Calendar of events: Autumn 2026 (primary)
This poster shows key events from September to December and some of the related Energising Futures resources - perfect for displaying in your staffroom.
Calendar of events September-December
September
Autumn science hunt
Bring autumnal science to life by linking classroom learning to the great outdoors with this quiz. Keep your class busy with twelve days of 10-minute activities including fun science questions, word of the day and a dive deeper task. Get your class hunting for the incredible science happening all around us this cozy season.
Feed our future! Challenge presentation (primary)
Use this presentation, with video clips presented by Stefan Gates, to recap healthy diets, to discover how our food affects our planet and inspire pupils to come up with a new food for the future.
Stories are full of science poster (4-11)
Use this eye-catching poster to help pupils spot the science hidden in their favourite books; perfect for World Book Day.
The Enormous Turnip: Plant parts we eat
Use this presentation to read the story, learn to name plants and their parts, discover the plants we eat and name foods that come from them.
Humpty Dumpty’s best materials
Help Humpty Dumpty find the best material to protect him from his fall with the activities in this presentation.
The Emperor’s new clothes: Seasonal changes
Use this presentation to read the story and learn about seasonal changes before choosing the best clothes for the Emperor for a chosen season.
The jungle book: How sounds are made
Use this presentation to read the story, hear the sounds of the jungle, investigate how sounds are made and discover how we hear them.
Three Little Pigs: Architects in training (properties of materials)
An interactive presentation that uses this unique sequel to the well-known traditional tale, to teach about the properties of materials in an engaging new way!
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.
The secret science of football posters (primary)
Bring World Cup fever into your classroom with this fascinating look at the secret science behind football. From sound and forces to materials and sustainability, discover how science shapes the game at the highest level.
Football’s hidden careers poster (primary)
Broaden career horizons with this eye-opening careers linked to football poster.
Celebrating women in tech poster (7-11)
This poster shines a spotlight on the incredible women past and present, powering progress and innovation within tech.
Meet a robot programmer job card (primary)
Use this job card to inspire your pupils to explore a future careers in robotics and connect their learning to the real world.
Meet a data analyst job role card (primary)
Inspire your pupils to think about a future career and link learning about electricity and data to the real-world, with this job-role card.
Fashion fixers(primary): Lesson
This presentation explains the impacts the fashion industry has on the environment, and inspires pupils with innovations that are fixing fashion.
October
Celebrating Black Scientists assembly (7-11)
This assembly celebrates the triumphs of Black scientists despite discrimination and showcases inspiring Black role models so that all pupils see that they too can have a career in science.
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.
Celebrating Black Scientists: ones to watch poster
Use this poster to inspire your learners with relatable young Black Scientists who are changing our future world.
Nzambi Matee life story quiz
Ten-question quiz about the life, career and achievements of material engineer, inventor and super scientist Nzambi Matee, for use with the life story sheet.
Maggie Aderin-Pocock presentation
Use this presentation to find out about the life, career and achievements of space scientist, inventor and super scientist, Maggie Aderin-Pocock.
Meet a data analyst job role card (primary)
Inspire your pupils to think about a future career and link learning about electricity and data to the real-world, with this job-role card.
The Enormous Turnip: Plant parts we eat
Use this presentation to read the story, learn to name plants and their parts, discover the plants we eat and name foods that come from them.
Careers linked to earth and space poster
Use this poster to link learning about Earth and space with the world of work and inspire pupils to think about exciting, potential careers.
Daily space science energisers (7-11)
Daily 15-min STEM challenges for 7-11 year olds, around the theme of living in space; perfect for energising a space science week.
Planets of the solar system poster
Use this poster to answer questions about the order and sizes of planets in our solar system.
Moon poster
Use this poster to encourage pupils' to become Moon explorers!
Moon diary
Challenge your pupils to keep a moon diary for 28 days – use the activity sheet to record what they see.
