Fife pupils get hands-on with green gas at STEM Futures Festival

We welcomed nearly 100 pupils from Parkhill and Mountfleurie Primary Schools as part of this week’s annual STEM Futures Festival.

Hosted at the Fife Renewable Innovation Centre in Levenmouth, the interactive sessions gave the local primary five pupils the chance to explore the world of energy, engineering and climate solutions right on their doorstep.

The centre overlooks the wind turbine we’re using for H100 Fife.

The pupils rotated through three hands-on workshops:

• Hydrogen-powered car racing, which taught them how hydrogen fuel cells work
• Wind turbine building, to understand renewable energy generation
• Dress-up in SGN PPE and safety demonstration

Sarah Ballantyne, Stakeholder & Community Manager at SGN, said:“Education is a cornerstone of our community engagement here in Levenmouth, where our H100 Fife project is taking place. It’s so important that local children not only learn about the clean energy transition and projects in their area, but feel excited about the potential careers in science and engineering right here in Fife.”

Andy Cargill, Depute Headteacher Mountfleurie Primary School, added:

“The STEM festival was a fantastic experience offered right in our local community. The children and staff learned lots about different energies and gases including the green energy trial. Clean gas can be achieved by using air and water, not burning fossil fuels! Children found it cool dressing up as gas engineers, building mini wind turbines and fuelling hydrogen cars – it really brought science to life.”

The event was delivered alongside science education specialists by our H100 Fife project team, who shared how their roles support the green gas trial.

This is the second year we have partnered with local schools as part of the Fife Council-led STEM Futures Festival, which aims to inspire young learners and connect classroom learning with real-world applications.