Here at All About STEM, we speak to lots of teachers who’d love to run a STEM Club but find that, on top of everything else that’s expected of them, it just doesn’t happen. So we got to thinking… Who said a STEM Club has to run every week? Who said the same students have to attend each session? No-one! That’s when we came up with the idea of our Six Week STEM Club Programme, which is exactly what it says on the tin!

It’s a programme that you can repeat every half-term with a different set of students each time. This drastically reduces your planning & resourcing but it also means that you’re able to engage & excite a much wider range of students, any difficulties with student retention are solved & you have the opportunity to celebrate what your club has done regularly throughout the year.

Interested in finding out more? You can download all of the FREE resources at the bottom of this page!

The ‘Everything You Always Wanted to Know’ file is the place to start & there are six sample activity sheets for you to use should you wish. However, there’s absolutely no reason at all why you can’t fill in the Six Week STEM Club Planning Sheet with activities of your own & if you find activities that work particularly well in your club, please let us know so that we can recommend them to other club leaders. There’s a Student STEM Club Diary sheet available for pupils to fill in at the end of each session and, if you wish, you can send them to the All About STEM office at the end of your six weeks & we will award an All About STEM, STEM Club Certificate to each pupil.

6 Week STEM Club: Chemistry for all

We have Six Week STEM Club projects from Chemistry for all courtesy of Liverpool John Moores University in conjunction with The Royal Society of Chemistry. Fantastic activities and you can tweet or email your findings directly to them!

Shaping Futures – 6 Week STEM Club Resources

All About STEM have partnered with Shaping Futures for many years collaborating on outreach, events and activities.

Shaping Futures is part of the Uni Connect Programme and they have collaborated with us to bring you a STEMsational selection of 6 week STEM club activities. Scroll down to download them all!
You can find out more about Shaping Futures here.

NEW! Royal Air Force – 6 Week STEM Club Resources – Space

All About STEM have partnered with The Royal Air Force for many years collaborating on outreach, events and activities.

The RAF Youth and STEM Team run a national programme of STEM engagement for young people aged 9-14 and they have collaborated with us to bring you a selection of 6 week STEM club activities all about Space.

Learners can build a lunar Base Camp, land an Egg’naut, design rockets and satellites and investigate the heat of the sun with chocolate!

Scroll down to download them all.
You can find out more about RAF Youth and STEM here.

NEW! National Schools Observatory – 6 Week STEM Club Resources

Liverpool John Moores University started the National Schools’ Observatory (NSO) with the mission: Access to the Universe for All. They use the wonders of space to inspire the next generation of scientists, programmers and engineers and provide free use of the world’s largest robotic telescope, the Liverpool Telescope.

They also provide quality programmes designed to have a positive impact on teaching and learning in schools, including a series of Bronze, Silver and Gold Six Week STEM Club Resources for both primary and secondary aged students.

To access the resources, you’ll first need to register with the NSO. Once you’ve done that, you’ll be able to view and download the resources here.

STEM Ambassador Inspiration!

Don’t forget… you can always register with STEM Learning to be able to request the support of a STEM Ambassador to bring an extra dimension to your sessions. You could have a STEM expert on hand to excite and engage your members. STEM Learning have a full selection of STEM club resources too!