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When is British Science Week 2025?

British Science Week is a ten-day celebration of science, technology, engineering and maths which will take place 7-16 March 2025.

Below you will find links to our best science, technology, engineering and maths resources for primary and secondary schools - all in one place.

British Science Week activity pack

You can also download a free British Science Week activity pack, which aims to provide simple, hands-on science activities which teachers and parents can use with students and children during British Science Week.

You might also use these resources to celebrate , which takes place in March 2023. Click or tap here for all our space-themed resources for primary and secondary schools.

Primary resources

Watch again: British Science Week 2024 – Live Lesson. video

Presenter Mwaksy Mudenda and Zoologist Yussef Rafik are trapped and need your pupils’ scientific knowledge to solve a series of invertebrate-themed tasks.

Watch again: British Science Week 2024 – Live Lesson

British Science Week: Making STEM learning fun. document

Product designer Joe Bradbury on opportunities for immersive learning.

British Science Week: Making STEM learning fun

Primary Science: Forces and electricity teacher resources. collection

A series of short films for primary schools, following presenters Mwaksy Mudenda and Greg Foot as they use demonstrations, experiments and animations to learn about forces and electricity.

Primary Science: Forces and electricity teacher resources

Experimental. collection

This series of practical, exciting investigations for the classroom introduces some key scientific ideas and enquiry skills.

Experimental

Explain This... KS1 Science. collection

Short films with explanations of key KS1 science topics including the human body, animal life cycles, the food chain, conductors/insulators, solutions and sound.

Explain This... KS1 Science

Little Stargazing. collection

In this series of short films for primary schools a group of children aged five and six, and their families, marvel at the wonders of space. They meet two astronauts and learn about the phases of the Moon.

Little Stargazing

Super Movers Science Videos. collection

Get up and moving with active learning direct from the TARDIS. Here you'll find two Super Movers videos for primary schools, covering the solar system and light.

Super Movers Science Videos

Explorers. collection

A cross-curricular series using the theme of explorers to introduce subjects such as science, creative writing, art and design, maths and geography.

Explorers

Explain, Explore, Expand. collection

A series of short animated films introducing pupils to some key scientific concepts. Pupils are encouraged to expand their learning with ideas for experiments and to explore further lines of scientific enquiry.

Explain, Explore, Expand

Watch again: Bitesize: The Regenerators – The Green Planet Live Lesson 1. video

Bring the wonders of The Green Planet into your classroom with this tropical plant themed science lesson for 7-11 year-olds.

Watch again: Bitesize: The Regenerators – The Green Planet Live Lesson 1

Watch again: Bitesize: The Regenerators - The Green Planet Live Lesson 2. video

The second of our science lessons in collaboration with The Green Planet exploring the wonders of plants, how they're adapted to survive in different environments and the clever ways they disperse their seeds.

Watch again: Bitesize: The Regenerators - The Green Planet Live Lesson 2

Scientists and Scientific Method. collection

This series of short films provides an insight into some of the world's most famous scientists, and some of the biggest discoveries ever made in science.

Scientists and Scientific Method

Blue Planet Live. collection

We teamed up with Blue Planet Live to create short films that explore the health of our oceans and the damaging effects of single-use plastics.

Blue Planet Live

Life Lessons. collection

These short films offer an introduction to key concepts in biology, focusing on the seven important lessons from the natural world.

Life Lessons

Amazing Me. collection

A series of primary biology films that demonstrate the amazing processes that go on inside each and every one of us.

Amazing Me

Operation Awesome. collection

In this entertaining ±«Óătv series, primary pupils explore a range of amazing practical science challenges with presenter Steve Mould.

Operation Awesome

Biology with Dr. Chris van Tulleken. collection

Doctor Chris van Tulleken introduces some handpicked biology clips from the ±«Óătv archive for use in the classroom.

Biology with Dr. Chris van Tulleken

Beyond Bionic. collection

C±«Óătv series where action-adventurer Andy Torbet explores the science behind some of nature’s most highly skilled animals and uses technology to try and compete with them.

Beyond Bionic

Explain This... KS2 Design and Technology. collection

A series of short films that offer concise explanations of axles and hinges and also demonstrate methods of how to make structures stronger and waterproof.

Explain This... KS2 Design and Technology

The Dengineers. collection

C±«Óătv series where expert designers and builders create extraordinary children's dens, encountering design challenges along the way.

The Dengineers

Ivy's Plant Shop. collection

A collection of short films for primary schools exploring the incredible science behind plants. Including the anatomy of plants, what plants need to survive and how to classify plants.

Ivy's Plant Shop

Absolute Genius with Dick & Dom. collection

From Archimedes to Faraday, Dick and Dom explore the work of the most important inventors and scientists in history in this series of short films.

