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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Chemical and Physical Reactions Workshop

Can be adapted for KS1 or KS2. This hands on workshop has children mixing together chemicals to see fizzing, bubbling, heat production and liquids that suddenly become solids. Every child will get to take part in every experiment so there is no chance for anyone to lose interest. Activities in this workshop include...

Science of Sweets Workshop

Can be adapted for KS1 or KS2. This session focuses on carbon dioxide and how it is used to make fizzy drinks and sweets. Children will all be making their own sherbet to take home, making a giant fizzy fountain and even seeing how candy floss is made. This session also includes colour changing reactions and fizzing...

Sphere Science Primary Workshops

We can now run workshops remotely by sending the kit and running the sessions online. Our workshops are a great way to improve pupils' scientific skills in an exciting inspirational way with activities that teachers can develop afterwards to repeat themselves.'A fantastic workshop, it was brilliantly paced and...

Submit an Article to Youth STEM Matters - Youth Led Scientific Journal

Youth STEM Matters is a youth led scientific journal, created by Youth STEM 2030 to provide a platform for young people to share their research findings, ideas and innovations with the world!We publish articles which have a real world impact, and can help solve some of the biggest global challenges, from the climate...

Supernova Scientists and engaging hands-on science workshops

Supernova Scientists bring the expertise and resources to deliver engaging and thought provoking science workshops that link to the National Curriculum at Primary school.Every child gets to have hands on practical experience allowing them to predict, investigate, analyse and understand more about the world around them.

Fab Science Workshops - East of England, London, South East

Fab Science offer a range of hands on workshops with a focus on engaging children in practical science. Choose from curriculum-linked workshops for specific year groups or fun themed days to inspire the whole school. Themed days are very popular for science weeks as we can work with every class in the school,...

Practical science workshops in primary schools

All our workshops support the overall aim of the Curriculum to “develop understanding of the nature, processes and methods of science ...  to answer scientific questions about the world around” and cover the statutory requirements to teach “practical scientific methods, processes...

Science Starz Mobile Science Lab

Science Starz is a mobile lab based in Belfast, Northern Ireland that offers fun, hands-on, interactive science workshops to children in Nursery and Primary Schools, at Birthday Parties, Youth Clubs, Summer Schemes, Special Events and Festivals. Our aim is to address educational underachievement in the area...

Techniquest workshops

Techniquest has an extensive education programme. Our activities enrich the curriculum and all have been developed to be engaging and enthuse pupils about STEM.Full details of our programmes can be found  www.techniquest.org/education 

Mini Professors - Winchester & Romsey

Mini Professors for Primary Schools’ is a science programme that has been designed specifically for early years and Key Stage 1 childrenA completely unique experience to offer your school children, Mini Professors gives you and the children a chance to experience real science in a safe...

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Grants for school

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.

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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.

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