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Whether you are a youth worker looking for fresh ideas, a Community Learning and Development practitioner seeking new ways to engage with, a researcher curious about informal learning, or a science educator passionate about inspiring the next generation, here you'll find a wealth of creative activities exploring STEM for youth groups for all ages, families and communities.

It includes resources on running STEM activities, ready-to-use ideas to use with young people developed by Science Ceilidh, youth groups and scientists across Scotland involved in our Curiosity in Action programme, UKRI and other key organisations.

We’d love for people to keep adding to it as any ideas pop to mind!

It's a living resource, shaped by the collective experience and curiosity of our Action Research partnerships, so feel free to add your own post any time.

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We encourage you to contribute your expertise and expand our collective knowledge base! If you have an activity idea that has worked well for you or a useful resource on running STEM activities, please add your own post to the Padlet. Simply click the "+" icon and follow the prompts to add your text, link, or upload a file. Share what the activity is, its purpose, and provide the respective credits.

Some additional tips

Click on links: Each item within a column will typically be a link to an external website, document, or video. Simply click on the title or the link itself to open the resource or activity in a new tab.

Explore and adapt: Explore the various activities and resources that align with your interests and the needs of your young people. You might find unexpected inspiration or resources that perfectly fit what you were looking for.  We encourage you to adapt the activities to fit your specific context, the unique needs of the group you are working with, their interests, the aims of your session, and the resources available to you.

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Activities picked out for the November AR day

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We had a fantastic group of placement students working with us who created this resource for you all after hearing how much the young people enjoy food related activities!

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A sample of activities developed in collaboration with youth workers from our Curiosity Club programme:

Edible DNA

String telephone

Storm in a glass

Pepper 'germs' vs soap

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Hearts of Midlothian: Curiosity in Action activities 

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Hearts of Midlothian: Curiosity in Action activities 

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Collective for Youth Empowerment in STEM & Society (CYESS) repository

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Collective for Youth Empowerment in STEM & Society (CYESS) repository

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Explore their extensive resource database here, featuring curriculum, professional development, and research at the intersection of STEM, Civic Engagement, and youth empowerment. Educators can discover effective strategies for engaging young people through STEM to foster community-driven change. Resources in this repository can be sorted based on subject matter, keywords, or alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

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The European Network of Science Centres & Museums has a wide repository with useful documents and information on science engagement in general. You can filter your search to look specifically for booklets, material for workshops, practical guides and toolkits.

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In this section you will find useful documents and information on science engagement in general, and Ecsite activities in particular. Browse through articles, toolkits, reports, websites…

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Free teaching resource publications from the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC).

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Free teaching resource publications from the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) to support students in their physics education.
A tunnel to the beginning of time Big questions: big experiment - the Large Hadron Collider Exploring exotic nuclei: CERN's ISOLDE facility Inside the atom: nuclear activity in the UK Teaching STEM through 'Inside the Atom' little book of the big bang Return to the centre of the atom What is next for the Large Hadron Collider?
Due to COVID-19 related restrictions you are not currently able to order free print versions of these resources using the publications print order form. However this service will be available again soon.

More resources related to STFC areas of science and technology

Find teaching resources and activities provided by other organisations in the STFC public engagement sections on:

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Free teaching resource publications from the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) to support students in their physics education.

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Free teaching resources for biology and bioscience education, developed by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC).

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Free teaching resources for biology and bioscience education, developed by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) in partnership with funded institutes and universities.

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A sample of activities developed from our New Scots programme in collaboration with MCFB:

Spaghetti towers

Twig rafts

Space landers

Pinecone parachutes

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An element of creativity resource booklet 

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An element of creativity resource booklet 

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An interdisciplinary chemistry resource for primary learners. This booklet is still an internal draft so please don't share it externally at the moment but feel free to run any of the activities with your groups.

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The Reimagining Equity and Values in Informal STEM Education (REVISE) Center has a searchable database of thousands of informal STEM learning project descriptions, research materials, and evaluation reports.

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This material is supported by National Science Foundation award DRL-2229061, with previous support under DRL-1612739, DRL-1842633, DRL-1212803, and DRL-0638981. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations contained within InformalScience.org are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of NSF.

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Explore STEM Learning resources, a comprehensive collection of over 14,000 freely available, quality-assured digital STEM education resources to help educators inspire young people about STEM. Resources for Primary, Secondary and Post-16 are available on the Toolbar.

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Schoolscience.co.uk provides free learning resources, information and news for science education worldwide. Explore resources for young people aged 5 to 19 on the Toolbar.

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GSK have produced a series of curriculum-linked STEM resources for 11-14 year-olds. They include learning resources for students, educator guidance and support, and STEM careers guidance. View the GSK STEM Education resources on SchoolScience >.

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A resource exploring the physics of music including an activity for the group to make their own kazoo!

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A variety of resources exploring science topics from cell replication to how fluorescence works to how stars form in our galaxy through Scottish ceilidh dancing.

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Bringing people together with science, arts & dance!

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Curiosity In Action was a two-year programme exploring the potential of STEM to support youth work outcomes through youth worker-researcher partnerships.

We partnered up youth groups with their own unique focus - from digital media to circus skills to horse interactions - with researchers who were diving into topics just as varied, like galaxy formation and greener fridges. Together they developed and trialled STEM activities using an action research approach to understand what works well and the impact this has on young people.

This resource, developed from the programme, brings together insights from youth workers and researchers on how to engage with young people.