British Science Week - 7th to 16th March 2025

British Science Week is a ten-day celebration of science, technology, engineering and maths which takes place each March. The theme for 2025 is ‘Change and adapt’.

Changing and adapting plays a big part in science and you can find examples in every area of STEM. Cities, towns and other areas where people live change and adapt as the world’s population grows, plants and animals change and adapt to their surroundings to survive. Technology has changed exponentially and adapted to our new, busier lives. Our behaviours change too as we need to change how we consume the world’s resources to offset the worst effects of the climate crisis, and adapt our lifestyles to reduce our impact through recycling or reducing waste.

When exploring this theme, we can also consider how attitudes to STEM and the people who do it have changed and adapted. Perceptions of scientists are changing and we need to keep adapting our thinking until we can no longer picture a ‘stereotypical scientist’ as anyone can be a scientist.

This collection of resources provides ideas to support your ‘Change and adapt’ themed activities,  for early years, primary and secondary level students. 

More information about British Science Week can be found on their website here.