Resources

D & G Blended Learning Resources

STEM Through Stories

15 Minute STEM Challenges.

Context Planners

A video guide to navigating these resources can be found here.

Primary Science Planning Resource (RAiSE)

A video guide to navigating these resources can be found here.

Institute Link Details of activities
BP Educational

 

https://bpes.bp.com/resources/list/primary Activities are listed by age:

4-7

7-9

9-11

Mixture of experiments, research on scientists/engineers and information posters for literacy tasks.

British Science Week

 

https://www.britishscienceweek.org/plan-your-activities/activity-packs/ Link to this years activity packs- all practical experiments.

 

Scroll to the bottom of the page to find previous year packs too- Early, Primary and Secondary packs available.

Context Planners

 

https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/fa/stemfalkirk/context-planners-for-our-new-normal/ Planners for Early, First and Second Level topics covering Es and Os across the curriculum.
Daily STEM

 

Regular posts on twitter @dailystem

http://dailystem.com/resources/

Posts daily practical STEM ideas and on website has ideas, films linked with STEM activities and “boredom” tasks.
Royal Society of Chemistry

 

https://edu.rsc.org/resources/collections/edible-experiments

 

https://edu.rsc.org/resources/primary

Edible experiments to carry out at home.

 

Other resources available under “Primary” page too.

James Dyson Foundation

 

https://www.jamesdysonfoundation.co.uk/resources/challenge-cards.html?gclid=CjwKCAjw1v_0BRAkEiwALFkj5o5WCff1Xc-lZ5TExK-eyogPHNS55HXauw2fA3YE8T0dSTwA9C50PhoCRwYQAvD_BwE

 

 

Challenge card pack of practical investigations.
Institute of Physics

 

http://www.physics.org/marvinandmilo.asp Cartoon challenge cards with different experiments and investigations. Marvin and Milo show what to do.
Primary Science Teachers Trust

 

https://pstt.org.uk/resources/curriculum-materials/Science-Fun-at-Home

 

https://pstt.org.uk/resources/curriculum-materials/Science-at-Work

Science fun at home released one a week

 

Science at work- weekly ask and answer questions to scientists with activity sheets to complete.

Royal Society of Biology

 

https://www.rsb.org.uk/index.php/education/teaching-resources/primary-schools Links to online games, ideas for investigations.
SSERC

 

https://www.sserc.org.uk/health-and-safety/sserc-bulletins/

 

https://www.sserc.org.uk/subject-areas/primary/primary-resources/primary-home-learning/

Bulletins with ideas of activities

 

Weekly videos and “join in” activities to create experiments.

STEM Learning UK

 

https://www.stem.org.uk/home-learning/primary Links to activities for:

Science

Maths

Cross- curricular links

Computing

Design and Technology

TeachIt

 

https://www.teachitprimary.co.uk/science-resources Primary Resources for science with worksheets and how to do experiments.
Think U Know

 

https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents/Support-tools/home-activity-worksheets/ Online safety lessons for parents and children to carry out together. Information for parents before carrying out lessons too.

 

 

TTS

 

https://www.tts-group.co.uk/home+learning+activities.html Activity booklets have some science experiments to carry out.
Twinkl

 

https://www.twinkl.co.uk/home-learning-hub Science home learning worksheets, investigations and IDL links.
Wildlife Trust

 

https://scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/things-to-do/learn/ Learning zone- choosing the appropriate activities by age.

 

 

National STEM Strategy

STEM Central

STEM Resources

STEM Learning

Skills Development Scotland