Inspiration for British Science Week

Explore this hand-picked collection of STEM activities to energise primary and secondary science classrooms during British Science Week

Tes Resources Team

Scientific Experiments & Equipment To Reinvigorate Science Lessons With Secondary Students

Invigorate your science lessons with this wide range of resources for primary and secondary students

With British Science week on the horizon, 8 - 17 March, it is the perfect time to revitalize STEM in the classroom with new and exciting lessons. In order to celebrate, we have chosen a selection of science-specific and cross-disciplinary resources to celebrate British Science Week with your primary and secondary students.

Primary resources

Looking for more STEM resources? Explore our Stem hub for pupils aged 7-11 here.

British Science Week 2024 Homework Tasks KS1
Teachallenjoy

British Science Week 2024 Homework Tasks KS1

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6 engaging homework task printables for KS1, complete with instructions, colourful images and ideas to start. Excite and inspire your pupils about science for British Science Week. Provide them with a choice of activities, all of which are easy to set up, promote discussion and develop questioning s...
Egg Drop Challenge
Carl Farrant

Egg Drop Challenge

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A PowerPoint and resource, order form sheet to give the children the task of designing and creating a structure than can hold an egg and protect it from a 3 metre drop. Children are also given a budget and will have to manage their finances accordingly. This was completed as part of a Parent's E...
Animal Charades
PROJECT_science

Animal Charades

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Animal charades is a fun and novel way for students to review and consolidate animal groups and their modes of nutrition. The set comes with 32 cards which can be printed in colour or black and white. A back for the cards can also be used and printed back to back with the cards to complete the set....
STEM STEAM Science Inspirational Quotes Posters & Writing Prompts
Fishyrobb

STEM STEAM Science Inspirational Quotes Posters & Writing Prompts

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Inspire your young scientists with this set of quote posters - perfect for the STEM classroom! Each poster focuses on a quality of a good scientist along with a quote about it and clip are of the person who said it. Includes: * Be Curious - Ellen Ochoa * Ask Questions - Claude L vi-Strauss * Im...
Activity - Bug Hotel
Earth Cubs

Activity - Bug Hotel

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Welcome to Earth Cubs! A free platform to Learn the World. Make a bug hotel using recycled materials. What kind of bugs do you think will come to your bug hotel? Visit earthcubs.com for lots of creative & extensive materials all focused on the environment & sustainability. Fully aligned t...
Ear Gongs - Science Museum STEM Activity
Science Museum Learning

Ear Gongs - Science Museum STEM Activity

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This activity from the Science Museum investigates how sound travels, using a kind of gong made from a coat hanger and some string. The gong makes a surprising and intriguing sound but only when you have your fingers in your ears. Learning Outcomes: \- Experience that sound is produced...

Secondary resources

Looking for more STEM resources? Explore our Stem hub for students aged 11-14 here.

Graphite Circuits - Science Museum STEM Activity
Science Museum Learning

Graphite Circuits - Science Museum STEM Activity

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We rely on electric circuits every day, in our homes, schools and places of work, in our portable gadgets and kitchens. In this activity from the Science Museum, a circuit drawn in pencil conducts electricity to light an LED. You ll need to get hold of an LED and some wires and crocodile clip...
Space science posters
greenAPL

Space science posters

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For more FREE resources to engage your students in current scientific issues [click here](https://phosphorescience.com?utm_source=tes&utm_medium=tesga&utm_campaign=launch_21&utm_id=utm_launch21) Here is a set of 3 FREE science posters which are connected with space, including the Big Ba...
Science Quiz
PROJECT_science

Science Quiz

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A Jeopardy style general science quiz. The 27 slide PowerPoint quiz is fully editable. **Categories included:** 1. biology 2. chemistry 3. physics 4. geology 5. astronomy **How to play:** 1. Have a student or group select a category, for example 'biology' and then an amount, for example '100'....
Rocket Races Activity
NASAeducation

Rocket Races Activity

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In this activity students construct balloon-powered racing cars using a foam tray and drinking straws. They then test the cars along a measured track on the floor. At the conclusion of the activity, students submit a detailed report on their racer design and how it performed in the trials.
Are we connected? - STEM resource
Royal Academy of Engineering

Are we connected? - STEM resource

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A STEM teaching and learning resource that explores engineering through the technology we communicate and connect with. Through discussion, inquiry and practical activity, students aged 8 to 14 will learn how we connect and communicate with mobile phones, GPS and AI technology in addition to buildi...
Lights
Royal Academy of Engineering

Lights

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In this resource students will carry out experiments with prisms, polarising film and 3D cinema glasses to explain some of the interesting properties of light and their applications.