📖 STEM Through Stories 

Below are a range of STEM Through Stories (RAiSE), STEM-a-Story (STEM Glasgow) and STEM by the Book (SSERC) planners to help teachers bring literacy to life through STEM.

Resources with a * can be accessed from the links below but you must be logged-in to the SSERC website (free login). If you are a member, log in to SSERC’s website and you can see and download them. If not, you can register here.

0️⃣ Early Level

• Jack and the Beanstalk
• King of the Swamp
• Litterbug Doug
• Somebody Swallowed Stanley
• Tad
• Tadpole’s Promise
• The Gruffalo
• The Three Little Pigs
• The Very Hungry Caterpillar
• Tiny Little Rocket
• We’re Going on a Pumpkin Hunt (P1 Halloween themed)
• I Am Bat, One Button Benny and Eric Makes a Splash (2018 Bookbug books)
• The Station Mouse, The Prince and the Witch and the Thief and the Bears and Sophie Johnson Unicorn Expert (2019 Bookbug books)
• Brenda is a Sheep, My First Book of Birds and This is a Dog (2020 Bookbug books)
• Arlo, My First Book of Woodland Animals and Inch and Grub (2021 Bookbug books)

1️⃣ First Level

• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
• Eco Wolf and the Three Pigs
• Esio Trot
• Fantastic Mr Fox
• George’s Marvellous Medicine
• James and the Giant Peach
• Jed’s Really Useful Poem
• Matilda
• One Snowy Night
• Rosie Revere and the Raucous Riveters
• The BFG
• The Christmasaurus
• The Iron Man
• The Magic Finger
• The Twits
• Room on the Broom (P2 Halloween themed)
• Fly Guy and the Frankenfly (P3 Halloween themed)
• Creepy Carrots! (P4 Halloween themed)
• The Gruffalo, Commotion in the Ocean, How Many Legs, Oscar and the Bird and Ada Twist, Scientist (First Level Pack 1)
• Snail and the Whale, The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark and The Very Hungry Caterpillar (First Level Pack 2)

2️⃣ Second Level

• Beetle Boy
• Charlotte’s Web
• Divided City
• Goodnight Mr Tom
• Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
• Holes
• Kensuke’s Kingdom
• Pig Heart Boy
• Remembering Green
• Skellig
• Song of the Dolphin Boy
• The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
• The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
• Where the River Runs Gold
• Wonder
• World Burn Down
• Harry Potter Science*
• Stories of Wizards and Witches (P5 Halloween themed)
• The Creakers (P6 Halloween themed)
• The Witches (P7 Halloween themed)

*️⃣ All Levels (Primary)

• Ada Twist Scientist
• Rosie Revere Engineer
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory*
• Code Name Bananas* (First/Second)
• Ella’s Umbrella* (Early/First)
• Hello Red Fox*
• Leafman* (Early/First)
• Mad About Minibeasts*
• The Listening Walk* (Early/First)
• The Snowman* (Early/First)
• The Titanic Detective Agency*
• The Very Hungry Caterpillar* (Early/First)
• That’s Not My Puppy* (Early/First)
• Spy School*
• The Adventures of Scout 1* – (Mostly Early/First – ideal for Buddy Events)
• The Adventures of Scout 2* – (Mostly Early/First – ideal for Buddy Events)
• The Adventures of Scout 3* – (Mostly Early/First – ideal for Buddy Events)

💡 Anytime CLPL:

Watch the video below and listen to the RAiSE National Education Officer, Laura McCafferty, take you through this step-by-step guide on how to create a STEM through Stories planner.

If you do create any of  your own, please feel to share them, Laura would love to see them.  Just drop her an email at Laura.McCafferty@educationscotland.gov.scot

📖 STEM Through Stories

📕 Promoting STEM Through Stories in Early Years Settings

The video below gives an overview of how the use of stories can promote and encourage STEM learning to our young learners.

🧒 When I Grow Up STEM Trail

Watch the video below to take you through how to set up a STEM trail to inspire young people into STEM by using a book as a stimulus. This trail is based on the story ‘When I Grow Up’ by Rich Smith.

💬 STEM Through Listening and Talking

STEM can often be developed through literacy activities, including listening and talking. With communication being a Meta-skill for learning, life and work, check out the resources below to support literacy and STEM development combined.

• I’m a Scientist Debate Kits – Develop listening, talking and communication skills through these debate kits. Best suited for upper primary and beyond.
• Great Science Share Talking Prompts – Use the Great Science Talking Prompts to support your learners in talking effectively in groups by thinking about the verbal behaviours they use when they react to what other people say and seek to clarify understanding in discussions.

🔗 Useful Links:

Visit the links below with further resources that can support literacy learning through STEM:

• Early Level Multilingual Activity Cards – A set of STEM activity cards created by the Glasgow EAL Service for use in the Early Years. The download includes cards in the following languages: English, Arabic, Farsi, Gaelic, Kurdish Sorani, Mandarin, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian and Urdu.