Designing for the Future: How First Principles Thinking is Changing the World

First principles thinking is the key to unlocking innovation! By breaking down problems into fundamental principles, we can develop new solutions and build a generation of innovators. Reasoning from first principles is a powerful approach to design and innovation which involves breaking down a problem into its most fundamental elements and building up a solution [...]

Virtual School Trip

While the country is in lockdown and many are forced to stay indoors and homeschool children, there are still many ways to explore and learn online. You could take your children on a virtual school trip each week and discover some of the new and amazing places you can visit without leaving your sofa. Below [...]

By |2020-03-24T07:58:40+00:00March 19th, 2020|Art, Events, Museums, Places to Visit, STEAM, Uncategorized|0 Comments

STEM Celebration Event with the Palladian Academy, Bath

To conclude British Science Week 2019, The Palladian Academy trust schools held a STEM celebration event over two days at Ralph Allen School, Bath. All the schools in the trust embraced the opportunity to share their work with each other. Around 200 pupils were selected to represent their school and talk about the work their [...]

Making a DIY Battery Using the Salt-Powered Robot Kit

As part of our science week activities we’ve been looking at a few green technology concepts. There are many great examples and we found the Salt Powered Robot Kit by Kidz Labs was a perfect way to demonstrate how you can make batteries and generate electricity via chemical interactions.     Scientists are [...]

By |2020-01-24T13:31:33+00:00March 13th, 2019|Circuits, Projects, Robotics, Science, STEAM|0 Comments

Harry Potter Potions Lesson

Harry Potter Potions Lesson For a recent Harry Potter birthday party, we wanted to take the narrative of the story and inject some  fun STEM elements into the activities, so we set up our own potions lesson for the party guests to make their own Harry Potter inspired potions. The guests were quite young so [...]

By |2020-01-24T13:39:10+00:00March 11th, 2019|Projects, Science, STEAM|0 Comments
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