All About STEM RESOURCES

There are lots of resources all over the internet to help you plan effective STEM teaching. Here we have collected together what we think are the most useful. Tell us if we've missed anything.

CREST Resources: National Numeracy Day

This year, National Numeracy Day takes place on the 19th of May and you can celebrate with CREST! That’s right, whether you’re a teacher in school or a parent at home there are plenty of ideas to excite your learners about maths! National Numeracy has so ...

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Creating Careers: Videos & Resources

The Liverpool City Region Careers Hub has added new videos to their employer series, Creating Careers. Each film includes student resources to complete before, during and after each session. If students are watching on-demand and have any questions they can send them ...

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Looking for STEM Funding?

We like to do the work so you don’t have to. If you’re looking for funding to help with STEM projects like CREST Awards, STEM Clubs or investigative activities, look no further – here’s a handy list! All offers are subject to terms and conditions. ...

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CREST: Gold Award for 16+

Did you know that during a CREST Gold Award learners hone their investigative skills and employ scientific methods to conduct their own piece of research? Stretch your 16+ students with a long-term, open-ended project! Find out more, take a look at the resources & ...

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STEM Clubs Week: Resources & Competition

Save the date for STEM Clubs Week 2021! We’re so excited to hear that STEM Clubs Week 2021 will take place on 21 – 25 June, with a theme of Sport and Exercise. This free, week-long, virtual event is a celebration of STEM Clubs across ...

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ASK About Apprenticeships: Resources

All About STEM is working in Cheshire, Warrington, Knowsley & Wirral to help make sure that schools, colleges and their students are fully informed about the brilliant opportunities that apprenticeships offer. Since March 2017 All About STEM has delivered the (ASK) Apprenticeship Support ...

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CREST: Primary Projects

CREST offer fantastic Star & Superstar Awards for primary learners but did you know that along with their projects, they offer accredited activities from other partners? Your students can work towards a CREST Award using resources from any or all of these organisations! Take a ...

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Amazing Apprenticeships: Parent Packs

If you’re a parent looking to advise your teens about career options, Amazing Apprenticeships are offering downloadable booklets packed with information each month. All previous resources are also available from their library. Take a look...

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CREST: Primary & Secondary – Low Equipment Resources

Did you know that CREST offer a full set of low equipment / low resource activities? At this time, flexibility is paramount. These STEM projects have been selected specifically to support educators in finding CREST project ideas that require little equipment ...

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Atkins: Net Zero Superheroes Challenge

Atkins is launching a new STEM competition aimed at students in Years 7-10 to help them understand the challenges of meeting ‘Net Zero’ from an engineering perspective. The ‘Net Zero Superheroes’ competition aims to encourage pupils to learn about Net Zero, with ...

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Games Careers

Games Careers Week is a celebration of games careers with diversity at its heart. The festival involves over 75 organisations offering nationwide events aimed at young people, parents, learners, teachers, and job-seekers. Discover events near you and the inspirational schemes offered ...

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Planning Tool: CREST in the Secondary Curriculum

Discover how to build practical CREST projects into the science curriculum using this fantastic new mapping resource – an essential tool for easy lesson planning! As secondary students settle back into the classroom, there’s no better time to reconnect them with ...

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World Water Day: Resources

Celebrate World Water Day with CREST Awards & Practical Action! World Water Day is held each year on the 22nd of March. The day focuses on the importance of fresh water and raises awareness of the 2.2 billion people living without access to safe water. ...

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International Day of Mathematics: Resources & Activities

The International Day of Mathematics (IDM) is a worldwide celebration of maths taking place on the 14th of March. All countries are invited to participate through activities for both students and the general public in schools, museums, libraries and other spaces. We’ve brought ...

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Pi Day: Resources & Activities

Pi Day is celebrated alongside the International Day of Mathematics on March 14th (3/14). Pi (Greek letter “π”) is the symbol used in mathematics to represent a constant — the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter — which is approximately ...

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6 Week STEM Club Resources: All About STEM & Shaping Futures

Who said a STEM Club has to run every week? Who said the same students have to attend each session? No-one! That’s why we came up with our Six Week STEM Club Programme, which is exactly what it says on the tin! It’s a ...

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6 Week STEM Club Resources: All About STEM & The Royal Air Force

To celebrate their partnership, All About STEM and The Royal Air Force are launching a Space themed range of 6 Week STEM Club Resources. “Learners can build a lunar Base Camp, land an Egg’naut, design rockets and satellites and investigate the heat ...

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Inspiration Station: British Science Week Resources 2021

Each year, British Science Week creates a nationwide celebration of science, technology, engineering and maths for people of all ages with thousands of events and activities taking place across the length and breadth of the country. You can plan your school celebration in ...

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All About STEM: Summer STEM Activities!

If you’ve been following us on Twitter, you’ll know that throughout lockdown we’ve been sharing our activity-packed Inspiration Stations. Well the fun doesn’t stop because term ends, it’s holiday time and we’re bringing you new sensational #SummerSTEM every day! If you want to ...

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Women You Should Know: STEM Role Model Posters

Now at the end of its second season, Nevertheless, a podcast that tells the stories of women who are transforming teaching and learning through technology, commissioned another four female illustrators from South America, Africa, the Middle East and China to create ...

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Home & School Learning: All About STEM Inspiration Station

During lockdown, we've shared over 60 pages of recommended home & school resources to support parents & teachers - fun activities, competitions, virtual tours, videos, ideas, awards and more! We’ve also listed printables, clips & downloads to promote positivity, mindfulness and ...

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World Book Day: Resources, Ideas & STEM Books!

Celebrate World Book Day in school or at home with these sensational activities & resources. If you’re looking specifically for STEM or STEAM subjects, we’ve highlighted those too. Click here for World Book Day Resources & Ideas Let’s celebrate World Book Day with some super STEM & ...

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CREST Primary Projects – At a Glance

CREST is a STEM enrichment programme for young people that inspires, enables and rewards open ended project work. As North West Regional CREST Support Organisation, teachers ask us ‘what does each project cover?’ So we thought we would spotlight all of the fun ...

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Science & STEM Clubs: Resources, Ideas & CREST Awards

If you’re looking for inspiration for your Science or STEM Club, we have plenty of resources for you and new projects from CREST Awards! Click here for activities, session plans, teacher guides, experiments, ideas & more...

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I’m A Scientist: Free Debate Kit

YES! I’m a Scientist, is back for British Science Week this March and they have new opportunities to get involved for students, teachers & STEM ambassadors. I’m a Scientist, Get me out of here is an online STEM engagement competition that gets people ...

