Gold Youth STEMM

This is Andy Mee and I at the Galloper base. I’m half way through my internship now and I have already met so many fascinating people! Last week Rebecca, who works for innogy, came all the way down from Swindon (In the storm!) to meet me. Her, Rachel, who works at TMS-Media, and I went out for lunch at the Pub on the Prom and happened to be sitting right near Steph and Dom from goggle box! Later that week I went with Rachel to meet David from EPIC, who supply’s professional and skilled workers to both offshore and onshore, oil & gas and renewable energy companies. He also had the most adorable 3-legged dog! This week I’ve been doing a lot of research into and developing a leaflet aimed at primary school children, in the hope that they learn about Galloper in a fun, interesting and engaging way. A few interesting facts I've learnt are that at maximum blade height a Galloper turbine is 108.5m tall which makes it longer than a full-sized football pitch and taller than ...

I’ve almost finished my first week of my east coast internship for Innogy, hosted by TMS media. So far, I’ve started by picking the work streams that most interests me. I decided I’d like to focus mainly on educating KS2 and KS3 students on the Galloper project. The Galloper project is a new wind farm being constructed 27km off of the Norfolk coastline, it consists of 56 wind turbines, 10 have been erected and the 11 th one is now under way, the construction is set to be completed by March 2018. I’m currently developing ideas of how to engage the students and deciding what would be the best way to involve them in Galloper. Right now, I am thinking of a type of game that could be created that would teach them in an enjoyable way, we also want to help inspire children of all ages to peruse careers in STEMM. Not only do I get the opportunity to get involved in these work streams but also, I’m getting the chance to travel around the local area, meeting other people involved in the oi...