Sherborne Primary - Hydration Station

Year 5 and 6 had the workshop Hydration Station ran by Jo Richardson. During this session they learnt about how to keep hydrated in space through looking at 'urine' samples. The children really enjoyed this! 

Primary British Science Week Activity Pack 2017

This resource pack aims to be your ‘one-stop-shop’ for supporting you and your primary school during British Science Week (BSW), but can be used at any time. Feel free to adapt or extend the activities to suit your students’ needs and the curriculum you are delivering. The activities featured...

Secondary British Science Week Activity Pack 2017

This resource pack aims to be your ‘one-stop-shop’ for supporting you and your secondary school during British Science Week (BSW), but can be used at any time. Feel free to adapt or extend the activities to suit your students’ needs and the curriculum you are delivering. The activities featured...

Inflight call with ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet

On Tuesday 24 January, teachers and students from Ireland, Romania, and Portugal were connected by video connection with ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet, currently living and working on the International Space Station (ISS).Teachers asked Thomas questions about how space is used in everyday life and how the many...

Get it right

This series is part of the Archive Collection which is available to view at the National STEM Learning Centre.

Welcome to our improved website

We have just unveiled an enhanced website design with new, exciting features.We've been working hard to make sure our site your needs and we'd like you to take a look around the site and let us know what you think.Whether you are looking for inspiring resources, space-related CPD, or content tailored to your phase of...

CPD course in March

Hello all,

I would really appreciate it if you could promote this course to your primary project schools - whether they be from last year or this year 

https://www.stem.org.uk/cpd/135567/space-and-astronomy-context-teach-primary-stem 

This is a great opportunity for teachers to deepen...

Sherborne Primary - Soft Landings

We had Jo Richardson in to run the workshop Soft Landings with our Year 3 and 4s. We used different material to create parachutes to land an egg softly on the ground. Here are some pictures of us making and testing our parachutes. 

Furness Vale Astronaut Training Morning

Another super morning of space learning in a Derbyshire primary school - this time Furness Vale Primary whose Year 5/6 and 3/4 children and staff took part in workshops linked to astronaut training. Huge enthusiasm was evident amongst the 48 children who completed activities linked to using probes, practising...

Kingsholm Cof E Primary School. - Soft Landing Investigation Day

Year 5 spent a great day doing the Tim Peake Soft Landing activity (Rosetta No 4).  They watched the clip '7 minutes of terror' and then spent the day designing and building  landers that could safely land a raw egg and it had to land upright.  The children had very limited materials so...