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08/05/2026

This week we built in some practice of fractions into our ball run, halving and quartering the length. Using visual aids to make the concept more meaningful. We used stopwatches to time calculate half and quarter of the time. All on a very blustery spring afternoon!

04/05/2026

We started measuring the orbital period of a cork spinning on different length strings, timing for 10 rotations. Then we wondered what might happen if we spun a bucket of water, investigating centripetal force and Newton's laws. The awe and wonder of the water staying in the bucket meant we tried lots of different spinning techniques!

26/04/2026

One of the joys of STEM at The Garvock Goodlife is being able to tailor the sessions to young people's interests. This week we delved deeper into Space, producing carbon dioxide gas and looking at its density, examining the effects of air pressure squashing marshmallows, and started measuring mass and weight. All outside in the beautiful Aberdeenshire sunshine ☀️

24/04/2026

Celebrating nature this week, and every week, for Earth Day. Helping our young people to learn about the environment around them so they understand the importance of protecting it. We focussed on woodlice, their adaptations and behaviours using choice chambers to see the conditions they favoured, whilst discussing the ethics and importance of protecting these crustaceans during our learning experience.

10/04/2026

Today's Easter STEM, in the glorious spring sunshine, developed so many of our metaskills - creativity, critical thinking skills, collaborating, curiosity. Everyone had an ice egg they needed to crack to hatch their animal. Ball runs were used, salt was added, nests were made, zip wires run and animals rescued! Eggs floating and sinking were examined, egg crafts built. We measured, timed, learnt about speed, density, and much more.

Really excited to share our Easter inspired STEM 2 hour slot for families on Friday 10th April 10am to 12 midday. Come a...
07/04/2026

Really excited to share our Easter inspired STEM 2 hour slot for families on Friday 10th April 10am to 12 midday. Come and enjoy Outdoor Easter STEM activities, led by an experienced Science teacher, with your children. A variety of fun science experiments inspired by nature and our surroundings. £15 for the first child, £7.50 per extra child. Booking is essential, and your space will be confirmed once payment and consent form is received, please message to find out further details and to book.

29/03/2026

We did some egg-straordinary experiments this week in our one-to-one STEM. Lots of discussions about air resistance, forces, momentum to make parachutes and cushion our eggs from their fall. Followed by speed calculations for fresh and hard-boiled eggs on their run.

19/03/2026

Outdoor STEM is all about reminding us of the science in the everyday, even the beautiful rainbows formed when your dog shakes all over you!

14/03/2026

The past two weeks have been a real mix of warm spring sunshine, cold winds, heavy rain and even some thundersnow up at The Garvock! We've explored Catapults and forces, making projectiles in a variety of ways and with a variety of success. We measured the distance they travelled, using our critical thinking skills. We carried on the forces theme to get our Lego person on their journey on a zipwire, varying their mass and measuring the time of their journey, and examined the impact of meteors and craters.

27/02/2026

Lots of Outdoor STEM fun, testing floating, sinking, building rafts and measuring displacement. Developing our creativity, critical thinking and focusing metaskills. We used our maths to take measurements of volume, calculate and compare densities. And of course made some big splashes testing if we sank!

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