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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Izzy's Incredible Adventure
Meet Izzy. She’s on an adventure to see a friend, but needs lots of help to get there! Can you help her?In this show, Izzy and your audience will discover different kinds of transport together to get across land, sea and air.What types of shape make a boat float the best? Do you know how a hot air balloon...Bubbles and Balloons
Explore the best bits of bubbles and balloons! From blowing them to bursting them, discover all the amazing things you can do in between.Can bubbles be made square? Are you brave enough to stick a skewer in a balloon? Can you put a person in a bubble?You and your audience will be wowed by our giant bubbles...SEN workshop: Science Explorers
Investigate the science of sound with our multi-sensory science workshops, developed especially for students with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND).In these workshops, our experienced presenters will lead your students through an exploration of sound through their senses. Our fun and surprising...Music to your Ears
How do we make sounds, record sounds and see sounds? This exciting presentation, with lots of demonstrations and audience interaction, reveals the secrets from the basics of sound to the latest in music technology. Witness the ultimate ‘hands-free’ instrument and see a musical instrument played with a...Cartoon Science
Discover the differences between cartoon science and real science. We look at friction, materials, gravity, the laws of motion and more.The laws of physics within cartoons may seem drastically different from the scientific laws within our world, but how different are they? Does gravity only work when you...Who wants to be a Superhero?
Meet six real-life young scientists and engineers. Each one has made a sixty-second video about their job and what they enjoy most about it. We use these as a springboard to leap straight into some fascinating areas of science and engineering, with interactive demonstrations involving volunteers from the...It’s Only Water!… Or is it?
This exciting Science Made Simple show explores all the amazing properties of water. From heating to freezing, can you squash it, absorb it, or dissolve chemicals in it? We can use water to do all sorts of unexpected things!Be prepared to get wet, in this interactive show which may see students (and teachers) get a...School of Noise - Exploring Sound
The School of Noise delivers practical workshops exploring music and the science of sound. With a mix of demonstrations and hands-on use of equipment, our activities provide a creative and educational event to support the curriculum, STEM and enrichment learning. “Thank you for a great day. The children...Fun Science West Lancs
At Fun Science West Lancs, we provide science assemblies, spectacular science shows, workshops, and after school science clubs, as well as slime stalls, rocket launches and explosions for school fayres etc. We can travel to most of North West England.Our aim is to foster within children a life long passion for...Howsham Mill
Howsham Mill is an 18th Century watermill near Malton in North Yorkshire. It has been restored as an education centre in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. With an Archimedean Screw turbine and water wheel, Howsham Mill generates renewable energy. Our free school visits and activities...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.
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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.