The Royal Society promotes excellence in the teaching of science, mathematics and computing while also encouraging and supporting investigative work in the classroom. On this page you will find details about the different schemes and opportunities you can get involved with and you can explore our free resources.
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Explore our resources
Brian Cox school experiments
The Royal Society presents video resources featuring Professor Brian Cox presenting experiments…
What do you want to know about climate change?
This resource is based on the latest evidence available to scientists and has been adapted from…
What do you want to know about biodiversity loss?
This resource is based on the latest evidence available to scientists.
Why science animations
Animations aimed at school aged students to highlight the benefits of scientific study and the…
Global challenges
Curriculum linked resources to support the teaching of climate science and sustainability.
Animate materials resources
Resources to support the teaching of materials at primary and secondary level
Machine learning resources
The Royal Society contracted the British Science Association to produce a series of CREST…
Your Planet, Your Questions video clips
Aimed at students aged 5 to 14 the Your Planet, Your Questions event took place in June 2021,…
Young People's Book Prize school resources
Free resources to use in the primary school classroom
Inspiring scientists
Explore diversity in science
Factsheets - future science
Explore factsheets on some of the latest work by the Royal Society. Content may be used to enhance…
Shared resources from our Schools Network
Sharing curriculum linked resources, identified by teachers in the Royal Society Schools Network,…
Partnership Grants
Schools can apply now to receive up to £3,000 to run an investigative STEM project in partnership with a STEM professional from academia or industry. Free online sessions are being run to introduce teachers and STEM partners to the scheme and application process.
Tomorrow's climate scientists
An extension to the Partnership Grants scheme which aims to give students not just a voice but an opportunity to take action themselves to address climate and biodiversity issues – to become the climate scientists of tomorrow.
Schools network blog posts
View all postsMiss Sam Holyman BSc(Hons) MRSC CSciTeach PGCE
In Schools network
5 min read
Partnership grants: impact on physics teaching
Sam Holyman , a Chemistry teacher from Aylesford School in Warwick, shares her experience so far…
Emils Gedrovics
In Schools network
5 min read
New streamlined application process with plenty of support to secure up to £3,000 of funding for your investigative Partnership Grants project
The Partnership Grants scheme is designed to help all schools access funding to carry out an…
Michael Jones
In Schools network
4 min read
Tomorrow’s climate scientists attend a mock select committee
Students from Northfleet Technology College visited Parliament to ask questions and share their…
Emils Gedrovics
In Schools network
5 min read
What would you do if you had £3000 for a research project?
Schools are being funded by the Royal Society to design and carry out their own STEM research…
Michael Jones
In Schools network
2 min read
Young student researchers investigate ‘What animals and plants share our world?’ as part of their Partnership Grants project
Teacher Michael Jones from Northfleet Technology College shares how thanks to the equipment…