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CREST Awards: Run a CREST Discovery Day in School

CREST Discovery Awards offer an introduction to real project work and give students the freedom to run their own investigations. They can be completed in one day, with students working together in self-managed groups. Find out more  

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STEM Learning: Competitions & Challenges

Getting students involved in competitions and challenges is a fantastic way of engaging them with STEM subjects, whilst building their confidence, teamwork and practical skills. STEM Learning offers a dedicated section of their website to competitions & challenges. Find out more...

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Schools: Start the new year with CREST Awards!

The CREST Awards scheme is the British Science Association’s flagship programme for young people, providing a flexible STEM project framework that inspires and engages 5 to 19 year olds. If you’re a teacher, you can discover how simple it is to run CREST ...

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Apprenticeships: Free Downloadable Posters!

Amazing Apprenticeships offer a collection of ‘free to download’ posters for schools & colleges to engage & inform young people on apprenticeship opportunities. Click here to find out more...

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Resources: Celebrate Tim Peake’s Space Launch in School!

On the 15th of December 2015, UK Astronaut Tim Peake launched successfully into space from Baikonur Cosmodrome on board Soyuz TMA-19M. With the anniversary of this momentous event just days away, we’ve brought together a collection of resources & activities ...

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STEM Learning: 12 Resources of ChristMATHS!

Looking for Christmas maths activities? STEM Learning’s gift to you is a collection of the best Christmas-themed mathematics resources to get your students really thinking about mathematics in the festive period. Find out more...

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UN International Day of Persons with Disabilities – Funding, Resources & Events

All About STEM supports inclusion and equality for all! The 3rd of December is the official date for the UN International Day of Persons with Disabilities. This year, IDPD focuses on the ’empowerment of persons with disabilities for inclusive, equitable and sustainable development’. This ...

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CREST Awards: Run a Discovery Day in School

CREST Discovery Awards offer an introduction to real project work and give students the freedom to run their own investigations. They can be completed in one day, with students (11-14) working together in self-managed groups. The Challenge Students work in groups to solve ...

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Design & Technology Resources: Inspired by Space!

This collection of resources takes a look at these space-inspired materials and finds out more about them and how they are used both in space and back on Earth.’ Resources available include Smart Materials, Modern Materials & Technical Textiles. Find out more...

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Maths Week England

Maths Week takes place from the 11th to the 16th of November & aims to provide young people in England with a positive image of mathematics Along with resources & posters for schools, Maths Week England have four awesome online competitions ...

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ESERO: Run Your Own Space Week!

The European Space Education Resource Office for the UK (ESERO-UK) have a fantastic new guide on offer – Plan & Run Your Own Space Week! The guide describes everything you need to do to have a fantastic space-themed week in your ...

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STEM Learning: Happy Halloween!

“Halloween offers some great opportunities to create a creepy classroom through some spooky STEM activities.” STEM Learning’s new resources are all treat & no trick, everything your learners need for a ghoulish good time! Click here for the full list...

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World Science Day for Peace & Development

Established by UNESCO in 2002, the World Science Day for Peace and Development is an annual event that takes place on the 10th of November. “The aim of the day is to show how science is relevant to our daily ...

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Resources: Tomorrow’s Engineers Week

Tomorrow's Engineers Week provides a unique opportunity for engineers, employers, universities and schools to showcase how engineers working in all sectors are on a mission to make the world a better place. Click here to download the TEWEEK toolkit, watch the ...

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World Food Day: Activities

World Food Day is a day of action dedicated to tackling global hunger. Held annually on 16th October, people from around the world come together to declare their commitment to eradicate worldwide hunger. Click here for the official FAO activity book ...

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Rail Week: Events & Resources

Rail Week celebrates the diverse and rewarding career opportunities available across the rail sector. It is a pioneering initiative which brings the rail industry closer to schools, teachers, career advisers and students. We have brought together a comprehensive list of ...

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Cyber Security Month: Resources

Cyber Security Month is the EU’s annual awareness campaign that takes place each October across Europe. The aim is to raise awareness of cybersecurity threats, promote cybersecurity among citizens and organizations; and provide resources to protect themselves online, through education ...

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NEW: NCCE Computing Hub for Merseyside & Warrington!

In July Priestley College was successful in their bid to become a regional Computing Hub, based at Beamont Collegiate Academy in a new, bespoke STEM Centre. As a Computing Hub they will be providing local, responsive and tailored support that is ...

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NEW App: Find STEM Ambassador activities near you!

The new STEM Ambassador app is out now. Find activities near you and contact organisers on the go. The STEM Ambassador app makes it even easier to find nearby volunteering opportunities. Notifications and the ‘add to calendar’ function allows you to easily ...

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WISE: My Skills My Life – Careers Resource

My Skills My Life is a resource, developed by WISE, to be used by young people to discover careers suited to their personality types. Students can complete the activity online or by using the paper resource (downloadable). Once their quiz is ...

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Amazing Apprenticeships: Monthly Parent Packs

If you’re a parent looking to advise your teens about career options, Amazing Apprenticeships are offering downloadable booklets packed with information every month! Find out more...

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Recycle Week Resources!

Recycle Week is a celebration of recycling, organised by WRAP via Recycle Now. The aim of the week is to encourage the public to recycle more, by demonstrating the benefits of recycling items from all around the home. Click here for our ...

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Careers & Enterprise Company: Gatsby Benchmark Toolkits

The Careers & Enterprise Company links schools and colleges to employers and helps them deliver world class careers support for all young people. They offer a fantastic selection of resources including their FREE Gatsby Benchmark Toolkits for schools, SEND schools ...

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Tomorrow’s Engineers: Meet the Future You! (App)

A brand new quiz from Tomorrow’s Engineers, Meet the Future You asks young people questions about their skills and interests to identity different areas of engineering they might enjoy working in in the future. More...

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CREST Awards: Teacher Guides

The CREST Awards scheme is the British Science Association’s flagship programme for young people, providing a flexible STEM project framework that inspires and engages 5 to 19 year olds. During a CREST Award project, students take on the roles of scientists, ...

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All About STEM on Pinterest: STEM Resources for all Seasons!

Need STEM ideas, activities & resources? Check out all of our amazing Pinterest boards! We've categorised hundreds of STEM activities into seasons, events & themes, so you don't have to! Click here to take a look...

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BrioVR: Virtual Reality in Education – A Teacher’s Guide

How can teachers adapt to keep their pupils engaged in learning? This guide is designed to help education professionals learn more about an emerging technology, which is proving to increase student involvement, focus, and overall performance in the academic environment. "We have ...

