STEM: England

Bodleian Library visit, Oxford University college guided visit

Visit the site of Britain’s best kept war time secret. The Victorian estate of Bletchley Park housed the ‘Codebreakers’ during World War 2, a team of mathematicians who deciphered German communications including the Enigma machine. It is widely believed that their efforts helped to reduce the War by up to 2 years. Take part in puzzles and challenges that will immerse you in to the iconic world of the secret organization of Government Code and Cypher School.

Visit the National Museum of Computing which has opened in 2008 and has a wonderful exhibit explaining the history of computing in Britain and has the largest collection of functional and historical computers in Europe. One special part of the exhibit is a rebuilt Colossus, or the world's first electronic computer.

Visit the National Radio Centre which helps explain the history and evolution of radio development in Britain. From the first inventors in the 19th century to modern radio, interactive displays really let visitors get a hands on experience.

Visit The Museum of the History of Science, a department of the University of Oxford, which houses a collection of early scientific instruments in the world’s oldest surviving purpose-built museum building. It features a display on Penicillin's development in Oxford in the 1940s as well as a blackboard used by Albert Einstein during his lectures while visiting Oxford in 1931.

Bath is a unique and beautiful city. The Romans turned it into England’s first spa resort and brilliant architects created the Neo-Classical facades that fill the city and recall its Georgian and Victorian golden age. Jane Austen lived here and the peaceful beauty of the city inspired several of her works.

Discover Bath, England’s elegant Georgian spa city once famed for its healing waters and social life. Explore the remarkably preserved Roman Baths, built around natural hot springs nearly two thousand years ago. Visit Bath Abbey, known for its magnificent fan-vaulted ceiling and intricate stone carvings, and see Pulteney Bridge, lined with shops and admired for its graceful 18th-century design inspired by Florence’s Ponte Vecchio.

Visit prehistoric Stonehenge, built in 3,000 BC, a mysterious monument of four concentric rings of hefty stones, believed to be a sacred place of worship or some type of calendar.

Visit Salisbury Cathedral, one of Britain’s finest examples of medieval architecture. Admire its graceful design and the tallest spire in the country. Inside the 13th-century Chapter House, see one of four surviving original copies of the Magna Carta, displayed beneath its elegant octagonal ceiling.

London is the largest city in Europe: quite a feat, considering it’s on a relatively small island. Its location is perfect for an administrative, communications, and trade center, as the Romans realized when they founded their city here in AD 43. London is filled with countless historic and cultural treasures that meld seamlessly into an exciting, contemporary city. In London, the cost of public transport is included for all group sightseeing. Escorted by your Tour Director, you’ll be able to experience the city in the same manner as the locals.

Thames River, Trafalgar Square, National Gallery visit, Piccadilly Circus, Covent Garden, Leicester Square

Enjoy a Thames River Cruise, a relaxing way to view many of London's most magnificent sights. Our trip will take us past the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben and under the famous Tower Bridge.

Ready for some mental floss? Wrap your brain around climate change in the atmosphere gallery. Learn about the mechanics of the first jet engine, the 10,000-year clock and the kind of radio that would’ve kept the Titanic in contact. Visit Alan Turing's exhibit that takes a close look at wartime codebreaking at Bletchley Park. Want to get even deeper? Find out what makes you, you, in a hands-on exhibit examining personality, intelligence and language.

Today we will visit the Faraday Museum, located within the Royal Institute. Over the last 200 years the Royal Institute has been home to famous scientists whose discoveries have shapedthe modern world: Humphry Davy's miners' safety lamp; Michael Faraday's work on electromagnetic induction; John Tyndall's discovery of the greenhouse effect. While exploring the Faraday Museum, don't miss the magnetic laboratory, displayed as it was in the 1850s and sits opposite of a current state-of-the-art nanotechnology laboratory.

The Royal Observatory was first founded in 1675 as a place for King Henry VIII’s Astronomer Royal to perfect the art of navigation. Explore the exhibits displaying 17th century astronomical instruments, unveil the mysteries of the universe in the interactive astronomy exhibit and see the largest telescope of its kind in England housed in the great domed building next to the observatory.

Participate in a specialized workshop on a topic of interest in the area of Physics or Mathematics while in London.

This evening, students make their final entries in their Reflection Journals, sharing key observations and perspectives gained throughout their travel experience and considering how these insights will remain relevant as they return home.