It’s rocket science presentation (primary)
Discover how NASA's Artemis program plans to return astronauts to the Moon and explore the forces that will get them there.
What lives where? presentation
Learn about the animals and plants that live in a woodland habitat, a pond and at the seashore and discover how they are suited to where they live.
What is a living thing? animation
In this short animation, Ravi, Kate and Bubbles discuss the needs of living things and identify those living in a cliff-top habitat and the sea. Click 'Watch' to play the video
Be a minibeast habitat explorer presentation
In this challenge, pupils become ecologists as they find out about minibeast habitats before they conduct a survey in their school grounds.
Meet an ecologist video (primary)
Watch Jen, an ecologist, talking about her job and using special equipment to observe and identify minibeasts in a variety of microhabitats.
Bright ideas – Better planet poster
Spark curiosity and boost your students' optimism for the future of our planet with this eye-catching poster. It showcases 10 incredible, planet-saving inventions - from seaweed packaging to solar paint and encourages students to problem-solve themselves.
Celebrating women in tech poster (7-11)
This poster shines a spotlight on the incredible women past and present, powering progress and innovation within tech.
Feed our future! Poster (9-11)
Inspire your budding young scientists with potential STEM careers in the food industry and encourage them to complete the Feed our future! challenge.
What happens when I eat? poster
Discover the functions of the basic parts of the digestive system and spark curiosity by answering questions including "How much saliva do I make?" and "How long are my small intestines?"
Spooky Halloween science quiz (7-11)
Bring science alive with this Halloween-themed quiz. With spooktacular questions and ghoulish fun-facts, there is something for the everyone to enjoy!
Careers linked to Halloween poster (7-11)
Bring careers alive with this fun poster linking creepy, crawly and cool science careers to Halloween.
November
Celebrating women engineers primary poster
Challenge stereotypes and inspire your pupils with this informative, visual poster celebrating the achievements of women engineers.
Meet a materials engineer video (9-11)
Watch Anna, a materials scientist working in the construction industry, describe her job and what inspired her to be become an expert in concrete.
Meet a materials engineer poster
Inspire your pupils to think about a potential future career as a material scientist with this poster.
Meet a field service engineer video
Watch James, a field service engineer (who mends electric charging points) at work, and find out about the knowledge and skills he needs for success.
Meet a field service engineer presentation
Use this presentation to inspire your pupils to think about a potential future career and link learning about electricity to the real-world.
Meet a field service engineer job card
Inspire your pupils to think about a potential future career and link learning about electricity to the real-world, with this job-role card.
The story of Nzambi Matee presentation
Use this presentation to find out about the life, career and achievements of material engineer, inventor and super scientist Nzambi Matee.
Nikola Tesla presentation
Use this presentation to find out about the life, career and achievements in the field of electricity, of super scientist, Nikola Tesla.
Design an electric vehicle challenge presentation
Use this presentation to introduce this real-world challenge and inspire pupils to design their own, new electric vehicle that matches customer needs.
Meet a data analyst video
Watch Imisi, a data analyst (who works with electric vehicles) at work and find out about the knowledge and skills she needs for success.
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.
Careers linked to plants (4-7)
Use this poster to link learning about plants with the world of work and inspire pupils to think early about potential future careers.
Careers linked to animals (4-7)
Use this poster to link learning about animals with the world of work and inspire pupils to think early about a range of future careers.
Careers linked to electricity poster
Use this poster to link learning about electricity with the world of work and inspire pupils to think about a range of future careers.
Careers linked to plants poster
Use this poster to link learning about plants with the world of work and inspire pupils to think about potential future careers.
Meet an ecologist video (primary)
Watch Jen, an ecologist, talking about her job and using special equipment to observe and identify minibeasts in a variety of microhabitats.
Daily science energisers: Curiosity (7-11)
15-minute daily science challenges to spark curiosity in your classroom and encourage your pupils to ask questions about the world around them. Perfect for energising lessons during science week.
