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.

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.

• Edible DNA

• String telephone

• Storm in a glass

• Pepper 'germs' vs soap

• Spaghetti towers

• Twig rafts

• Space landers

• Pinecone parachutes

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.