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New School Year: Start a 6 Week STEM Club!

If you’d love to run a STEM Club but the thought of planning a new club activity for every week of the school year just seems like a bridge too far, then our Six Week STEM Club Programme could be ...

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CREST Awards (Primary): DNA & World Around You Challenges

CREST is a STEM enrichment programme for young people that inspires, enables and rewards open ended project work. CREST has a phenomenal library of FREE resources for all ages along with accredited resources from partnering organisations. The Wellcome Genome Campus has ...

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British Science Week: Activity Packs

CREST & The British Science Association have just announced that the theme for their British Science Week 2020 activity packs and poster competition is ‘Our diverse planet’. The packs are filled with ideas & resources and are always a HUGE ...

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Amazing Apprenticeships: Parent Pack

Amazing Apprenticeships have just shared the Apprenticeships August Parents Pack! This packed edition includes practical ways to help your child feel less overwhelmed about career choices, how to best use a break from studying, advice for the first day in a new ...

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STEM Learning Magazine: Teaching & Learning for Primary, Secondary & More!

The STEM Learning magazines draw on the expertise of the National STEM Learning Network. Each term they offer you engaging, useful information, ideas and resources with insight from experts across the Network and teaching colleagues from across the UK. You ...

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Biology Week 2019: Resources

Now in its eight year, Biology Week will see events take place all over the world that celebrate biology, get more people involved and aware of the subject, and encourages as many people as possible to embrace their enthusiasm for ...

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Roald Dahl Day: CREST Project Ideas

Roald Dahl Day 2019: CREST Project Ideas Roald Dahl Day takes place on the 13th of September to celebrate and commemorate the wonderful work of Roald Dahl, his writing, characters and stories. In the spirit of Roald’s amazing story, George & his ...

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Black Sea Maritime Archaeology Project

Welcome on board the Black Sea Maritime Archaeology Project! The Black Sea Maritime Archaeology Project are offering free resources for teachers, community groups and archaeology communicators to inspire pupils with real-world STEM and introduce them to careers they may not realise ...

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STEM Learning: STEM Resources for all!

STEM Learning's website is home to thousands of free-to-access, quality-assured resources to support the teaching and learning of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) subjects. There are resources for Primary, Secondary, STEM Clubs, Higher Education, Technicians, Ambassadors, Teachers, the list is endless... Click ...

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NEW CREST Award Projects for Primary & Secondary Schools

YES! CREST has NEW resources & guides to get you started & your students excited about their STEMsational projects! CREST is a STEM enrichment programme for young people that inspires, enables and rewards open ended project work. The levels are non-sequential ...

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National Centre for Computing Education: Helping You Teach Computers!

To meet the growing demand for digital skills, the National Centre for Computing Education has been set up to make a significant contribution to the teaching of computing education throughout England. “We support the teaching of computing in schools and colleges ...

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The Parents Guide to Internet Safety, Security and Screen Time for Kids

"It’s getting harder and harder for our kids to just be kids. Smartphones, TV, video games, social media and the Internet as a whole is quickly consuming the lives of our kids by getting in the way of real life ...

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Engineering – School Holiday Resources

Discover the wonderful world of engineering & download the Holiday Makers fun STEM projects! There are plenty of free, family friendly engineering inspired activities to choose from & they are great for the school holidays. Every project can be completed at ...

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Tomorrow’s Engineers Week: Teacher Toolkit

Details for Tomorrow’s Engineers Week 2019 (4-8 November 2019, #TEWeek19) have been announced, focusing on the impact engineers make on the nation’s health and wellbeing. The Week provides a unique opportunity for engineers, employers, universities and schools to showcase how engineers ...

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Get started with Astronomy on budget!

This guide was created by Claire who has been studying the sky in her free time for the last eight years and Daniel who started just over one year ago. Both Claire and Daniel hope you find this guide to getting ...

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Apprenticeships: Find Apprenticeships & Resources

Amazing Apprenticeships have everything you need to know if you're looking for an apprenticeship. Resources, find an apprenticeship, vacancy snapshot, live broadcasts and so much more! Click here to take a look...   All About STEM: We can help your school with careers & ...

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Careers: How to become an accountant

Dolan Accountancy: Here's a fantastic online resource for anyone interested in becoming an accountant! If you have a head for numbers, becoming an accountant is an excellent career choice. Accountants are always in demand, command high salaries, and are able to find ...

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British Science Week 2019: Everything you need!

The British Science Association have three British Science Week activity packs for your students to enjoy. A selection of the projects can be put towards a CREST Award too! If that's not enough... we've added BSW resources from STEM Learning. Don't ...

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STEM Learning: Network Rail resources for British Science Week

British Science Week 2019 is all about journeys, so it is the perfect time to release a brand new set of resources developed with Network Rail. From designing a pantograph, to tackling the problem of leaves on the line, you can ...

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Celebrate Roald Dahl Day!

Roald Dahl Day celebrates and commemorates the wonderful work of Roald Dahl, his writing, characters and stories. Here's a list of activities that are as marvellous as George's medicine! Science themed resources, literacy, art and more…  

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RHS: I Can Grow – Free Inspiration Pack!

The Royal Horticultural Society's 'I Can Grow' project is a chance for young people to discover and explore the benefits of gardening, not only to them, but also to their local community and the wider world. I Can Grow is designed ...

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Practical Action: CREST Awards news & resources

Strengthening its links to the British Science Association’s CREST award scheme Practical Action has two new exciting pieces of news! Firstly, it has a new area on its website, highlighting which of its materials are accredited for which level of CREST ...

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All About STEM & Cyber Prevent Police: Cyber Safety Resources

All About STEM are working with the Cyber Prevent Police Team to spread the word on Cyber Safety.  Did you know that the average age of a person who commits a crime is 35? Did you know that the average age of ...

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Science 4 Society: Food Cards – Nutrition Resources

Science 4 Society's new Food Cards are now available to download! Compare the nutritional information for a range of foods - as well as their water and carbon footprints. Click for more...

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Internet Safety: Safety Snakes Resources

The Barefoot Computing Project has just launched a new set of free teacher resources, Safety Snakes. It’s aimed at showing the power of computational thinking in keeping young people safe online. Take a look at the 2 minute film that shows ...

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British Science Week 2018 Activity Packs

The British Science Week theme is 'exploration and discovery' and the activity packs for 2018 are now live! Packs encourage young people to think about everyday discoveries and how they affect their lives by exploring science in the world all around ...

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As Creatives: Activities & Resources

Happy 10th Birthday to As Creatives! They're celebrating with some sensational activities over the coming months, take a look... they have numerous resources too! As Creatives believe more than ever in the power of the arts to transform lives, fuelled by their ...

