Online science America’s Cup team launch
INEOS charity provides access to STEM projects inspired by challenge
THE team trying to bring the America’s Cup home to Britain has taken science beyond the textbook and launched new online resources to help young people engage with home schooled science lessons.
The 1851 Trust, INEOS TEAM UK’s official charity, has launched a new online platform, the Pupil Portal, providing young people with direct access to their learning resources around science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) – inspired by Britain’s challenge to win the America’s Cup.
These projects span areas from across the team’s America’s Cup challenge including human performance, design, the environment and technology.
1851 Trust CEO Ben Cartledge said: ‘The summer term has started with the majority of school heads and teachers, as well as parents, still facing unprecedented challenges in educating their students and children.
‘At the 1851 Trust we appreciate that we are in a fortunate position. Our teams and families have been well and, with the support of INEOS and our other funders, we have been able to focus our efforts where we can best support young people at this time, namely remote learning.
‘As remote learning becomes the new norm, our STEM Crew online platform has had a 100 per cent increase in activity since lockdown began, with over 3,000 UK secondary school teachers now registered.
‘We are committed to creating new ways to connect pupils, parents and teachers with our free digital learning resources.
‘That is why we recently launched our Remote Learning Projects and have now brought forward the launch of our Pupil Platform by several months.’
1851 Trust Patron and INEOS TEAM UK Skipper and Team Principal Ben Ainslie added: ‘Over the past five years we have already inspired thousands of young people from all backgrounds but now, more than ever in the current crisis, it is important to find new and innovative ways to engage with young people with STEM and continue their learning from home.
‘The work the Trust has done to quickly create these free digital resources and open them up for young people to use directly at home has been fantastic to see.’
To access the Pupil Portal visit stemcrew.org/students/
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