Last week, Susan, our Education Officer, joined with STEMPOINT East to deliver a fun fact-filled virtual session on Raptor Factors to launch British Science Week!
Over 60 schools from across the Eastern region attended to learn about the beautiful birds that we work with every day. Susan covered what is a Raptor, what they eat, where they live and went into detail about some of the amazing adaptations they have to help them survive.
At the end of the session, Susan stayed online to answer questions, but was inundated by the number and many were left unanswered! However, she was able to copy them over from the chat function and has now been able to answer them all.
“I love the challenge of opening the floor to questions, as I never know what I’m going to get! This session certainly proved that and I’ve actually learnt a bit trying to find the answers to some of the questions I was asked!”
Some of these questions will feature in new fact sheets and resources coming later this year.
As part of the British Science Week campaign, STEMPOINT East have launched a Create-a-Bird Challenge which schools can register for here. Susan has been invited to be part of the judging panel so is looking forward to seeing all the entries next month!
Following this session, we’ve received a number of enquiries from schools who missed this event. We are happy to offer this 30-minute virtual session to schools who feel unable to visit us in person. Please contact us for more information.
All KS2 and the teachers really enjoyed the talk. Year 6 spent the rest of the morning thought showering about what they had learnt, and rating the presentation out of five stars. The feedback was incredible and lots of five star ratings. Thank you so much for today-you were amazing.
Thank you so much! Really informative and enjoyable! Learnt a lot.
Thank you so much, Susan. We have learnt such a lot about birds this morning. We are interested in the challenge.
Thank you so much. We have learnt so much and found it extremely interesting.
Thank you for your time and knowledge. Really inspired us for our STEM design a bird competition.
We have really enjoyed the session. Susan, you clearly have a huge knowledge of birds and you present your knowledge and passion extremely well. Thank you so much.