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STEM the Flow Competition

01 September 2023

We’re looking for pupils in P5 to S3 to help tackle the problem of source to sea marine litter. Delivered as part of our award-winning Upstream Battle campaign, the STEM the Flow engineering competition encourages pupils to investigate and design solutions to tackle marine litter upstream at source with a pupil-led STEM (Science, Technology Engineering and Maths) project.  

To support this programme we are hosting a webinar for educators and STEM coordinators about the challenge on Tuesday 5 September at 4pm. Please register here. 

As part of the challenge, participants must investigate source to sea litter in their area, identify the problem, raise awareness and design an engineering-based solution to the issue. Participants will have to work as a team to create a project plan, conduct research, draw conclusions and produce a scientific poster or build a model to showcase their idea. 

Online workshops led by STEM ambassadors from industry will provide participants with essential first-hand expertise and guidance relevant for the project.  

participants' projects will be judged by a public vote to identify the 'Best Overall Project'; 'Most Innovative Design'; 'Most Sustainable Design'; 'Best Teamwork Project' and 'Best Investigation and Research Project', in 'Primary' and 'Secondary' categories.  

STEM the Flow is designed as a project-based learning activity which should take between six to eight weeks to complete.

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