National STEM Learning Centre, University of York, York YO10 5DD

App Store

Accessibility

Cookies

Privacy policy

Safeguarding

Terms and conditions

Statement on Modern Slavery

Google Play

About us

Impact

Work for us

Our supporters

Advertising and sponsorship

Contact us

Find us

News and blogs

Venue hire

My dashboard

Log Out

Donate

Resources

STEM Ambassadors

Enrichment

School trusts

International schools

Primary

Careers

Secondary

Post-16

Investing in teachers

Student programmes

Impact and social value

How does it work?

Business

About STEM Ambassadors

Our impact

Volunteer

Request

Work with us

Our network and supporters

Register

Sign in

Like this story

Enjoy this story?

Going beyond ‘recipe following’ in science practical work

GCSE practical science hero image

Explore More

It is essential that students studying science are given the opportunity to practice and embed an understanding of practical skills in preparation for the assessment of their learning.

GCSE practical science thumbnail

More news

STEM Learning

Tackling the recruitment challenges in the banking, financial, insurance and financial technology sectors 

contentful main image (2)

STEM Learning and the Bank of England hosted a roundtable uniting finance and education to tackle STEM workforce challenges.

OG TITLE (50 x 50 px) (6)

Pupils in disadvantaged areas locked out of STEM A levels due to a lack of trained teachers

contentful main image (1)

STEM teacher shortages hit disadvantaged students hardest, but with the right support, great science and computing teaching can thrive.


OG TITLE (50 x 50 px) (5)

STEM Learning working with the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 to empower a lifelong love of science in every child

contentful main image

STEM Learning, with funding from the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851, is offering 37 primary school teachers a fully-funded, year-long professional development course designed to transform STEM teaching.

STEM-Squiggle-Signature