A further example of the ‘hands on’ service we provide, involved club member Bev Billings helping out at the 7th Staffordshire Goblin Event, at Seighford Activity Centre on Wednesday 3 July 2013.
Year 4 and 5 pupils from schools in Staffordshire build and race their battery operated kit cars against other schools in a series of races including, Time Trials, Sprint Events, Slalom and Drag Event. Greenpower Goblin Cars is an exciting project with numerous learning opportunities. The car kits designed for Primary Schools involve pupils in areas of Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths. Schools sometimes see lack of expertise and support as a stumbling block however STEM centre provide Ambassadors who can give the necessary support.
Lichfield Soroptimists have 9 fully trained STEM Ambassadors with further members undergoing training this year (See article on Cosford Air Show). The projects they are involved with, including their own Skirting Science Days, promote the organisations Global Focus, Educate to Lead, better known as the 3 E’s (Educate, Empower & Enable).
