Successful Launch of our Year 9 UCL Science Mentoring Program
Inspire Aspire is very proud to have established a regular mentoring program with Highams Park Science Department and the Engineering Sciences Department, University College London.
Seven, year 9 students have been selected this year to participate in our pilot program. Since January 2020, they have met with their mentors Liz, Aditi, Zarin and Nicola on a weekly basis for support with their in-class learning but also have the wonderful opportunity to discuss a range of engaging scientific topics including:
- Tissue engineering,
- Summations of infinite series
- Viewpoints on the inside of a black hole
- General discussions of the various fields and careers in Engineering
- The Golden ratio
- Pythagoras' theorem
- Arc length of a circle
- Genetics
- STEM careers
- Koch Snowflake fractal