How today works? Team Quiz Best scores win prizes Individual game entry Team STEM challenges
What proportion of the population have never made a phone call? 1/2 1/3 1/8
What is the only number that cannot be represented in roman numerals?
99% of all energy created where is clean and renewable? Norway Barbados or Ireland
Your body contains enough carbon to fill how many pencils? 17 500 or 9000
On a typical day for a typist, how many miles do their fingers travel? 12.6 miles or 30 miles
Youtube was first registered on 14th February… 2009 2005 or 1999
Who was the first person to win two Nobel Prizes for science? Albert Einstein Marie Curie or Hans Fischer
As of this year, how many devices are currently connected to or related to the internet? 3 billion 17 billion or 30 billion
How many tons of old computers & other technological hardware are trashed each year in the USA? 3 million 47 million or 220 million
What is said to improve multitasking skills for 60-85 yr olds? Swimming Sudoko or Playing video games
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How today works? Team Quiz Nestle meet the top scorers Individual game entry Team STEM challenges
STEM subjects are becoming more desirable for employers Can you name what the letters stand for? S T E M Hint: they are all subjects
S.T.E.M SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING MATHS Watch the Step Into STEM Video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stZfmkSC3uI
SCIENCE
FLAVOURS FOOD SCIENTISTS DID YOU KNOW THAT SOME FOOD COLOURS COME FROM THESE?! FLAVOURS FOOD SCIENTISTS The best flavours are natural! And mixing natural flavours can create some of the most unique and distinctive flavours we eat and drink every day.
As a team you have been commissioned to design a limited edition charity treat bar. It only uses raw ingredients, natural from source. Write a description of your bar along with a list of ingredients.
TECHNOLOGY
In your teams choose an app on your phones that you are all familiar with You will now have a taste of what went into creating it!
PROJECT LIFE CYCLE APP DESIGNERS Build Testing Evolution Analyse Put these five stages of app creation into the correct order
The Project Life Cycle Answers Analyse Design Build Test Evolve
Definitions Analyse In short this means ‘get your heads together’ study the field you are entering into, and be clear on why you want to create this app Design Present ideas in a clear format and plan every area Build Create the system, prepare all components
Definitions ctd… Test Perhaps let 1000 people test it on their phone to iron out flaws/incompatibilities Evolve Always look ahead to what you can do to update/improve/upgrade your product
ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS Has it been built well? What are the functionalities? Is it easy to use? What do you think the main purpose of your app is? ANALYSE DESIGN/BUILD Have any upgrades been applied since you bought the app? What one improvement would you bring to it? Who is the target market? Who would you get to test it? TEST EVOLVE
ENGINEERING
Write down three words to describe an engineer
How many different engineering courses can you name?
There are over 30 types of engineering courses, with 100s of subcategories…
FDMI (the Food and Drink Manufacturing Industry) FACT: This industry invests £1.1billion into research and development each year. That’s about the same as the car manufacturing industry! Who are FDMI? ENGINEERS The Food and Drink Manufacturing Industry (FDMI) need engineers for everything from to software solutions to packaging, to tweeting!
Imagine you worked for Nestle in an engineering capacity. How many different job roles do you think there may be? Write down as many as you can (if you don’t know the specific title, you can describe the role instead.)
MATHS
MATHS & FASHION (BFFs!) Not an obvious couple…! But Maths, Statistics, knowing how to collect, analyse and interpret data etc are a key part of any business growing. MATHS & FASHION (BFFs!) For e.g., knowing the percentage of sales on a particular line of garments might help minimise waste when doing next season’s orders.
Write down a few shops you are all familiar with- choose your favourite Think about as many different ways in which they rely on maths and mathematicians to stay ahead of the competition How does this information help them?
Time to play STEP INTO STEM follow the link: http://www. mykindacrowd
Allow approx 15 minutes Follow the steps Your score will be entered into a leader board
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