Primary science challenges
From designing electric vehicles to investigating garden wildlife, our hands-on tasks will inspire every budding detective, designer, and curious explorer.
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What is an insect? Poster (7-11)
Use this poster to help pupils understand what makes an insect an insect, explore life cycles, and discover why insects are so important in our changing world. Find out about a career linked to insects and simple actions to protect them.
World Ocean Day assembly (7-11)
Use this presentation to celebrate World Ocean Day. Take a quiz about our ocean, discover the issues it’s facing and learn how we can take action to protect it for the future. Also features ocean careers.
Wonders of our ocean poster (7-11)
Build awe and wonder with this amazing ocean facts poster and inspire pupils as they discover new careers linked to protecting the ocean.
Be a materials investigator poster
Use this 2-page poster about materials to explore topic areas such as, properties, and the features of different materials.
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Spring science hunt (ages 7-11)
Twenty days of fun, curriculum-linked spring and Easter-related science, with quiz questions, daily 10-minute science activities and resources for diving deeper.
A guide for parents and carers of 4-11 year olds
This useful guide is a great tool for showcasing the best of Energising Futures and how it can be used at home. Parents and carers can discover what science capital is and how they can bring science alive at home.
Daily science energisers: Change and adapt (7-11)
Daily 15-min STEM challenges for 7-11 year olds, around the theme of change and adapt; perfect for energising a science week.
Women and girls in science primary assembly
Use this assembly to showcase varied female scientists of the past and present. Pupils’ stereotypes of scientists will be challenged, whilst they are inspired to think about their own dreams and aspirations.
Celebrating women engineers primary poster
Challenge stereotypes and inspire your pupils with this informative, visual poster celebrating the achievements of women engineers.
Volunteering session: Teacher guide
Get involved with the STEM volunteering scheme and invite a volunteer into your school. Careers education is all about showing young people different paths to success and the variety of options available.
Spooky Halloween science quiz
Bring science alive with Halloween-themed quiz. With spooktacular questions and ghoulish fun-facts, there is something for the whole class to enjoy!
Celebrating Black Scientists poster (primary)
Use this 2-page poster to inspire primary pupils with the work of Black Scientists across past and present day.
Be a materials investigator poster
Use this 2-page poster about materials to explore topic areas such as, properties, and the features of different materials.
Careers linked to rocks and fossils poster
Make meaningful links between science curriculum knowledge and skills, and potential future careers with this inspirational careers poster focusing on rocks and fossils.
Careers linked to the human body poster
Make meaningful links between science curriculum knowledge and skills, and potential future careers with this inspirational careers poster focusing on the human body.
Careers linked to living things poster
Make meaningful links between science curriculum knowledge and skills, and potential future careers with this inspirational careers poster focusing on living things.
Ready. Steady. Sport: Primary activity pack
This engaging activity pack includes a range of practical activities linking maths, science and sport to engage pupils in simple experiments.
Moon diary
Challenge your pupils to keep a moon diary for 28 days – use the activity sheet to record what they see.
Moon poster
Use this poster to encourage pupils' to become Moon explorers!
Friction investigation planning sheet
Encourage pupils' to plan their own friction investigation with this helpful activity sheet!
Friction activity sheet
Test your pupils' knowledge of friction with this activity sheet
Friction
Explore friction and build on practical science skills with animations and interactive experiments.
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Air resistance animation
Use this animation, to provide context for an investigation exploring air resistance.
Friction animation
Use this animation, to provide context for an investigation exploring friction.
Spring science hunt
Bring science to life in your classroom with twenty days of fun, curriculum-linked spring and Easter-related quiz questions, daily 10-minute activities and resources for diving deeper.
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Why teaching careers matters: Your guide to green skills
Use this primary teacher guide to skill up your career teaching and prepare your pupils for the green jobs of the future. Learn what green skills are, why they are important for pupils' motivation and attainment and discover how to easily integrate them into your lessons.
Interactive science games
All the essential knowledge and need-to-know facts on topics in the science curriculum. Use to introduce a topic or to support students.
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Women and girls in science (primary)
Women have contributed to advances in all aspects of science, from computing, to medicine and astronomy. Inspire your pupils by celebrating discoveries made by women, and encourage them to consider a career in science themselves, using these engaging posters and exciting assembly!
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Friction online experiment
Join Kate, Ravi and Bubbles as they discover more about friction through an online experiment. Be with them every step of the way as they find out about what makes something a fair test, different variables that impact experiments and how to choose the right equipment to measure, record, present and evaluate results.