Get involved: Ultimate STEM Challenge is back!

BP invites schools to build a more sustainable future by entering the Ultimate STEM Challenge

Posted by Lucinda Reid | June 20, 2017 | Sustainability

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Now in its fourth year, BP’s Ultimate STEM Challenge is back for 2017! In partnership with the Science Museum and STEM Learning, BP is inviting UK students aged 11 to 14 to use their STEM skills to help reduce our impact on the environment and create a more sustainable future.

With the world demand for natural resources ever increasing and global warming one of today’s biggest environmental threats, this year BP is challenging young people to use their problem-solving skills and creativity to help create a more sustainable future for people around the world.

This year’s theme – My Sustainable Future – will see young people develop solutions to three real-world challenges which will reduce natural resource use or bring down greenhouse gas emissions.

Ian Duffy, Head of UK Communications & Community Development for BP, said: “BP plays a key role in nurturing the scientists and engineers of the future. With this year’s Ultimate STEM Challenge theme of My Sustainable Future, students will learn about the impact of carbon emissions and how our choices affect the environment. Through our ground-breaking research on science capital, we know that relatable, real-world challenges like this can inspire young people to aspire to careers in science.”

Teachers and students can choose from three exciting new sustainability challenges:

·       Handy Hydro: Create an efficient design for generating electricity from moving water

·       Parched Plants: Grow indoor plants using a sustainable method that conserves water

·       Brilliant Biogas: Build a system that generates biomethane from food waste

 By exploring the practical uses of science, the challenges are designed to inspire young people to consider careers in STEM. Students can complete this challenge in a STEM Club, during a collapsed timetable day, in classroom lessons or in their own time. 

The deadline for entries is January 12th 2018, with winners receiving an Ultimate STEM experience day, £500 to spend on science equipment or field trips, and Science Museum goody bags!

Finalists will compete against schools from around the country at the Science Museum for a chance to be crowned as 2018 Ultimate STEM Challenge winners.