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The IET: STEM Resources & IET Faraday Challenge

Bring STEM learning to life in your classroom! The IET has FREE curriculum-linked resources to help you deliver inspirational and interactive lessons for science, maths, design & technology and computing. Resources can be filtered by subject, age range, activity duration, Key Stage ...

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STEM Ambassador Laura Bonnet: Statistics Outreach Activities

Our amazing STEM Ambassador & Post-Doctoral Fellow Laura Bonnet has produced a selection of brand new statistics outreach activities on behalf of the Royal Statistical Society. Great fun for maths classes, STEM Clubs and more... STEM Ambassador Laura Bonnet: ‘How to always ...

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Primary Resources: BP Science Explorers!

BP Educational Service have launched Science Explorers! A flexible collection of primary resources to help you run a fun Science Day or Week for your class or the whole school – whether you have a science background or not. Science Explorers ...

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Adventures at Sea – Primary Resources

This fun, free online resource is designed to raise aspirations while introducing children to the Merchant Navy. It revolves around eight core STEM activities that require children to design, build, launch, load and propel their ships. Each of the activities are supplemented ...

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FACT Education Pack: The New Observatory

Visit the FACT website here. Free, drop-in / FACT Education Pack: The New Observatory Designed for schools and educators visiting FACT for The New Observatory, the Education Pack includes an info on the artwork, as well as a learning objectives, gallery discussions and ...

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STEM Learning Secondary Resources

Here's four of our favourite Secondary Resources from STEM Learning, check out their resources library for more! The Scratch Patch Combining physics with computer programming, this guide helps students to create a simulation of the projectile motion of a cannon ball. A Level ...

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BBC Terrific Scientific Resources!

The latest activity in BBC Terrific Scientific’s calendar is all about trees and includes a range of topical resources, as well as a step by step guide to conducting a tree investigation. Annabelle & Yousef investigate trees How to investigate ...

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National Careers Week 2017: FREE Resources & Career Assemblies for all years!

National Careers Week is a celebration of careers guidance and free resources in education across the UK. The aim is to provide a focus for careers guidance activity at an important stage in the academic calendar to help support young ...

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Safer Internet Centre: Be Safe Online

To celebrate Safer Internet Day, the UK Safer Internet Centre are inviting you to ‘Be the change’ and help make the internet a better place. At the UK Safer Internet Centre, you can find e-safety tips, advice and resources to help ...

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I’m a Scientist, Get Me Out of Here: Debate Kits

I'm a Scientist, Get Me Out of Here have a fantastic selection of STEM related debate kits. Subjects range from Drugs in Sport to a Mission to Mars.  These are sensational resources that will really get your students talking! Find out more...

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STEM Learning Magazine: Primary, Secondary & Post 16

Published termly and supporting the primary, secondary and further education sector, these insightful magazines contain interviews, features, news, and tips on teaching and learning in STEM related subjects. The STEM Learning magazines pull the expertise of the National STEM Learning Centre ...

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Chester Zoo: STEM Learning Resources

Chester Zoo have an amazing archive of resources covering Science, Technology, Engineering & Maths. As you would expect, the activities are interactive, colourful and fun. Everything from conservation projects and animal fact-files, to yoghurt pot bird feeders - fantastic! Click here to ...

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Manchester Airports Group: STEM Resources & Competitions!

Building on the success of their Secondary Dragons' Den competition Manchester Airports Group have developed a Primary Apprentice Competition which will be open to up to 20 schools. They also have numerous STEM resources available as part of their new outreach. Primary Apprentice ...

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The British Science Association: Youth Grand Challenges

The British Science Association has recently launched their Youth Grand Challenges supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The project calls on students aged 11 - 19 to come up with innovative solutions that have the potential to change the world, ...

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British Science Association : British Science Week 2017 – FREE Activity Packs!

The British Science Association activity packs for British Science Week 2017 have just been released! Featuring resources from partner organisations such as BBC Terrific Scientific, the Royal Society of Chemistry and the Food Teacher's Centre, the packs are a perfect starting-point ...

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FREE Secondary Maths Resources: SMILE Cards

SMILE (Secondary Mathematics Individualised Learning Experiment) is a series of practical activities based around a network of activity cards and assessments. The cards were organised so that each student followed their own path through the work which was recorded on a ...

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STEM Learning: The twelve resources of ChristMATHS

The National STEM Learning Centre and Network have a Christmas present for you. It's a collection of the best Christmas-themed mathematics resources to get your students really thinking about maths in the festive period! 1. The 12 days of Christmas 2. The Royal Institution Christmas ...

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Maths: Primary & Secondary ‘Tax Facts’ Programme from HMRC

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has recently launched a new tax education programme for primary and secondary school children. The programmes contain exercises and resources that can be used by teachers in mathematics lessons, to show how maths principles apply in the ...

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NCETM: NEW Primary Maths Lesson Videos

The National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics has just published three new sets of videos, each showing a primary maths lesson that displays elements of teaching for mastery. Each of the three lessons is split into a collection ...

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Earn Crest Awards from The British Science Association

The CREST Awards scheme is the British Science Association’s flagship programme for young people, providing science enrichment activities to inspire and engage 5-to-19-year olds. It is the only nationally recognised accreditation scheme for project work in science, technology, engineering and mathematics ...

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STEM Learning: FREE Resource eLibrary

This incredible resource collection from STEM Learning is free to use, quality assured and can be filtered by age, subject and type, so you can easily find the exact support you need before your next Ambassador activity.  If you’ve created ...

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CREST: FREE STEM Inspirational Ideas Booklet

CREST is turning 30, and to celebrate they have released a brand new resource booklet entitled ’30 Inspirational Ideas’. Available to download for free, the resource gathers together some of the best STEM ideas from over the last 30 years and features ...

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Take the Alu D&T Challenge!

The Alu D&T Challenge is the aluminium industry’s online teaching resource for 11-14 year olds.  The free teaching materials are linked to the Design & Technology curriculum and provide teachers with lesson plans, PowerPoint presentations and videos to help bring the ...

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Institute of Physics: STEM Club Resources

The Institute of Physics have a sensational selection of Science & STEM resources. There's even a FREE activity pack for STEM Clubs! Click here to take a look... The Institute of Physics is a leading scientific membership society working to advance physics ...

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Technology Education: Free STEM Resources

Technology Education have a fantastic selection of STEM resources on their website (both international & UK). Click here to take a look...

