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NEW TO 2026 from the Rosalind Franklin Institute
Virus Factory in Schools - A resource pack about microbiology, microscopes, artificial intelligence, and citizen science, from the Rosalind Franklin Institute.
Empower your students to see themselves as real scientists and connect what they learn in school to science discoveries today, by contributing to real science research in the classroom. Learn about viruses, microbiology, microscopes and computer algorithms in the context of the online citizen science project Virus Factory.
Virus Factory in Schools is a teaching resource built using the science capital teaching approach to enable you to deliver up to four workshops to KS2&3, culminating in a live Q&A with researchers from the Rosalind Franklin Institute and Oxford University. The free resource pack contains all the materials needed to deliver the workshops to your students, and electronic copies are available online.
Plus, for the 2025-26 school year, sign up to one of our in-person activity sessions and bring your class to Harwell Campus to meet the researchers, learn about the science we do, and become a human powered neural network!
For more information please visit the Virus Factory in Schools homepage or contact: [email protected].
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The Royal College of Pathologists have put together a hub of online and downloadable resources to use for both learning and enjoyment, at home or in school.
British Science Week is a ten day celebration of science, technology, engineering and maths that takes place every March.
A science site for kids where scientists explain core scientific/biological concepts and new discoveries in a fun and interesting way (often in terms of superheros!) and the articles are reviewed by kids. Collections include health, biodiversity, earth. Articles include ‘Mitochondria in brain injury: Antioxidants to the rescue!’, ‘Hearts, and the heartless in the animal kingdom'.
Bored Teachers have put together a list of 40 science websites to keep kids entertained at home
BBC Bitesize has daily online lessons for all ages. They also have a new dedicated TV channel full of learning content, podcasts on BBC Sounds and loads of educational video on iPlayer
Can you pick the correct part of the microscope when given the part's name? (A timed quiz)
The Lightyear Foundation help break down the barriers to disabled children taking part in stem
NASA at Home has a 'for kids and families area which contains a wide variety of materials for students and teachers to learn about NASA programmes
Micscape UK has lots of resources online for amateur and young microscopists. Their magazine is particularly interesting
EU-Citizen.Science is a platform for sharing knowledge, tools, training, and resources
Rob Kesseler’s YouTube channel includes lots of general interest microscopy videos
Science Sparks have fun, inspiring and creative science experiments for kids of all ages!
Science Fun at Home has been created by The Primary Science Teaching Trust and Science Sparks. They have created very clear and accessible fun science activities for children and their families
Simple STEAM Activities to Do With Household Items - Guide produced by Porch
Produced as a collaboration of Microscopy Australia and Thermo Fisher Scientific, MyScope is a free online SEM Simulator! Including real SEM images of samples including biological and materials samples
Wonderseekers: We believe all children should have the opportunity to experience the wonder of science. Will you help us break down barriers and give even more children the chance to explore it? Visit Wonderseekers to explore.
Super Science: 10 easy & cool science experiments for kids to do at home
Science Experiments with Science Bob
Adventures in Archaeological Science colouring book. This colouring book was produced for the 2017 Long Night of Science as the final project of a scientific illustration training workshop taught by Christina Warinner and Jessica Hendy in the summer of 2017. Each page was hand-drawn by a scientist at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History and features real research and archaeological projects
The Natural History Museum's School Online Resources and Discover our Science pages.
If you have access to a microscope of any kind you can utilise the RMS Microscope Activity Kit Resource Library, which includes lesson plans and worksheets
Find out how the fabric masks that people wear to slow the spread of COVID-19 actually work, with these fascinating images from the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)