Absolute Genius with Dick & Dom

Terrific Scientific. collection

Terrific Scientific brings science to the heart of your teaching with fantastic investigations and exciting resources linked to the curriculum.

Terrific Scientific

Four ways Sir David Attenborough’s films can help with science learning. document

As well as the classroom videos below, here is an article about how natural history films like The Green Planet can help bring science learning to life in schools. In this article for teachers primary educational consultant and science educator Claire Seeley shares her thoughts on how this landmark ±«Óătv series might help you explore 2022's British Science Week theme of 'growth' with your class.

Four ways Sir David Attenborough’s films can help with science learning

Secondary resources

Physics Bites. collection

These physics focused clips are presented by scientist and rapper Jon Chase.

Physics Bites

Biology Bites. collection

These biology focused short films are from the ±«Óătv series Biology Bites, and are presented by scientist and rapper Jon Chase.

Biology Bites

Chemistry Bites. collection

These chemistry focused short films are from the ±«Óătv series Chemistry Bites, and are presented by scientist and rapper Jon Chase.

Chemistry Bites

The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures - The Language of Life. collection

In these short films, Professor Sophie Scott goes on a fascinating journey through one of the fundamentals of human and animal life: the unstoppable urge to communicate.

The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures - The Language of Life

Inside the Human Body. collection

A series of short films for secondary schools examining the human body through spectacular graphics based on the latest science and stories of remarkable people around the world.

Inside the Human Body

Explain This... GCSE Science. collection

This series of short explainer films comprises three clips each for Biology, Chemistry and Physics at GCSE. Each film focuses on a GCSE Required Practical included in AQA, Edexcel and OCR specifications.

Explain This... GCSE Science

Science Britannica. collection

In this series of short films Brian Cox explores 350 years of British science and finds out how it has helped to shape the world.

Science Britannica

Wonders of the Universe. collection

A series of short films in which Professor Brian Cox explains the science at the heart of the universe.

Wonders of the Universe

Wonders of Life. collection

Professor Brian Cox explores the globe to reveal how a few fundamental laws of science gave birth to the most complex and unique feature of the universe - life.

Wonders of Life

Physics with Professor Brian Cox - Forces, speed and motion. collection

A series of short explainer films by Professor Brian Cox focused on forces, speed and motion.

Physics with Professor Brian Cox - Forces, speed and motion

Physics with Professor Brian Cox - Space Science. collection

A series of short explainer films by Professor Brian Cox focused on space physics.

Physics with Professor Brian Cox - Space Science

Wave World. collection

In this series of short films, Jon Chase meets a range of individuals who are using wave science to do things in the real world.

Wave World

The Science of a Space Dive. collection

A series of short films that look at the challenges faced by scientists, engineers and doctors ahead of Felix Baumgartner's record-breaking and historic skydive in 2012.

The Science of a Space Dive

The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures - How to Survive in Space. collection

From the historic Royal Institution, space doctor Kevin Fong takes us on a ride from launch to orbit and the cosmos beyond for the annual children's Christmas Lectures.

The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures - How to Survive in Space

Physics with Tim Peake. collection

Astronaut Tim Peake introduces some handpicked clips from the ±«Óătv archive, perfect for classroom use when studying physics or space science.

Physics with Tim Peake

Real World Chemistry. collection

In this series of short films, Fran Scott discovers how huge-scale chemical processes go into producing the world's most used materials.

Real World Chemistry

Materials: How They Work. collection

Materials scientist Mark Miodownik takes a look into the inner world of metals, ceramics and plastics and the microscopic structure that allows them to function.

Materials: How They Work

The Alchemist's Apprentice. collection

In this series of short films, students experiment with the elements in a Cambridge University lab.

The Alchemist's Apprentice

Explain This... KS3 Design and Technology. collection

A series of short films that offer concise explanations of finishing plastics, metals and wood as well as demonstrating methods on laser cutting and line bending.

Explain This... KS3 Design and Technology

How to build.... collection

In this series for secondary schools, some of Britain's most iconic and secretive engineering companies reveal how they build the world's most amazing machines.

How to build....

Big Life Fix. collection

Some of the UK's leading inventors create ingenious new solutions to everyday problems and build life-changing technology for people in desperate need.

Big Life Fix

Computer Science: Problem Solved. collection

In this series of short films Dev Griffin looks at the use of technology and computational thinking in daily life and how it might be applied in the future.

Computer Science: Problem Solved

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External learning-related websites

  • - The European Space Education Resource Office's Mars-themed website, where students can discover more about Mars and and the space missions that the UK is working on.
  • - A site from the European Space Education Resource Office about careers in the space industry and how people use science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) skills in their everyday lives.