SI Bournemouth STEM Challenge 2014
SI Bournemouth has repeated the STEM Science Challenge, issued last year as part of its 75th celebrations, inviting girls in years 9 and 10 in local schools to consider careers in science when making choices about GCSE and degree subjects. The Challenge – to design, build and cost a project to help people in the poorest parts of the world which had to be sustainable, fit for purpose and cost effective – attracted entries from thirteen teams in seven schools between New Milton in Hampshire and Beaminster in West Dorset. The projects focused on the provision of clean water, shelter, improved sanitation, safer food and improved health. Judges drawn from local businesses and organisations chose a winning team from each year and some 60 parents, together with teachers and many members of SI Bournemouth were present in Kimmeridge House, Bournemouth University to see the prizes