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WaterAid: Free VR Headset & Resources

WaterAid have some STEM-sational learning resources available for home or school. Here's a selection suitable for Primary & Secondary children: Your pupils could read about WaterAid in the community of Kharelthok, Nepal, but isn't it better for them to live it ...

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The IET: Women In STEM Infographic

The Institution of Engineering & Technology have created a useful and informative infographic about Women in STEM. Facts & figures, career areas and more! Click here to download...

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MidKent College: The Importance of English & Maths

MidKent College has produced a step-by-step interactive guide titled: Understanding the Importance of English & Maths in Education & Beyond It's an inspirational tool for students contemplating further education or their career. Take a look...  

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BBC Skillswise: Maths & English Games – For Students, Adults & Work

The BBC Skillswise website has introduced a fantastic range of English & Maths for Work resources. There's maths & literacy games too and a section for adult learners. Click here to take a look...

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National Numeracy: Advice for STEM Ambassadors

National Numeracy aims to spread positive messages about maths to school and college students (and their parents) across the UK. They have put together a useful one-page document full of guide practice, tips and advice for STEM Ambassadors when talking ...

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F1 In Schools Learning Channel: FREE STEM Resources

The F1 In Schools Learning Channel comprises of eight modules with a number of videos in each. Students can view a set of over 50 short films focusing on the STEM Challenge itself: - Business - Design - Data Analysis - Manufacture - Testing - Constant ...

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The IET: BBC micro:bit FREE Resources

The IET Education Team have developed a new suite of resources covering 13 separate topics to help you to introduce the BBC micro:bit to your students. Each of these free resources include a starter/introduction, main and extension activity as well as ...

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I’m a Scientist Get me out of here: Free Debate Kits

I'm a Scientist Get me out of here are offering free Science Debate Kits as part of their ongoing online events. The Science Debate Kits develop students’ discussion skills around scientific issues. They contain 8 debate cards outlining the opinions of fictional characters with an interest ...

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Medical Mavericks: How to become a nurse?

The Medical Mavericks are creating a series of fun medical career posters FREE! Each one has career options, qualifications required and the various routes available. They're great for careers workshops, lessons, STEM Clubs, teaching sessions and more... keep your eyes peeled, there ...

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Download: The Salters’ Chemistry Club Handbooks

The Salters' Chemistry Club Handbooks 1 and 2 are a very popular source of activities for teachers to use in chemistry clubs, enrichment activities or open evenings etc. With basic, intermediate and high level worksheets, as well as puzzles and games, there are activities ...

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Tomorrow’s Engineers: Engineering Careers Resource Pack

Tomorrow's Engineers have a fantastic new resource pack, full of useful and interesting facts about engineering careers and routes into engineering, available now. A single pack has been designed to use with a whole class. Each pack contains 3 'What is engineering?' ...

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NASA & STEM Learning Resources: Maths in Space!

We know it can be tricky to find STEM-sational maths resources, so here's two fantastic examples using Space for school children aged 7 - 16. 'Maths in Space' Workshop - STEM Learning A series of three activities exploring the mathematics behind space exploration. ...

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WES Resource List: Engineering Summer Schools

A number of organisations provide science and engineering summer schools for young people who are studying or interested in STEM subjects. The Women's Engineering Society has compiled a list of 2016 summer schools to share with young STEM enthusiasts whether they want ...

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Life Coach Directory: Careers Infographic & Coaching Information

The career advice page on the Life Coach Directory website was created in order to raise awareness of career coaching. It enables visitors to find the most suitable qualified coach for their needs and provides some valuable information for school ...

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Careers Development Institute: Careers, employability and enterprise framework

Here is some useful information covering careers, employability and enterprise education from The Careers Development Institute. Who is this framework for? This framework is for: •  career leaders and other curriculum leaders responsible for planning, reviewing and developing programmes of careers, employability and ...

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Social Mobility Foundation Support for High-Achieving Year 12 Students

Applications for 2016 Social Mobility Foundation Programmes are now open. The Social Mobility Foundation supports ambitious young people from less-privileged backgrounds to access top universities and careers. They run completely free of charge programmes featuring mentoring, internships with top companies, university application ...

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STEM Graduates: STEM Recruitment & Women In STEM Resources

The STEM Graduates website provides recruitment services for Science, IT, Engineering and Maths graduates along with numerous valuable resources. Their 'Women in STEM' section has many useful links. "Whilst we are unable to influence the subjects selected by students, we can focus ...

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Girls In STEM Resources – Science: It’s a people thing!

The Institute of Physics (in partnership with WISE and Intel) have developed a workshop designed to inspire girls about under-represented STEM subjects, such as physics and computer science. The workshop uses role models to encourage small group discussion while exploring gender stereotypes in a comfortable ...

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Royal Society of Biology: Talk Biology – Gopher Labs

Relaunch of TalkBiology September 2015 The Royal Society of Biology has relaunched TalkBiology as an online forum for all those with an interest in the life sciences, including students, teachers, bioscientists in industry and academia, and amateur biologists. Please take a ...

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Airbus Work Experience & Apprenticeship Opportunities

The Airbus Work Experience programme is a new programme aimed at school and college students. It has been developed with the Engineering Development Trust (EDT) as part of the Industrial Cadets scheme. The programme is designed to introduce young people to the ...

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November 2015: I’m An Engineer Get Me Out Of Here!

I’m an Engineer, Get me out of here, is an online event that gets engineers talking to students all over the UK. This November students will have the opportunity to challenge engineers over fast-paced online live chats. They can ask the engineers ...

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BP Ultimate STEM Challenge – Enter Now!

BP's Ultimate STEM Challenge is back, an amazing competition in partnership with the Science Museum and STEMNET. This year, students aged 11-14 across the UK are being challenged to use their Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths skills to develop energy efficient solutions ...

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Win a 3D Printer! Take the Learning Aluminium D&T Challenge

Learning Aluminium draws on the expertise of those who work with aluminium every day. Alu, Alupro and all of the organisations involved want to nurture a greater understanding of the role aluminium plays in everyday life, from building air and space craft to ...

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The Triple Science Support Programme: Free Resource Packs

The National STEM Centre  have joined forces with The Science Learning Network to introduce The Triple Science Support Programme. The programme offers a fantastic set of downloadable resources. "All teachers recognise that some parts of science can be difficult or less exciting to teach and ...

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STEM Careers Resources: WES Expand Your Horizons

The Women's Engineering Society have created a STEM-sational list of career links as part of their 'Expand Your Horizons' initiative. If you have missed their latest leaflet visit their website to find out more here... All links are relevant to both genders. ...

