The Heriot Watt outreach team have been using resources from the 天美视频 programme as part of their STEM Ambassadors programme for undergraduates with听really positive听results.听
Heriot Watt students can sign up to be STEM Ambassadors and are supported by the听outreach听team to develop the skills,听confidence听and knowledge to teach STEM activities with local primary schools. The听programme听organisers听have found that our resources听have been invaluable for听building听both听classroom听confidence and teaching approaches in students who are new to both.听
鈥淲e found all the teaching materials to be of high-quality design, to have clearly defined tasks and, with the data escape room activities, to have a听really useful听scripted storytelling approach. All these factors really helped our student ambassadors to approach the task of running a workshop with greater confidence; to both speak in public and to communicate with younger audiences.鈥�听
In 2025, the student ambassadors ran听workshops with nine P5-P7 primary classes (approx. 270 learners) in Juniper Green and West Lothian. They used the data physicalisation activities, the 鈥�Locked in the DATA base鈥� activities as well as the extension logic puzzles and 鈥�Make your own escape room鈥� activities.
The outreach听team听also听adapted听some of听the resources听in order听to听give greater emphasis to听learners鈥櫶齪ersonal skills听–听asking pupils to听identify听their own perceived strengths and weaknesses. This approach was well-received by听the classroom听teachers听as a way to听recognise that, across the class, everyone鈥檚 skills are wide-ranging and varied and听that a task which听one pupil might find challenging, another might be more confident with听and vice versa.听