Resources by STEM Learning
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An employer’s guide to supporting STEM careers education in England
Support from employers is a vital part of all young people’s careers education.
This employer’s guide to STEM careers education explains how employer engagement can support secondary schools and colleges in England to deliver high-quality science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) careers...
Andrew Smyth interview
This Catalyst article is a career interview with aerospace research engineer, and BBC Bake-Off finalist, Andrew Smyth.
Catalyst is a science magazine for students aged 14-19 years. Find out more about Catalyst magazine: www.stem.org.uk/catalyst
Astronaut reaction speed
This activity includes a game-based approach to measuring reaction speed. Fast reflexes are vital to astronauts who may need to deal with rapidly escalating incidents and high-speed projectiles.
The effect of distraction on reaction speed is investigated – students collect multiple readings and take averages...
Auditioning the STEM Ambassadors
This video shows the process of auditioning 16 STEM Ambassadors hoping to take part in a series of Teachers TV films profiling their work experience. The 16 finalists were challenged to enthuse and engage the panel of judges, a group of schoolchildren, with a five-minute activity. The video introduces the project...
Autosub 6000 Ocean Floor Mission
In this resource learners will use Scratch, to debug and then improve a program to move Autosub6000 around the ocean floor, photographing samples found. The remote movement will be controlled through a keyboard’s arrow keys initially and then the children will be challenged to create a program which will move...
Back to school computing ideas
Ten free activities for the start of term to use in class to develop children's computing knowledge and skills. Activities include creating an algorithm to get ready for school and how to stay safe online.
Bacon sandwiches in space
Dallas Campbell talks about how engineering links to the production and packaging of foods. He gives the example of the bacon sandwich that was designed for Tim Peake to eat in microgravity on board the International Space Station. Both the bread itself, and the can it was contained in, had to be designed...
The BBC micro:bit is a small programmable device, designed to engage children with coding and the world of digital. Given to all 11-12 year old students across the UK in 2016, it is supported with a range of programming environments available here.
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Bee detectives
This KS2 resource looks at the importance of bees as pollinators and explores some of the threats they face. The activities are based around the work of ‘real world’ scientists in organisations such as Fera.
Activities include:
Pollination roleplay...