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The Institution of Engineering and Technology: Mersey & Cheshire Events

The Institution of Engineering and Technology work to engineer a better world and you can be part of it! Their mission is to inspire, inform and influence the global engineering community, supporting technological innovation to meet the needs of society. The IET ...

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Schools Affiliate Scheme: Materials, Minerals and Mining

Since the launch of the Schools Affiliate Scheme in 1999, they have produced a different teaching resource every year.  The resources have been in a number of formats including externally published books, posters, materials samples and information cards. In order to ...

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Practical Action Plastics Challenge

Practical Action's free resource contains a series of lessons which are designed to extend students’ knowledge and understanding of plastics and plastic waste on a global scale. Linking to materials and their properties, the environment, recycling and design and technology, ...

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Royal Society of Chemistry: Funding and Resources

Outreach Fund Are you aware the RSC are offering financial support to those wanting to run chemistry based activities? Details of the Outreach Fund can be found here... Learn Chemistry Partnership The Learn Chemistry Partnership is free for schools to join and free RSC ...

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Royal Society of Chemistry’s Outreach Fund

The RSC Outreach Fund provides financial support to individuals and organisations in order to enable them to run chemistry-based events and activities for public audiences. Through the fund the Royal Society of Chemistry can support members, and other advocates, to ...

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Farming and Countryside Education (FACE)

Farming and Countryside Education (FACE) believes that all children should have access to the countryside so that they are prepared as leaders and consumers of a future in which over 9 billion people will need to be fed. FACE works ...

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Careers Guidance: New Resources

The Government have just released a new range of Careers Guidance, if you work in the field they’re a valuable resource. “Every child should leave school prepared for life in modern Britain. This means ensuring academic rigour supported by excellent teaching, ...

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Astra Zeneca Apprenticeship Open Evening Info Letter

Download the info letter to send home with your pupils so parents/guardians can book places on the Astra Zeneca Apprenticeship Open Evening event! AZ Open eve info letter (full colour PDF) AZ Open eve info letter (black & white) (PDF) Click here to book places!

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Free ‘Maths to Model Biology’ Resources

SiMPLE @ CoMPLEX are a group of research students at University College London. They are passionate about using maths to study biology, something they want to share with the next generation of scientists! The team have recently developed a lesson pack aimed at ...

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National Women in Engineering Day

National Women in Engineering Day 23 June 2015 National Women in Engineering Day (NWED) was set up by the Women’s Engineering Society (WES) in 2014 to encourage more girls to consider engineering as a career. Promoting engineering amongst girls will not only ...

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NHS North West Healthcare Science Network

The NHS North West Healthcare Science Network is a professional network created in 2004 to support, promote, develop and represent the Healthcare Science workforce of over 7000 Healthcare Scientists in the North West. The network represents over 45 different specialisms of ...

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As Creatives – STEAM Creative Learning Programmes & Teacher CPD

As Creatives specialise in designing and delivering creative learning programmes that make learning extraordinary! As Creatives work in schools to design and deliver arts based, cross-curricular, creative learning programmes for children and young people and professional development for teachers.  Their programmes are proven ...

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Sellafield Design Engineering Apprenticeship Scheme Now Open

The Sellafield Design Engineering Apprenticeship Scheme is now open, this scheme includes positions in Civil & Structural, CE & I and Mechanical Engineering. To apply for this role, you will require a minimum of 5 GCSEs – 4 at grade C ...

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Engineering UK 2015: The State of Engineering

Engineering UK 2015 The State of Engineering is now available for digital download. This is a fantastic reference document for all things related to Engineering Careers, Schools and Higher/Further Education. There are two overriding messages from the report. Firstly, that engineering ...

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Schools STEM Funding Guide: Apply Now!

Need funding for an upcoming project or idea or perhaps you’re unaware of the options available? Take a look through this list and you could be doing something STEM-sational this term! Heritage Lottery – Young Roots Deadline: Continuous
Amount: £10,000 to £50,000 Young Roots ...

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Code.org: Learn Coding Through Games!

The first Hour of Code in the UK had over 3 million participants, with overwhelming feedback from students, teachers, and parents. "I saw fireworks go off over students' heads, not lightbulbs." - Teacher "Best educational product I’ve ever come across" - Parent/entrepreneur "I have ...

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UK Space Agency: Train Like An Astronaut

Train Like an Astronaut  2015 – call for students. Thousands of UK students are about to embark on a unique mission to train like an astronaut and boost their health and fitness, with the launch of Mission X 2015. Schools can register ...

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STEM Directories

STEM Online Directories have been created in direct response to teachers needs. They comprise a collection of schemes and activities provided by organisations from across the UK that aim to enhance and enrich the curriculum. These schemes are usually based ...

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The BLOODHOUND Project

The BLOODHOUND Project,  is the engineering adventure for the 21st century. The United Kingdom has long been famed for its engineering heritage, but in recent years we have had little to shout about, until now! The primary objective of the Project ...

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The SmallPeice Trust

The Smallpeice Trust is an independent educational charity that runs hands-on Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) activities and exciting engineering courses for pupils in Years 6-12. They also deliver Teacher Training Days to bring STEM to life in the classroom. Resources include: Careers resources on a range of ...

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British Science Association

The British Science Association are the UK's nationwide, open membership organisation, which provides opportunities for people of all ages to learn about, discuss and challenge the sciences and their implications. The British Science Association's range of Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths ...

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STEM Challenges

The STEM Challenges were ten extension activities inspired by London 2012. Each one was run as a competition and focussed on a different aspect of the preparations or the event itself. They provided a contextual and cross-curricular approach to studying the STEM subjects at ...

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Royal Academy of Engineers

The Royal Academy of Engineers aims to support the best teaching of engineering so that businesses get the high calibre engineers and technicians that they need. Education Resources include: Support Resources with downloadable careers resources Activity Resources with downloadable sheets with quick and easy ...

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4 x 4 in Schools Technology Challenge

The Land Rover 4×4 in Schools Technology Challenge is an enhancement and enrichment STEM initiative that gives young people an insight of what it takes to become an engineer.   The 4×4 in Schools Technology Challenge is a challenge aimed at key ...

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Classroom Medics

Classroom Medics visit schools across the UK with exciting hands on workshops that bring real medical and sports science equipment into the classroom for pupils to use. The whole aim of Classroom Medics workshops is to inspire the next generation ...

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Maths Outreach Team Liverpool University

The University of Liverpool Maths Outreach Team is a group of staff and students committed to providing interactive and enriching mathematics to school pupils from Year 1 up to Year 13. They run masterclasses, road shows and quizzes and can visit ...

