On Monday our GreenSTEM project students met up with their counterparts from Greenford High School, Ellen Wilkinson School for Girls and Dormers Wells High School.

Students take on STEM research in small collaborative groups and work with Doctoral research scientists Ariane and Ugo from Imperial College London to explore innovative solutions to global sustainability challenges. Throughout the programme, students will develop their research skills, learning how to approach scientific research while exploring STEM topics beyond the standard curriculum. This year’s topics include:

• Land use change, zoonosis, and emerging infectious diseases
• Managing resource depletion: Oil in Europe
• Land use change, ecosystem services, and biodiversity loss

In this third session, the groups were given advice on how to organise and structure their 10-minute presentations which they will deliver at the final session, to be held at the Natural History Museum. They were also advised on how to allocate who presents which parts, timings and what makes effective slides and how to captivate their audience, who will also be quizzing the students on their presentations as part of a Q&A afterwards. The students then continued with their group discussions.

We look forward to seeing the final presentations at the Natural History Museum on February 10th!