British Science Week

Resource type: Event

Price band: Free

Key stage: KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4, KS5

Region(s): All of UK

British Science Week is a ten-day celebration of science, technology, engineering and maths that takes place every year in March. British Science Week 2025 will take place between 7th – 16th March. The theme for 2025 is Change and Adapt.

At the heart of British Science Week is a programme of events organised by schools, researchers, universities and companies that take place across the whole of the UK. The British Science Week website also hosts a number of other resources that can be used in schools. These include:

British Science Week activity packs for EYFS, primary and secondary schools.
Two separate poster competitions for EYFS/primary and older primary/secondary pupils. The deadline for all entries is 3rd April.

Cost: Access to all the online resources is free. Events may incur a fee.

About the British Science Association: The British Science Association is a charity whose mission is to promote diversity and inclusion in science, increasing the number of people who are actively engaged in science in order to improve our ability to tackle the challenges of the future.

Further resources:

Tune in on 10th March for a BBC Live Lesson from the National Space Centre with special guest, astronaut Tim Peake. Pupils will complete an ‘astronaut training plan’ and learn about the challenges of living in space. Suitable for pupils aged 7-11.
Mr Dilly hosts a free British Science Week online event for pupils aged 7-11 on 12th March with authors Vashti Hardy, Lisa Harvey-Smith, Aidan Ryan and Dr Lucia Perez Diaz.
There’s still time to get involved with this term’s We Wonder: Blue Planet STEM reading challenge from the National Literacy Trust for the chance to win a range of book-related prizes.
Explore the selection of STEM films and videos for primary and secondary schools from BBC Teach.
Topical Talk provides free resources to encourage discussions about the key issues facing our world today, including many science-based topics such as climate change, Artificial Intelligence, animal sentience, space tourism and more. Suitable for pupils aged 10+.
Science magazines such as Whizz Pop Bang!, The Week Junior Science and Nature, Britannica Magazine and National Geographic Kids are great additions to the school library.
Find book recommendations to cover all areas of the primary science curriculum in the Primary Science Topic Booklists from Books for Topics.
Explore the selection of STEM-related titles for readers aged 3-13+ from LoveReading4Kids.
Ensure that the achievements of women scientists and engineers are represented in your library with these book recommendations from Best Books for Schools and LoveReading4Kids.
The Royal Society Young People’s Book Prize celebrates high quality, accessible STEM books for under-14 year-olds. The shortlist is always a useful source of recommended titles for the school or class library and the winner is chosen by panels of young judges around the country.
Find out more about teaching primary Science Through Story with award-winning primary science teacher and author Jules Pottle.
The Primary Science Teaching Trust has a wealth of free teaching resources for primary schools, including a selection of resources dedicated to developing scientific literacy.
The National Literacy Trust’s Literacy for Learning CPD programme for secondary schools includes a Developing Literacy in Science course.