Curious Stories for Curious Children: Requesting a STEM Ambassador
To request a STEM Ambassador you need to advertise an activity. To do this login (or register as a teacher or youth group leader) at www.stem.org.uk and complete the “Advertise an activity” form.
Please copy or select the information in bold below directly into your activity form on STEM.org.uk, making changes only to ensure the details reflect your specific needs. We will use the information you provide to ensure trained STEM Ambassadors are made aware of your request.
If you would like help with this, please contact us on ambassadors@grahicscience.co.uk.
Instructions are in italics.
About your activity
Activity Name Type in the box Curious Stories for Curious Children
What do you want the STEM Ambassadors to do? Select from the list STEM Presentation / Q&A
Schemes Leave blank
Where will the activity take place?
You must decide if the activity will be in person or online.
If you are requesting a STEM Ambassador to visit in person click on “Use my organisation address”. If the address is wrong, or the activity will be taking place in person but at a different location, add a new location by postcode.
If you are requesting a STEM Ambassador to visit virtually click the box next to “Online” then enter the URL where the activity will take place.
Participating schools/organisations
Type the official name of your school into the box. A list of suggested schools will appear, select one from the list (check that the address is correct to avoid confusion with similarly named schools).
About the audience
Ages of participants Select all that apply
Expected number of participants Type an estimate of the number of students
Who are your participants? Select all that apply
When do you want the activity(s) to take place?
Select This is a one-off activity
Expected date of activity Enter the earliest date you would like a STEM Ambassador to visit. Please note that your request will not be visible to Ambassadors after this date, so please ensure you allow enough time to find a suitable volunteer (we recommend 4-6 weeks).
Total duration of activities (hours) Enter a number which = (length of an individual session) x (number of sessions to attend), e.g. for an Ambassador working with 4 different classes for 45 minutes each, put 3 hours.
About the STEM Ambassadors you require
How many STEM Ambassadors do you think will need? Enter a number equal to the number of STEM Ambassadors you can manage at one time.
What general area of expertise should your STEM Ambassador come from? Select any you may be interested in.
What specific area(s) of expertise should they have? type in the box reading aloud
Promote your activity to STEM Ambassadors
What is the overall aim of your activity? type in the box To challenge stereotypes of who does STEM by reading a STEM-themed children’s story aloud.
Short description of your activity type in the box (replace [x] with details applicable with your request) We are looking for STEM Ambassadors to come and share an exciting stereotype-busting STEM story with us, for example Ada Twist, Scientist (or another similarly curious story). We would like the Ambassador to work with [x number] class(es), with children in [Year(s) x], and we would like this to happen [x date(s) and times]. Whilst with the class we would also like each Ambassador to answer children’s questions about how they use Science skills in their job (for a list of science skills that the children learn about in school, see https://pstt.org.uk/resources/curriculum-materials/enquiry-skills). To facilitate this we would like each STEM Ambassador to share a brief overview (e.g. 1 or 2 slides) of what their job involves in child friendly language before they come. This will help the children prepare high quality questions to ask on the day of the Ambassador visit. If you are interested please express an interest and leave us a message, including the name of any book you might like to read aloud.
Measuring the impact of your activity
Tick the outcomes you are interested, at least one in each category.
To finish, click Add this activity