TNMOC STEM Bytes
Have fun while learning
About STEM Bytes
Join us for exciting STEM activities that the entire family can enjoy! Our educational STEM activities are a must-visit event in Milton Keynes, perfect for children (and parents) seeking creative fun during school holidays. There is something for everyone to enjoy and plenty to captivate kids.
Come for the educational fun and stay for the endless possibilities. Dive into coding, robotics, augmented reality, virtual reality, and much more with us!
When you visit, don’t forget to explore the Museum and be captivated by our unrivalled collection, illuminated by first-hand knowledge and hands-on demonstrations from our expert Museum Guides and Volunteers.
The Museum is bursting with exhilarating new technology, ready for families to immerse themselves in fun and creative educational activities designed to unlock imaginations and inspire the next generation of STEM enthusiasts.
The STEM Bytes Activities
Botley 2.0
Full of fun features and special codes, including light-up eyes for night vision, Botley 2.0 comes packed full of hands-on coding activities and challenges, promoting critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
BBC Micros
Try your hand at programming 1980s style with our suite of original 1980s BBC Micros. We have programming challenges for all skill levels, from learning the Basics (Pun Intended!) to developing a game of Snake!
CAD & 3D Printing
From keyrings to working tools, the only limit of 3D printing is your imagination! Using beginner friendly software, 3D printing teaches the basic concepts of CAD modelling and engineering, all whilst developing key creative and mathematical skills. When not running workshops, our 3D printers can be found printing a wide variety of parts to help keep our museum exhibits working and looking their best!
BBC Micro:Bit
Understand how software and hardware work together using a pocket-sized Micro:bit computer. Featuring a variety of components that allow you to physically interact with your program through buttons, accelerometers and robotics kits. Forty years on, the BBC Micro:bit continues the educational legacy of the revolutionary BBC Microcomputer.
Minecraft Education Edition
Fun and interactive, this game-based digital learning platform allows you to develop your creativity, innovation, collaboration and problem solving skills within a fascinating immersive digital environment. Minecraft’s Education Edition is ideal for exploring a plethora of subjects including: Languages, Art and Design, History and Culture, Computer Science and Maths.
OSMO Augmented Reality
Exciting technology that uses physical blocks to interact with a virtual game. Created by our partners at OSMO, these augmented reality games introduce concepts of STEM in an accessible and fun way, from Programming to Engineering to Maths, for kids up to the age of 10.
Oculus Virtual Reality
Step into another world with our Virtual Reality sessions, from defusing bombs to exploring the words in the cockpit of a 747. Experience flying a plane through a virtual world or building communication skills by collaboratively solving fast-paced problems requiring abstraction, decomposition and computational thinking. Our VR session has something for everyone!
*Our Virtual Reality sessions are suitable for children aged 12+*
Sphero Bolts
The number one STEM-based learning solutions provider worldwide, Sphero’s remarkable programmable robots and educational STEM kits, designed for exploration and experimentation, will transform the way you learn, from building an obstacle course to navigate to programming the robot in one of several different languages, these robots are suitable for all ages!
Turing Tumble
Turing Tumble is a unique game where players (ages 8 to adult) build mechanical computers powered by marbles and gravity to solve logic puzzles. It’s fun, addicting, and while you’re at it, you discover how computers work.
This webpage was created for the Museum by T-Level students from the South Central Institute of Technology.