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UK Association for Science & Discovery Centres – Funding Support

The Association for Science and Discovery Centres in conjunction with STEMNET produced a guide on how to find funding support. Sections include general advice on fundraising that you can do in school along with a database of funders. The resources include ...

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Vauxhall Manufacturing Activity Day

Download Vauxhall Manufacturing Activity Day Poster View video of the Vauxhall team in action at St Basil’s Primary School, Widnes. Are you looking for an INTERACTIVE, INSPIRING and FREE career session for your pupils? For the second year running, undergraduates at Vauxhall Ellesmere ...

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Institute of Physics Public Engagement Grants

The IOP public engagement grant scheme provides up to £1500 to individuals and organisations running physics-based events and activities in the UK and Ireland. The grant scheme has two rounds each year. Potential applicants are encouraged to plan well in advance ...

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Institute of Physics & Science & Technology Facilities Council School Grants

The Science and Technology Facilities Council and the Institute of Physics have set up a small grants scheme designed specifically for schools and colleges.   The scheme will provide up to £500 for projects related to physics and there are three rounds ...

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Ashfield Music Festival [IOP]

Developed by the Institute of Physics (IOP) and the Career Development Organisation (CRAC), Ashfield Music Festival is an activity designed to develop skills in work-related learning and inspire more students to study physics post-16. The activity is a simulation, based ...

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Living Eggs

‘Living Eggs’ is a fun and easy do-it-yourself programme that enable pupils to see chicks actually hatching from their eggs. There is a ‘Teachers’ Resource’ section with hundreds of ready to use activities directly related to the National Curriculum and it ...

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Ingenious Grants – Royal Academy of Engineers

Ingenious is a grant scheme for creative public engagement with engineering projects. If you have an imaginative idea that helps engineers to communicate their expertise and passion for engineering to a wider audience – they want to hear from you. You could ...

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The Ogden Trust

"Established by Sir Peter Ogden in 1999, we are a charitable trust that exists to promote the teaching and learning of physics. We do this by enabling innovative physics teaching to take place in, and collaboratively between, schools, often forging ...

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SciEnts

Find the best science presenter for school assemblies and special events SciEnts brings the very best educational science entertainment shows and presentations direct to your school, venue or event. Unlike other online directories of science performers, theirs are hand-selected by invitation-only ...

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ASE Schoolscience

The Association for Science Education, the UK’s largest subject teaching association, brings you a free website to enrich your teaching and learning in science! Schoolscience.co.uk is sponsored by industrial and research partners who provide free on-line science resources for teachers and students. This site ...

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Farming & Countryside Education [FACE]

Farming and Countryside Education (FACE) is an educational charity which facilitates links between schools and the farming industry so that young people have the opportunity to learn how their food is grown, reared and produced in a sustainable countryside. The FACE ...

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It Makes You Think

Young people engage best with science that touches their own lives, for example in relation to food, health and public debates. Increasingly, their lives are linked with global issues and with people in other parts of the world, and science ...

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Lab in a Lorry

Lab in a Lorry is an interactive mobile science laboratory staffed by practising scientists and engineers. The aim of Lab in a Lorry is to give young people aged 11-14 the opportunity to do experimental science in the way it actually happens; exploratory, accidental, informed ...

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NRICH

On the NRICH website you will find thousands of our free mathematics enrichment materials (problems, articles and games) for teachers and learners from ages 5 to 19 years. All the resources are designed to develop subject knowledge, problem-solving and mathematical thinking skills. There ...

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The Salters Institute

In 1918 the Salters’ Company founded the Salters’ Institute of Industrial Chemistry, initially to assist young chemistry students returning from the war to complete their studies. Today the Salters’ Institute plays a major role in the support of chemistry teaching, the ...

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Practical Action

Practical Action’s free resources include lesson plans, activities, posters, challenges, images, videos and games all set within a global context. There is a wealth of resources that cover activities, STEM careers, challenges and fundraising ideas Some activities on the website are eligible for a Global ...

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Spectroscopy in a Suitcase

The RSC's Spectroscopy in a Suitcase scheme is an outreach activity which gives school students the chance to learn about spectroscopy through hands-on experience. As well as covering the principles of spectroscopic techniques, the activities use real-life contexts to demonstrate ...

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RSC’s Interactive Periodic Table

The Royal Society of Chemistry have produced an interactive periodic table which includes Murray Robertson’s Visual Elements artwork. The elements are displayed in a periodic table with options available to see physical and chemical properties of each of the elements. There are ...

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The Wolfson Foundation

The Wolfson Foundation is a charity that was established in 1955. It aims to support excellence, generally through the funding of capital infrastructure in the fields of science and medicine, health, education and the arts & humanities. The Wolfson Foundation currently ...

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EDT – STEM Enrichment

The EDT is one of the largest provider of STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) enrichment activities for UK youth. Their range of work related learning schemes provide opportunities for 11-21 year olds to enhance their technical, personal and employability skills through industry-led ...

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STEM Toolkit – extra-curricular

The British Science Association has published a new guide for teachers about STEM project work. It is likely to be of most interest to secondary teachers of STEM subjects who use (or would like to use) student-led project work as ...

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National School Observatory

The Schools’ Observatory allows schools to make free use of a professional robotic telescope designed for scientific research. The telescope is located on the island of La Palma in the Canary Islands, and is known as the Liverpool Telescope (LT). The NSO ...

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Network Rail Careers

Over 3,000 people joined Network Rail last year. Find out about career opportunities available with the company on the Careers section of their website, mostly in engineering. This website is not designed for pupils, it lists opportunities and schemes that Network ...

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Visiting CERN

Visiting CERN can be a stimulating experience to inspire pupils to pursue physics. Guided tours and talks are availble You will hear, first hand, about exciting physics and you will see the enormous scale of the enterprise. Unless you see it ...

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Sun Science

Sun Trek is an on-line resource developed with funding from the Science and Technology Facilities Council There are lots of sun related resources available including: Project ideas - for KS3 and KS4 Fun Facts – Alphabetised facts about the sun Gallery of movies and pictures ...

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Future Morph

The Future Morph website provides a massive amount of career information relating to maths, engineering, medicine & science. Resources include games, videos, interviews, fact sheets, activities and more. Information is sorted by age and there is information suitable for teachers, careers ...

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STEM Fairs Toolkit

Ever taken a group of students to a STEM Fair before? Ever though about planning your own STEM Fair event? If so, here’s a useful resource to guide you through the process. The toolkit contains short activities designed to help teachers think ...

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Changing Futures

The ‘Changing Futures’ website – developed by teenagers for teenagers – exploring cystic fibrosis (CF) and gene therapy. This project has been led by Nowgen (a centre for excellence in public engagement, education and training in biomedicine) and supported by the Wellcome ...

