STEM Directory
The STEM Directory is a database of providers offering STEM enhancement and enrichment to schools and colleges locally and nationally. Teachers can easily search for shows, workshops, debates, challenges, visiting speakers and more.
Find exciting opportunities for in-class support, memorable days out, and engaging projects to motivate your students.
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Your ultimate guide to time travel
Few people know that time travel isn’t just possible – it has already been done.In this mind-expanding talk, students will hear the stories of people who have travelled into their own futures and lived to tell the tale. And how you rely on the same physics whenever you use the map on your smartphone.This...Bits and Pieces: Secrets of a Digital World
DescriptionThe presentation is a look at the maths behind how we send messages on the internet.We will look at how photos, videos and messages are turned into 1s and 0s, using binary numbers, and then transmitted.We will introduce Hedy Lemarr, the woman who invented frequency hopping, an idea we still...Illusions Activity Pack
This activity pack includes worksheets to help your students make two different illusions:a thaumotrope and a floating present. https://www.braintasticscience.com/free-science-resourcesShare your results and send us any questions with #CuriosityCorner - we will do our best to answer them and the best may be made...I'm a Scientist, Get me out of here!
I'm a Scientist is a student-led activity connecting students with a range of scientists from different specialisms and backgrounds.Students can:Read the profiles of scientists working in different careersChat with scientists in 40-minute, energetic, text-based online ChatsAsk in depth follow-up questionsVote for...CANDOO - a careers card game
CANDOO® is a card based game which includes a set of career cards, skills cards, qualification cards, life experience cards and a full set of instructions.The aim of the game is to build up skills and qualifications to complete your career path. You can complete your career path by collecting 4 out of 5 skills...Maths in The Animal Kingdom
What do butterflies, starfish, bees, ants, cicadas, sunflowers, ferns and viruses have in common? They are all excellent mathematicians.Bring maths to life with this KS2 talk on the symmetry, shapes and sequences found in the natural world. Based on my award winning children's maths book The Language of The...I'm an Engineer, Get me out of here
This student-led activity connects students with a wide range of engineers showing diversity in their careers. It's a moderated, flexible activity that is safe, secure and easy to use. It's suitable for ages from 10 to 18. Students can: Read profiles of engineers working in different careersChat with...GeoBus: Free Earth science themed workshops for schools
GeoBus is a free outreach programme run out of the Earth Sciences department of UCL. We aim to bring engaging, hands-on sessions to school students. Our range of workshops cover Year 1 to Year 12 and complement the curriculum, whilst giving a great insight into the breadth of Earth science as a subject.We...STEMAZING! Inspiration Academy
Inspire your class with this series of 6 free online STEMAZINGKids sessions.Series of 6 free STEM activities delivered via Zoom into the classroom by a STEMAZINGWoman role model.All activities are fun, engaging and inspiring. Delivered by a woman in STEM role model.Aimed at raising awareness and aspiration around...Hack Your Brain
An introduction to the workings of your brain & nervous system. By creating a giant 'neuron' live on stage, this show explores the ways in which nerve cells send messages through the brain and body, and looks at how we can hijack these signals to allow one human to control the movements of anotherPages
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The Royal Institution runs two enrichment and enhancement grant schemes. Grants of up to £500 are available to UK-registered state schools to host a STEM activity selected from the STEM Directories.
There are a number of other organisations that offer grants to schools.
About STEM Directory
The STEM Directory contains searchable activities that enhance STEM teaching in schools and colleges. Teachers can search for shows, workshops, debates, challenges, visiting speakers and more.
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If you provide shows, talks, workshops, challenges, museum visits, teacher CPD or other enrichment and enhancement activities that help promote STEM to schools and colleges, then you may be eligible to feature in the STEM Directory.
Please use the link below to register and submit an activity.