- GCSEPod
In or out of school, GCSEPod provides education on demand for 28 subjects. GCSEPod has Award-winning GCSE / IGCSE content trusted by 1700+ secondary schools.
Read more - Teaching Vacancies
Teaching Vacancies is the free national service for searching and listing teaching roles provided by the Department for Education. It is designed by schools for schools to reduce the amount of money spent on recruitment advertising
Read more - IOPSpark
IOPSPark provides authoritative content written by experts in the field of physics and bring together hundreds of teaching activities so you can find the right approach for your class.
Read more - ASE Conferences and Events
ASE events and conferences offer teacher-led professional development opportunities and are held at UK-wide venues.
Read more - The Nancy Rothwell Award
The Royal Society of Biology competition celebrates specimen drawing in schools and highlights the benefits of combining art and science in three age categories (7-11, 12-14, and 15-18). Closing date is 30th July 2021.
Read more - 'Sea snot' plague hits Mediterranean sea
A large blanket of 'sea snot' has recently spread through the Sea of Marmara, south of Istanbul. Find about more about 'sea snot' and World Oceans Day here.
Read more - Royal Society of Chemistry
The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) is a learned society with the goal of advancing the chemical sciences. It supports professionals working in the field of chemistry, teachers and their students.
Read more - RSC website
The RSC’s education website is designed to help teachers find inspiration in their classroom teaching and feel supported in their continuing development and career progression.
Read more - Steps into Science
Steps into Science is the brand-new website from the Royal Society of Chemistry, developed with generous support from the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851. It’s a place where teachers can see all our primary science resources in one place.
Read more - IET Faraday Challenge Days 2021-22
Apply now to take part in a 2021-22 Faraday Challenge Day The IET Faraday Challenge is a free of charge annual competition that tasks students to research, design and make prototype solutions to real-world engineering problems. The deadline for applications is 1st July 2021.
Read more - TechHub
TechHub signposts wegpages and reports useful for technicians and supporting practical science teaching
Read more - 2021 Institute of Physics Awards
• The IOP Teachers of Physics Award celebrates secondary school physics teachers who have raised the profile of physics in their school. Is this you or someone you know? Submit your nomination today!
Read more - Mr Climate Change and the Beastly Yeast!
The MeMBrane project aims to improve the tolerance of microbes by modifying the cell membranes. MeMBrane project super-talented scientists Naomi Wilkinson and Sarah Routledge have written and illustrated a children's book about the SuperYeast citizen science project.
Read more - The Great Bug Hunt 2021
The winners of the 2021 Great Bug Hunt competition have been announced! Photo: H. Zell
Read more - If You Were An Engineer, What Would You Do?®
This exciting competition mapped to the curriculum, asks pupils from primary schools, secondary schools and nurseries to identify a problem in the world and design a solution to it. Inspired through engagement with engineering professionals, pupils are encouraged to ‘find the engineer they could be’ by designing the future of engineering.
Read more - Primary Engineer
Our vision is to emsure all children and pupils reach their full potential by providing teacher training, developing teacher-led research, whole-class projects, skills competencies, inspiring competitiions and exhibitions and not least, fun!
Read more - GCSE Physics Formula and Symbols
We commissioned the Association for Science Education (ASE) to create these useful resources to help your students learn and recall what they need to know, plus bonus additional support materials.
Read more - ASE Book of the Year Competition
Winners of the 2020 ASE Book Awards annound. See the winners here!
Read more - Superhero Scientists
This beautifully illustrated book explores the work of famous scientists from long ago, other scientists who are alive today and people who use science in their jobs. Take a journey through the 21 chapters packed full of fabulous facts, life stories and scientific discoveries.
Read more - RPS Science Photography Competition
The Royal Photographic Society’s new Science Photographer of the Year competition 2020 and Young Science Photographer of the Year (under 18 years old) winning entries can now be seen at the Science + Industry Museum website
Read more - MeMBrane
The MeMBrane project aims to improve the tolerance of microbes to the stresses encountered during industrial bioprocesses by modifying the cell membranes. The project also aims to inspire young people to follow careers in biochemistry through engagment and participation.
Read more - SuperYeast
We’re trying to find out what makes some yeast able to withstand more alcohol or sugar than others. By understanding what makes some strains more tolerant we can potentially develop improved strains that may produce stronger beers or wines or be suitable for biofuel production.
Read more - Incredible You
These free colouring-in resources explore the surprising beauty of your body at a tiny scale, and are suitable for all ages. Incredible You offers the chance to explore all 17 pathology specialities – there is at least one illustration, plus supporting information, for each.
Read more - Do Try This at Home
We want to make it easy for parents and carers to get their children excited about physics. That's why we've created Do Try This at Home, a series of fun science experiments for kids, with short demonstration videos and simple, step-by-step instructions.
