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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Volunteer with 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...Lego Education Training
We are digital education experts. Our teaching, training and products deliver big learning outcomes for schools, universities and businesses throughout the UK. As an official provider of LEGO® Education products and training, we are helping to change the world of education.Our expert training team offer a range of...What's the point of Maths?
This programme aims to give an answer the questions below, that are still far too commonly asked by both children and adults:“What’s the point of maths?!”&“When will I use this?!”We want to show that maths is used for a lot more than you may think, everywhere around us! We are...Newcastle University A-level Physics Practical Support
In January Newcastle University Physics department will launching a scheme offering free support to schools and colleges in completing their A-level practical experiments. The scheme will bring classes of students into the department to complete one or more of their required A-level practicals here at Newcastle...Practical science workshops in secondary schools
All our workshops support the overall aim of the Curriculum to pay attention to objectivity and concern for accuracy, precision, repeatability and reproducibility.understand that scientific methods and theories develop as earlier explanations are modified to take account of new evidence and ideas.evaluate...Science Communicators: secondary working with primary
SPLATS = Students Presenting Learning And Teaching Science. Secondary students present a series of science activities to primary pupils. This project brings together secondary schools and their local primary schools to enjoy an exciting practical science day. The benefits of this project are:secondary...Eggucation - Chick Hatching for Schools, Nurseries, Care Homes and Events
Eggucation brings the miracle of watching chicks hatch to your classroom or event. Using only our own Champion Rare Breed poultry, we bring a valuable lesson in conservation alongside the living lesson of life cycles. We provide 5 week hatching projects where schools incubate the eggs for the full 21 days, 'Quick...Drone coding
We use drones in our workshops as they can be coded or hand flown and they are extremely stable and robust. Using Tynker, a block-based coding system allows all ages to access these workshops. Students watch their code come to life as they program the drone to overcome challenges, learning to de-bug,...Sphero Robot Coding
These exciting educational workshops use Sphero SPRK+ programmable robot balls. These versatile machines allow pupils to draw, drive or code their routes on the ground and even in water!From letter and number formation in younger years to coding around mazes for older children, Spheros allows all age groups to...Hands-On Engineering
Being hands-on designing and building your own ideas is always fun and often brings out talents you never knew you had! We have seen this time and again on these workshops, allowing pupils to develop lots of new skillsWhether it is building a tent or Tepee, deciding how to move water around or finding out how...Pages
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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.
Please let us know if you have any comments on this facility.
Providers: add an activity
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.