Secondary STEM Update - October 2020

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Welcome to the October edition of Secondary STEM Update. In this edition, you'll find information about: grants for CREST Awards, British Science Week and STEM enrichment and engagement; 'Why science is for me' animation from The Royal Society; and free resources from CREST Awards and Engineering UK.

Grants to do CREST Awards with underrepresented audiences now available
If registration and support costs are a barrier to running CREST, grants of up to £600 are now available to support and enable schools and organisations to run CREST Awards with young people underrepresented in STEM.

The deadline for applications is 5pm on 14 October 2020 for Round 1 or 5pm on 20 January 2021 for Round 2. Applications cannot be accepted after this date. For information on how to apply, visit the CREST Awards website.

Applications for Kick Start Grants for British Science Week 2021 now open
The British Science Association, with funding from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), is providing grants for schools in challenging circumstances to organise their own science and engineering events.

The deadline for applications is 5pm on 9 November 2020. To check whether your school is eligible and for further information on the grants and how to apply, visit the British Science Association website.

Royal Institution 2020 STEM Enrichment and Enhancement Grant Scheme open
The Royal Institution offers grants of £500 annually for schools to experience a science, technology, engineering or mathematics activity selected from the STEM Directory. They are designed to help integrate science, technology, engineering and mathematics activities into school practice and to support teachers’ professional development.

The deadline for applications is 23 October 2020. For more information and details of how to apply, visit The Royal Institution website.

'Why science is for me' animation
The Royal Society has created this short animation as a tool teachers can use to help demonstrate to their pupils that science allows them to gain a broad range of transferable skills useful in many careers. Science is a way of thinking, a way of analysing facts and acting upon this analysis; science isn’t about knowing the answers, it’s about knowing what questions to ask.

The animation is designed to be used by those teaching pupils aged 11–16, and the Society hopes that pupils and, as a consequence their parents, will be better informed about the relevance of their science lessons and ultimately a greater number will opt to study science post-16.

To download a full graphic of the animation for a classroom display, visit The Royal Society website.

New free CREST Awards machine learning resources
The CREST Awards have just launched some new, free machine learning-themed resources, in partnership with the Royal Society. They have published a brand new Discovery Day focused on ‘Machines of the future’ to get pupils thinking about how to use machine learning to design their own household product. Take a look at the Teacher Pack and the Student Pack.

For older pupils, they have published new Bronze and Silver collections of machine learning resource briefs that range across digital technology in healthcare to considering ‘A world without driving’, so there are lots of project ideas for secondary students to choose from.

Neon - engineering outreach opportunities and careers resources
Neon is a new website, developed by Engineering UK, that brings together high-quality engineering outreach opportunities and inspiring careers resources. It has been designed to help teachers find good-quality engineering experiences, from workshops, speakers and clubs to competitions, events and trips. It uses a set of quality criteria that have been developed with the engineering community to determine which resources feature. It has recently been adapted to include virtual and online experiences, allowing for remote access during periods when movement is restricted.

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