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.
Working scientifically poster (4-7)
Ready to spark inquisitive minds? Kick off the term with our ‘Thinking like a scientist’ poster, empowering your class to question, experiment, and make discoveries like a pro.
Working scientifically poster (7-11)
Create curious minds and problem-solving pro’s as you get your pupils working like scientists in record time this term.
Asking questions poster 4-7
A vibrant poster to spark your pupil's curiosity and inspire them to ask big and bold questions about the world around them, just like real scientists.
Asking questions poster 7-11
Inspire your pupils to think big and ask challenging questions about the world around them, just like the super scientists behind history’s biggest scientific discoveries, with this vibrant poster.
Bright ideas – Better planet poster
Spark curiosity and boost your students' optimism for the future of our planet with this eye-catching poster. It showcases 10 incredible, planet-saving inventions - from seaweed packaging to solar paint and encourages students to problem-solve themselves.
Name the plants poster
Use this 2-page poster to answer questions including ‘What are garden and wild plants?’ and ‘Is a tree a plant? and to identify familiar plants.
Ravi’s garden plants quiz
Use this 10-question quiz to help your pupils learn about plants and to identify familiar garden and wild plants. Contains feedback and questions to promote class discussions.
December
Let’s investigate insulators planning sheet
Plan an investigation into the best heat insulators, with this investigation planning sheet, part of the Science in stories: Three Little Pigs lesson range.
Science Advent Calendar 2025 (4-7)
Countdown to Christmas with our fun and engaging, curriculum-linked, interactive, science advent calendar featuring a 5-minute science activity and science-themed cracker joke and link to a resource for diving deeper, for each day of advent.
Science Advent Calendar 2025 (7-11)
Countdown to Christmas with our fun and engaging, curriculum-linked, interactive, science advent calendar featuring a 10-minute science activity, word of the day, science-themed cracker joke and link to a resource for diving deeper, for each day of advent.
Celebrating women in tech poster (7-11)
This poster shines a spotlight on the incredible women past and present, powering progress and innovation within tech.
Meet a robot programmer job card (primary)
Use this job card to inspire your pupils to explore a future careers in robotics and connect their learning to the real world.
Meet a data analyst video
Watch Imisi, a data analyst (who works with electric vehicles) at work and find out about the knowledge and skills she needs for success.
Our RoboRevolution challenge presentation (primary)
Use this presentation, with video clips presented by Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon, to recap the science of the human body, discover how robots benefit humans and inspire pupils to come up with a robot of their own.
Ready. Steady. Science! Winter activities
Go fishing for ice, investigate what makes the best snow and make a glass sing with these fun science experiments you can do in the classroom or at home.
Ready. Steady. Science! More winter activities (4-11)
Discover how penguins keep warm and dry, make a paper snowflake and find out what makes ice melt with these fun, winter-themed, low-prep practical activities.
Weather matching cards
Develop the vocabulary of weather as pupils match photos to weather words in this simple card-matching game.
Animal explorer fact-file sorting cards
Identify, group and classify animals with these sorting cards.
Which rock am I? matching card game
These information cards help pupils identify and name different rocks and develop their knowledge of rock properties and uses.
Design an electric vehicle car cards
Pupils use these cards to develop their knowledge of electric cars, to match cars to customer needs and gather data to answer questions.
Circuits interactive online experiment
An interactive online experiment to help pupils develop their understanding and knowledge of circuits.
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.
Air resistance online experiment
Explore air resistance though sycamore seeds and paper spinners in this online quiz
Animal explorer interactive (4-7)
An innovative, fun and engaging interactive with images, facts and quizzes about the variety of life in our animal kingdom.
Animal explorer interactive (7-11)
An innovative, fun and engaging interactive with images, facts and quizzes about the variety of life in our animal kingdom.
Rock explorer virtual rock kit
An interactive rock kit containing images, facts and quizzes about rock features, groups, properties and uses.