Polar Explorers STEM Project
Our school has been chosen to take part in this exciting project. The programme has been developed with funding from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and aims to support schools to enrich their teaching of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) subjects, placing relevant curriculum topics within the context of both the construction and launch of the new polar research ship RRS Sir David Attenborough, and of polar exploration in general.
Each class will be looking at different aspects of Polar Life.
Why does polar science matter?
- People live in the polar regions
- Many complex and unique ecosystems
- The polar regions hold clues to the past, which help us understand the present
- …and help to predict the future
- Maintain Britain as a world leader in polar science
- Keep the UK as one of the best places in the world to do science
SOLO TO THE SOUTH POLE
Jenny Davis is going SOLO TO THE SOUTH POLE, unsupported and unassisted pulling a 60kg pulk with food, tent and more. It's only a mere 715 miles (about 230 Parkruns, over 27 marathons or roughly London to Oslo or Venice). She will be posting her journey on her website with a live tracker, and an OPPORTUNITY to ask her questions.