefully planned programme the school have fully engaged with over the past year. They were truly awesome.
We were delighted to work with schools on the beautiful Isle of Bute @rothesay3to18 to boost STEM skills over 5 workshops. S1&S2 students smashed the UK Blood Pool record and parents were just as awesome in the family event.