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World Book Day: Resources & Ideas!
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.
World Book Day is a registered charity on a mission to give every child and young person a book of their own. It’s also a celebration of authors, illustrators, books and (most importantly) it’s a celebration of reading.
World Book Day: Official Nursery Resources
We love The Tree That’s Meant to be, Build a Home, Design Your Own Boots, Make a Book & Dinosaur Detectives!
World Book Day: Official Primary Resources
Don’t miss the Star Wars Maker Lab, the DC & Harry Potter LEGO activities, Here We Are worksheets (Planets, Day & Night, Survival) & The Sea Book.
World Book Day: Official Secondary Resources
Look out for the Hunger Games makes, Star Wars character extracts, Fantastic Facts reading ideas & Steve Backshall, Endangered Animals Quiz.
All About STEM: World Book Day 2020 – Super STEM Books!
There’s no better time than World Book Day to share a fantastic selection of STEM titles for class or home. Pack your students shelves with inspirational information and activity books on science, technology, engineering and maths!
All About STEM: Reading is STEMsational Programme
Reading is STEMsational is a STEM-focused, primary literacy project and is the product of a partnership between Heather Wright of Reading Rocks fame and All About STEM.
At the heart of the project is the desire to use great books to inspire a love of STEM, and STEM topics to inspire a love of reading. More…
STEM Learning Resources:
STEM Learning: Roald Dahl – STEM Lessons
Charlie, George, Matilda, James and Danny all find themselves in situations where they have to use their intelligence and imagination to overcome problems, which can lend themselves so fantastically to STEM lessons.
Nuffield: Science Fiction or Science Fact?
How does science fact compare to science fiction?
ESERO
Read your favourite space story in class, then visit ESERO to discover how your children can train like an astronaut or make their own satellite – inspirational!
David Walliams – Demon Dentist
There are fun CREST projects on dental health for primary (Terrific Teeth) and secondary. Earn a CREST Award, make your own toothpaste & keep David’s dentist away!
More…
Roald Dahl
In the spirit of George & his marvellous medicine, why not try a CREST chemistry activity? Your class can learn, experiment, investigate and have fun!
Take a look at some of the example activities below…
It’s easy: choose an award level and start running CREST today!
PRIMARY
STAR
Perfect for 5-7 year olds who are starting their STEM journey. Inspire primary-aged students with short, hands-on activities that challenge them to explore the world around them.
- Brilliant Bubbles
- Teabag Troubles
- Muddy Mess
SUPERSTAR
Most suitable for upper primary students who are looking for a challenge.
- A Sticky Problem
- Get Set Jellies
- Testing Tea
- Investigating Ink
- Testing Toothpaste
- Yummy Yoghurt
Inspire your students – Run CREST Awards in school
BRONZE
An introduction to STEM project work for 11-14 year olds working in teams. Empower your students to run their own investigation from start to finish – let them run the project they want to do!
- What’s in a food?
- Testing Metals
SILVER
A challenge for your 14-16 year old students by running their own STEM projects in teams or individually.
- Testing Toothpastes
- Are some jeans tougher?
- Hit & Run Investigation
- The Ultimate Pizza Box
GOLD
Stretch your 16-19 year old students with a long-term, open-ended project ideal for enhancing their UCAS applications.
- Detecting Food Fraud
- Investigating Metal Jewellery
- Which fertiliser works better?
And if you’re looking for more Chemistry activities, why not try All About STEM’s 6 Week STEM Club?
Enjoy the resources, the reading and a wonderful World Book Day!
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