Building for the Future
Dundee primary school pupils are building their own futures thanks to a donation from Dundee Science Centre.
St Mary’s Primary School has received a supply of foam bricks and blocks, builder dress-up outfits and a new outdoor storage unit as part of the Explore Your Universe: Valuing Inclusion project led and funded by the Association for Science and Discovery Centres (ASDC).
St Mary’s Primary School pupils trying out their new activities, courtesy of Dundee Science Centre.
The project helps community partners create meaningful science engagement experiences for underserved audiences. As well as holding ‘Our World From Space’ sessions at the school, the Science Centre team has attended the school’s careers and family fun days, with pupils returning to enjoy activities at the Centre, including the Easter holiday Space Camp.
Caitlin MacInnes, STEM Development Lead at Dundee Science Centre, said, “At the end of the project, we asked the school what supplies or resources they would need to continue the STEM learning they’ve been doing with us and they chose to set up a construction kit. We’re so pleased that they’re taking their STEM learning forward following our approach to hands-on learning. The kit will give the pupils an opportunity to explore engineering, maths and different materials through lots of imaginative play and challenges set by their teachers. We hope it will give them inspiration to apply the skills they develop to the world around them.”
For more information, visit https://www.dundeesciencecentre.org.uk/
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