Read more - Field Studies Council
FSC have collated a whole host of useful resources for science teachers to help support students whilst they are learning from home, from free video lessons to complete digital courses including live lessons to support fieldwork.
Read more - Harlequin Ladybird Survey
Through the winter you can get involved with a national Harlequin Ladybird Survey - using your mobile phone if you like!
Read more - UK Ladybird Survey
A citizen science project following the distribution of ladybird species in the UK
Read more - Discover Pathology
Primary teachers and secondary science teachers are invited to a special online workshop on 12 January, where you’ll learn how to run four simple STEM enrichment activities about the human body and disease. A second session on 28 January will be for your students to try out the activities, and to ask pathologists questions about the topics and what they do in their jobs.
Read more - AQA Support for 2021 Exams
Read about AQA's offer of support for the 2021 science examinations. To help prepare your students with confidence, our curriculum experts have curated a range of resources to help reinforce key GCSE science assessment skills.
Read more - Collins Covid Resource
The life of every child in the UK in 2020 has been fundamentally affected by the coronavirus pandemic. To help children make sense of the pandemic, Collins have created this free resource. There are nine questions which cover different scientific aspects of the coronavirus pandemic.
Read more - IET Sustainability Resources
IET resoursecs to support with sustainability education. There are several activities for promary and secondary age children to enjoy at school or at home.
Read more - Practical Ethics and Responsibility competition
The competition encourages students to examine difficult questions about our responsibilities towards one another as human beings, and may be of particular interest to those going on to study philosophy, RE, medicine and law.
Read more - BEST (Best Evidence Science Teaching)
BEST is a collection of free research evidence-informed resources for effective teaching of difficult ideas, embedded formative assessment and adaptive lesson planning. It is initially focussed on science at ages 11-14.
Read more - Tassomai online learning
Tassomai's Learning Program offers schools an additional resource to support remote learning for students and for supporting flipped learning.
Read more - RSPB Wild Challenges
ASE educational experts have gone through the excellent RSPB Wild Challenge resources, to create a series of fact-sheets designed to help fellow teachers put each challenge into a curriculum context.
Read more - The Great Bug Hunt 2020 Winners
Take a look at the winning entries from the 2020 Great Bug Hunt!
Read more - Practical Action home learning resources
Are you looking for activities that will engage your children aged 5-16 years whilst they are learning at home? We’ve pulled together our top learning at home resources that we hope will inspire you and your children during the lockdown period.
Read more - The science of Covid-19
This is a free course that is aimed at teenagers and young adults that explores the science behind the current global COVID-19 pandemic. It is brought to you by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and OpenLearn.
Read more - BPS Back to School Guidance
The British Psychological Society has published new guidance to support education professionals to meet the psychological needs of children as they plan for their return to school during the Coronavirus crisis.
Read more - Special Species Competition
Create your own Special Species and enter into our competition! We are currently accepting entries from all age groups (even adults!). Winners are awarded in April, July, September and December.
Read more - Get involved with the Royal Society of Biology
The Royal Society of Biology runs a series of awards and competitions every year. Find out more about Awards, Competitions, Grants Surveys and Resources here!
Read more - Antimicrobial resistance
Globally in 2016, approximately 700,000 people died due to antimicrobial resistance. If nothing changes, by 2050 antimicrobial resistance will result in 10 million deaths per year. Antimicrobial resistance is a huge threat to global health - we must take action!
Read more - ABPI Careers Guidance
Thinking of a career in the pharmaceutical industry? Want to find out? Visit the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry careers guidance page.
Read more - Look At Me Now campaign
It looks at the importance and impact of role models on the next generation by profiling STEM professionals. The campaign looks at what their influences were as children and how this shaped them into the individuals they are today.
Read more - NFU educational resources
Teaming up with EatFarmNow, #LockdownLearning brings the world of food and farming and the joy of being out on the farm and in the countryside to the comfort of your own home during the current lockdown.
Read more - IET Home-learning resources and activities
The ever popular Faraday Challenge Day materials are ideal for using at home with your children. All activities are supported by teachers' notes, risk assessments and children's resources such as videos, presentations and guidance sheets.
Read more - First Lego League JR.
FIRST® LEGO® League Jr. is an exciting Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) programme for 6-9 year olds. Through team-based relationships between peers and adults, participants engage in valuable STEM experiences relevant to the world around them.
Read more - The Great Bug Hunt 2020!
The Great Bug Hunt 2020 - The winners have been announced! Visit the Great Bug Hunt 2020 page to find out who the winners are...
Read more - Regreen the desert
Regreen the desert is a great new STEM challenge from Practical Action. Designed for ages 7-14 pupils use their STEM skills to provide a solution for a community in Sudan suffering from drought as a result of climate change.
Read more - CREST Awards
CREST (CREativity in Science and Technology) is a UK-wide Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) award scheme managed by the British Science Association.
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