Following Tim Peake becoming the first British ESA astronaut to fly to the ISS in 2015, the UK Space Agency and European Space Agency put together a comprehensive education and outreach programme spanning a broad range of subjects and age ranges. It aimed to use the Principia mission…
BIFoR has catalysed some game-changing education initiatives at the University of Birmingham. In collaboration with the University of Birmingham’, Higher Education Futures Institute (HEFI) we have developed a number of teaching materials around the water and carbon cycles which are being embedded both the in…
The Nottingham Festival of Science and Curiosity has created a series of online programmes, broadcast on Notts TV and Facebook Live, called Wollaton Watch. The Wollaton Watch programme brings different partners together to create content, promote environmental science appreciation and understanding across a wide range…
The Virtual community Science Camp (now online due to the Coronavirus pandemic) comprises a series of events run from February to May 2021. The programme presents research learning opportunities for early career environmental researchers to boldly re-imagine how to co-create environmental solutions with community partners…
Discover different climates from all around the world with this series of short animated videos on different aspects of climate science, with sections led by scientists. Visit Marina Ventura’s Climate Explorers Made in collaboration with NERC
The RRS Sir David Attenborough is one of the most advanced polar research vessels in the world. The state-of-the-art ship departed the UK for its maiden voyage on 17 November 2021. In October 2020 the technical sea trials and scientific equipment testing began and the ship was handed over to…
Discovering the Arctic is an award-winning online education resource for schools, developed by the Royal Geographical Society with IBG, in partnership with the British Antarctic Survey, the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Scottish Association for Marine Science. This is a curriculum-based resource, full…
Discovering Antarctica is an online education resource aimed at improving the scientific literacy of school age children aimed primarily at KS3/4 but full of content for other ages, including a dedicated A-Level section. It is a free website that links directly with the national science…
These resources were developed by EU citizen science project WeCount and DETI Inspire at UWE Bristol. WeCount Schools resources cover a wide range of subjects, all curriculum linked, supporting children to learn about the grand challenges’ cities face in relation to urban travel, air pollution…
*Forestry England* Carry out an audit of your school to investigate where you can reduce carbon emissions. Walk around your school and have a look at the various components to see if they are as efficient as they could be. Are there any improvements that…