Network Rail STEM Lab
Interact with Network Rail employees and engage in a range of STEM-related activities linked to the rail industry.
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Overview
Give your students the chance to explore engineering and the rail industry through hands-on activities with Network Rail employees.
Network Rail’s dedicated learning space welcomes schools and youth organisations to discover the range of opportunities available in rail and engineering. Students will develop technical and essential skills while working together on practical challenges.
Activities include:
Ozobot activity courses: create a track for mini robots and use coloured markers to code them to complete different actions, before applying these skills to rail-related scenarios
Bridge and tower building: work as a team to design and build a bridge or tower to a project specification, while managing a budget and choosing add-ons for the final design
Through these activities, Network Rail aims to challenge stereotypes about the rail and engineering industry and show that opportunities are open to young people from all backgrounds.
Details
- School subject
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- Technology/computing
- Curriculum links
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- Engineering
- Technologies - Craft, design, engineering and graphics: Application of engineering
- Design thinking and engineering: Engineering
- Technology & design - Manufacturing
- Working scientifically
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- Asking questions
- Making predictions
- Observing and measuring
- Interpreting and communicating results
- Evaluating
- Group size
- Small groups
Minimum of 3 participants, maximum of 15 participants.
- Participation level
- Hands-on
- Duration
- Half day
The duration depends on the number of activities you choose to include in your visit. Each activity takes approximately 30 minutes and they ask for teachers to allow for 30 minutes at the start and end of the session for introduction, evaluation forms, and closing. Upon receiving your email to book the lab, one of the STEM Lab leads will be in touch to create and tailor the day to your specifics needs and the demographic of the group.
- Cost
- Free
- Location
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Offsite
- Milton Keynes
Learning outcomes
- Improve engagement, interest or enjoyment in STEM subjects
- Learning what the engineering workplace is like
- Develop engineering employability skills
- Improve awareness and aspirations for STEM-related study and careers
- Challenge stereotypes by showing the diversity of disciplines, people and skills involved in engineering
Frameworks
Essential skills
The essential skills every young person needs to succeed in education and their future career. Find out more at the Skills Builder Partnership. This experience builds the following skills:
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