FUTURE TALENTED Autumn Term 2019 - Issue 4 | Seite 30

Gatsby Benchmarks 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Unlock your students’ creativity with BP’s Ultimate STEM Challenge 2020 There’s still time for students to enter BP’s competition, unleashing their problem-solving skills to design a piece of wearable tech that will improve lives in future. W earable technology is changing our world. From watches that monitor health to smart glasses that provide guidance for remote experts, the possibilities are e n d l e s s . To d a y, s c i e n t i s t s , technologists, engineers and designers are working on new solutions that will improve health, sports, the workplace and our everyday lives. But what will wearable tech of the future look like? The answer to this is in the hands of 9- to 14-year-olds as part of this year’s BP Ultimate STEM Challenge – an annual, nationwide competition launched by BP, in collaboration with STEM Learning, to boost STEM engagement across schools. It’s designed to help young people develop their creativity, problem-solving and employability s k i l l s , by t a c k l i n g p ra c t i c a l , real-world challenges. 30 // STEM