I took an expert to a STEM event. Here's what happened. I needed an expert, but not a doctor or a computer engineer or even an astronaut...

Sometimes what you really need is an expert opinion, and there’s nothing like diving into an area of intense specialism to help you reach that conclusion.

Last week, I headed through to capital to visit Edinburgh Science’s ‘careers hive’, which was being held inside the grand gallery of the National Museum of Scotland.

It had been described as “a week-long free schools event” put together in the hope that it “inspires S1-S3 pupils to pursue a STEM-based (science, technology, engineering and maths) career through hands-on activities and discussions with early-career STEM professionals.”

Founded in 1989, Edinburgh Science is a charity that is probably best known for running its annual science festival, but it also runs a touring education programme for schools called Generation Science. Those events, like the career’s hive, are carried out as part of the mission to “inspire, encourage and challenge people of all ages and backgrounds to explore and understand the world around them.”

The event took place inside the grand gallery of Edinburgh's National Museum of Scotland (Image: Hope Holme) The main space of the careers hive was arranged into four different section, within which were a range of different activities designed to give kids a glimpse through one possible window into the world of STEM.

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