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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Mission Discovery STEM Course | Feb Half-Term 2024, Oxford

Unleash Your Potential at Mission Discovery OxfordWhen? 12th - 16th Feb 2024| Where? Magdalen College School, Oxford | Who? 14-18 yrs Our team of Rockstar instructors, including NASA astronauts, space scientists, and University of Oxford professors, will inspire and guide you throughout...

The Cloud Factory

A super-sensory hands-on workshop for primary and SEN schools with an award winning science presenter. Have you ever touched a cloud? Have you ever smelled or tasted a strawberry cloud?!Using some special equipment, we make and explore dry ice clouds using all our senses. See the cloud, touch its softness, hear...

3...2...1...LAUNCH!

A day of hands-on rocket workshops which can be adapted for the whole school, including SEN schools. Everyone can launch their own rocket!Pupils will build and test a stomp rocket then modify it to optimise it's flight. They learn about the effects of some forces (especially drag and gravity!) first-hand. We...

Amazing Air!

You can't see, hear, smell, taste or touch the air, so how do we know it's really there?!In this multi-sensory, participatory show, we'll be doing some experiments to change the air and prove that it really is there!The show is best performed separately for EYFS, KS1 and KS2 - that way everyone get...

'Propel into Future Flight' Boot Camp

Flight Crowd is excited to present our ‘Propel into Future Flight’ series of week-long boot camps! This UK-wide experience allows young people (ages 14-18) to solve an industry challenge, collaborate with and learn from leading Air Mobility experts, and be empowered to pursue a career in Sustainable...

The EM Spectrum and how we measure it

In a demo-rich talk, one hour long talk, we shall go through the spectrum from the lowest frequency balloon waves (created when you manually move a charged balloon up and down), to gamma rays and everything in between.As I'm from the UK's National Measurement Institute we shall include discussions of how our...

A day of Exploding Custard science shows and bubble mayhem in the playground

The inspirational ‘Exploding Custard’ science-show has been presented by award-winning science communicator Ian Russell for over 30 years!  It is a spectacular, lively, and light-hearted sharing of more experiments than you’ll be able to remember. All of them use everyday materials and...

Science Theatre

We create shows and workshops mixing stage performance with amazing demonstrations to explain the most incredible ideas in science – in the most memorable way.Our shows are performed throughout the year at venues across the UK and can be booked in-school too.  All shows include accompanying teaching ...

A Universe of Infinities - Maths talk

Infinity is a notoriously tricky concept to juggle with. It’s not even really a number. And yet it seems to crop up time and again when astronomers try to understand our universe. Did the universe start from an infinitely small speck? Can the universe really be infinitely big? Can there be infinitely many...

The VEX IQ Challenge (VEX Robotics)

The VEX IQ Challenge allows students to design and build a robot from scratch to compete in regional, national and international events using the VEX IQ tool-less robotic platform. The actual challenge changes every year, but the same concepts remain so students and teams knowledge can grow with the programme.The...

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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.

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