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Into Engineering

 The School of Engineering at Liverpool University  aims to interest lower sixth form students, who are undertaking ‘A’ levels in Maths and Physics, to study Engineering at University. The website includes some quiz-type questions and feedback which demonstrates the  background knowledge ...

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Maths Outreach

Liverpool University offers a wide range of outreach activities. Some are run at the University, others are run in school. They cover all ages and abilities. Activities include: Fun maths roadshow -  a pupil-centred workshop with lots of hands on activities Masterclasses and extension ...

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Science Communication CPD activities

The British Science Association is pleased to announce the launch of a FREE new site for those involved in science communication (researchers, professional science communicators and volunteers) to manage their own professional development. The new site (http://cpd.britishscienceassociation.org) allows those wishing to develop ...

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We are Aliens

The National Space Academy programme has produced some new resource, We are Aliens, for  teachers looking for physics, chemistry and biology activities linked to space. Some of the activities might also be of interest to STEM Clubs. The resources have been developed for ...

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I’m a Scientist

I’m a Scientist Get Me out of Here, offer FREE online events that gets your students talking to scientists and engaging in debate. There are a variety of subject matters. If you’d like to take part with your students simply register ...

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Zayed Future Energy Prize

Okehampton School in Devon, have just won the Zayed Future Energy Prize (European Global High School)  in  2013 Well Done!  The award has a grant of US $100,000 for renewable energy projects, and the school will be installing wind turbines.  Perhaps ...

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STEM Directories

The STEM Directories provide information about ways to support and extend your science, engineering, design and mathematics teaching. Some schemes bring exciting activities into your school, others can provide a memorable day out for your students or a nationwide competition ...

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Biochemical Society Scientific Outreach Grants (UK)

The Biochemical Society has announced that grants of up to £1,000 are available to support scientific outreach events that communicate the excitement of molecular bioscience to young people and the community. Applications for funding are invited to assist with the ...

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Wellcome Trust Resources and Grants Scheme

The Wellcome Trust support teachers by providing high-quality contemporary resources that challenge, stimulate and inspire young people in their thinking and engagement with science. They do this through large-scale themed activities, such as the In the Zone experimental kits inspired by the ...

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James Dyson Foundation

The James Dyson Foundation has some resources to help to teach Engineering, they want to excite young people about design and engineering, demystify the design process, and encourage creativity. Whether you’re a teacher or student, their resources will give you an insight ...

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The Primary, Secondary and Advanced Leaders Award for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics)

The Leaders Award for STEM is a Primary Engineer programme open to students from 5 to 19 years old. It is a fantastic way to increase their awareness of the breadth of opportunities open to them within STEM subjects. They help students ...

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ARKive Biodiversity

ARKive (www.arkive.org). Wildscreen works to promote a greater public appreciation of the world’s biodiversity and the conservation of nature, through the power of wildlife imagery.  Over the past year they have also been producing free, curriculum-linked educational resources which can ...

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IET Faraday website

The Institute for Engineering and Technology is a professional organisation aiming to  promote science, engineering and technology across the world. It runs the IET Faraday website with the aim of  introducing a new generation to the sheer excitement of science, technology and ...

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Encouraging University STEM Choices

The National HE STEM Programme has produced a series of ‘Becoming a STEM Enthusiast’ video clips to encourage students to choose STEM subjects at degree level which may be of use with sixth form students. The resource also contains some activity ideas for ...

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BP Free Resources

The BP Educational Service website and resources are available at www.bpes.bp.com/. All the on-line resources are free to use for UK teachers, linked to the curriculum, and highly interactive. There are over 280 videos, animations, on-line experiments, worksheets, teachers notes etc, ...

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Institute of Physics STEM Club Activity Pack

The Institute of Physics produces an activity pack containing physics-based ideas, resources and activities for science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) clubs. The resources are aimed at KS3 after school clubs, but the activities could be adapted to support the curriculum. The ...

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Maths Careers

Maths Careers  The excellent www.mathscareers.org.uk website that shows the usefulness of mathematics for all students aged over 11. They are supplemented that with a newsletter that students can register to receive by signing up by email, or via their schools, colleges, or the wider ...

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I’m an Engineer Get Me Out of Here

I’m an Engineer gets your students talking with engineers, showing them the context of their studies. It’s completely free for schools and takes place online for 2 weeks usually in November, March and June. Your students ASK the engineers questions, live CHAT to them in ...

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Microbiology Society

The Microbiology Society is a membership charity for scientists interested in microbes, their effects and their practical uses. It is one of the largest microbiology societies in Europe with a worldwide membership based in universities, industry, hospitals, research institutes and ...

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Toys From Trash

Toys from Trash lists hundreds of science based toys that can be made from things that you may have lying around. Making these toys can be a STEM club activity in their own right, or maybe they could be part of ...

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Edexcel GCSE Astronomy

The Edexcel GCSE in Astronomy can extend the curriculum and compliment the study of GCE Physics. The specification is designed to: ■ develop their curiosity and enthusiasm for astronomy and to take an informed interest in current astronomical investigations, discoveries and space exploration ■ acquire ...

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GCSE Computer Science

The specifications for GCSE Computer Science can be taught from September 2013. Click below for the full details. Edexcel GCSE Computer Science AQA GCSE Computer Science OCR GCSE Computer Science These new curricula have been developed to respond to concerns over the lack of computer ...

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Raspberry Pi

The Raspberry Pi is a small, low cost computer that can be used for just about anything you can imagine. They can be bought from about £20  each. Connectors are needed to hook them up to display and input devices. This Quick ...

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National STEM Centre eLibrary

The National STEM Centre in York houses the UK’s largest collection of STEM teaching and learning resources – providing teachers of STEM subjects with the ability to access a wide range of support materials. There are over 7000 resources, many ...

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Scratch Programming

Scratch is a visual programming language that allows the user to drag and drop blocks to build up a program. It is designed to teach the principles of how a program works in a friendly, graphical way. There are plenty of ...

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STEM Ambassador Biology Resources

The Primary Science Teaching Trust together with STEMNET devised a series of  6 activities that can be used by ambassadors during a visit, or independently by schools. They would cover KS3 topics, or provide the inspiration for STEM club investigations – ...

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Daresbury Laboratory

Daresbury is one of the four major research labs funded by the Science and Technology Facilities Council, producing cutting edge research. The lab is open for visits, masterclasses and workshops for KS2 to KS5.  Options include spectroscopy, geology field trips, star ...

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