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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Baylab - Free Science Workshops
Bayer is a global enterprise with core competencies in the Life Science fields of health care and agriculture. Its products and services are designed to benefit people and improve their quality of life.Sound scientific expertise is essential for meeting the challenges of the future. That is why Bayer is passionate...Rocket Kids - a real rocket launch in your school
'Rocket Kids' : a half or full day session of aspiration, invention and collaboration to give primary and secondary schools a taste of STEAM Co. in their school.Bringing together literacy, creativity and community engagement, it is perfect for KS1,2 and 3, year 7 transition and staff CPD as well as schools who...Intermediate/Advanced STEMbotics: Robotics & Coding Workshop (UK2-KS4)
Our Intermediate / Advanced robotics and coding workshops provide students with opportunities to code, design, engineer and build their own robots, in both simple and complex forms.We can set challenges that are tailored to your school’s needs and these workshops have curriculum links to Computing, Design...Structures challenge: bridges or sports stadiums
Full or half day structures event for up to 200 pupils in teams of 4-6 to design sports stadiums or build and test bridges using A4 paper tubes.Using nothing but scrap A4 paper, masking tape, nuts and bolts, pupils will complete one of the following challenges:Design and build a stadium for a sport of their choice...Tackle Coding
Developed for CSEdWeek, Tackle Coding is a free downloadable resource aimed at helping teachers provide coding enrichment for their students. It encourages students to develop their understanding of coding, sport, collaboration in a fun an engagning scratch game.The resource includes: lesson plan, tutorial videos...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...Kite Making for Learning
Infinite Arts offers Kite Making workshops in school targeted to supporting maths, science and engineering in KS1, 2 and 3. Kites can support learning and communication between different ages and different cultures. Much of the learning can take place out of doors and it can happen before the learners have...After School STEM Clubs
Does your child enjoy Science? If so, why not come along to our After School Stem Clubs where you can learn a variety of STEM activities. Topics that will be covered are:-AircraftCodingEnergyMathsElectricityForces and MotionBiology and more........Each Workshop will include exciting sessions that run alongside...Water rocket workshop
A great indoor/outdoor activity in which pupils work in groups of 2-3 to build their own water rocket from mostly scrap materials and then launch them up to 150m in the school field.Typical timetable:Short talk on the science of rockets including demonstrations with balloons, foam rockets and dartsPupils build their...LEGO Robotics Activity Day
A LEGO Robotics activity in your school using programmable LEGO. Can be based around a particular theme and can be tailored to computing/science/maths as required.A brief description of how the workshop would be run:Up to 18 robot kits for the pupils to use (in pairs), plus challenge “arena” for testing....Pages
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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.
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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