Light Saver

An upper primary and lower secondary STEM-focused resource that gives young learners the opportunity to explore how
engineering and science work together in the health care service.

Modern medicine and healthcare rely heavily on the sciences and engineering to prevent, investigate and treat illness. These technologies are vital to the delivery of successful health services through the NHS. However, in the health sector the contribution of science and engineering is sometimes overlooked.

Pupils work collaboratively to develop their curiosity and creativity through a series of fun and engaging activities.

Metabolight
Metabolight is a team of engineers, scientists and doctors that have developed a new light-based technique to help diagnose and monitor the health of babies’ brains. Detecting and monitoring brain activity is vital to help doctors treat these babies in a harmless way with new technology that uses the properties of light.

Metabolight and the Royal Academy of Engineering have worked together to create a series of STEM activities and practical teamwork challenges.

These explore the role that engineers and scientists have in developing new technologies to save lives.