For the uninitiated, STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths or perhaps a better description would be ‘How the World Works’. You don’t need a technical background or a love of equations to enjoy the meetings – just an interest in ‘stuff’. And the ‘stuff’ in question can cover Black Holes to Biology, Vaccines to Vehicles or Nikola Tesla to Stephen Hawking.
This is now a well established group which runs with two strands – first, speakers, either external or from among the members and, second, visits.
The group’s subject matter could be anything that loosely fits into STEM – all ideas and speakers are most welcome.
MEETINGS
The meetings take place at 10am on the third Wednesday of each month in the WFSSC
October 16 Forensic Collision Investigation – the evolution of car insurance fraud and investigation techniques
November 20 Presentation from the Canals and Rivers Trust on the Leeds to Liverpool canal
December 18 Factathon – bring a fact to share with the group – there will be prizes!
January 15 Codebreaking – beating the GCHQ quiz. (Last year, the u3a ladies thrashed the men)