In 2019, explorer Victor Vescovo was recognised by Guinness World Records as the First person to reach Earth’s highest and lowest points. Vescovo has experienced Earth’s most extremes – and has now been inducted into the GWR Hall of Fame in the GWR 2021 edition (to be published this Autumn). Last month, schools across the … Continued
British Science Week Q&A with a Guinness World Record holder
In 2019, explorer Victor Vescovo was recognised by Guinness World Records as the First person to reach Earth's highest and lowest points. Vescovo has experienced Earth's most extremes - and has now been inducted into the GWR Hall of Fame…
Spend a day in the life of the Guinness World Records team!
As part of their partnership with the British Science Association on this year's British Science Week, Guinness World Records is offering a very special poster competition prize for the Junior category... Junior students have the opportunity to win the chance…
Celebrating 25 years of the Channel Tunnel
We are delighted to announce a new partner for British Science Week 2019: Eurotunnel le shuttle. To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the opening of the Tunnel, the British Science Association has partnered with Eurotunnel with the aim of sharing…
Our partnership with Guinness World Records
The British Science Association is delighted to be partnering with Guinness World Records this year to celebrate the publication of their brand new book, Science & Stuff. Introduced by BSA Honorary Fellow, presenter, author and comedian Robin Ince, Science &…
Looking for activities post-BSW? Try Bayer's new science lab!
If participating in British Science Week has left you and your students hungry for more science activities, then this may be of interest... Bayer, which is a supporter of the BSA’s education work, has opened a new schools laboratory, Baylab.…
Poster competition: still plenty of time to get involved!
The annual poster competition is one of the most popular aspects of British Science Week, with over 12,000 students participating in 2016. This year, the theme of the poster competition is 'change'. There are five age categories, and your students…
Demo Day pledge winners announced!
We are delighted to announce the winners of our Demo Day pledge competition... The following schools will be receiving a dry ice education kit from our partners, Chillistick. Congratulations, and we hope you have lots of fun on Demo Day!…
British Science Week 2017 starts today!
British Science Week is predominantly a grassroots celebration of science, technology, engineering and maths with thousands of events and activities organized in schools, in communities and by a whole host of cultural organizations, businesses and other venues. There are already…
Demo Day preparation: dry ice in the classroom
Calling all teachers and technicians! You could be in with the chance to win one of five dry ice classroom packs (worth £75!) from our partners, Chillistick, if you pledge to run a demonstration on Demo Day (Thursday 16 March), before…
George’s Marvellous Experiments
The British Science Association is pleased to announce a ‘Marvellous’ new partnership for British Science Week 2017… We are really excited to be working with Puffin to celebrate the publication of a new companion book for Roald Dahl’s George’s Marvellous…
Thank you to our BSW sponsors and partners
This year, British Science Week looks set to be bigger and better than ever – and we are delighted to have an impressive range sponsors and partners involved. 3M are a major sponsor of the Week – they are supporting…
Join our half-day family space festival
There will be fun for all the family at the British Science Week mini-space festival from 08.00 - 12.30 on Saturday 11 March at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London. Whether or not you have a friend or family member running our…
Project Mc2 - proud sponsors of British Science Week
Project Mc2 is pleased to once again be supporting British Science Week. This annual 10-day celebration of all things S.T.E.M inspires young people and their parents to get involved in science – through fascinating, entertaining and engaging events and activities…
Run the Solar System, supported by Yakult UK
We are pleased to introduce a new initiative for British Science Week 2017... Run the Solar System. Produced by Six to Start, the team behind Zombies, Run! (the world’s most popular smartphone fitness game), and supported by Yakult UK, Run…
Our flagship events
Find out about the British Science Association's special events across the UK for British Science Week.
While the main purpose of British Science Week is to inspire and facilitate a grassroots celebration of science, technology, engineering and maths featuring events and activities all around the UK, the British Science Association is also putting on a number…
New British Science Week resources
We are pleased to launch the British Science Week activity packs and poster competition themes and resources for 2016.
We’ve uploaded a fantastic array of new resources to the website, take a look! Download our Activity Packs Start planning your classroom activities for British Science Week 2016 with our FREE Spaces for Science: Science in Spaces Activity Packs! This…
Thinking about organising an event? Read this!
We have lots of advice and guidance for people planning British Science Week events and activities - plus loads of other ways to get involved!
We've already had hundreds of British Science Week events registered with over three months to go, so thank you to everyone who has registered already. If you've not decided what event or activity to organise yet, then worry not... Our handy…
Grant scheme now closed
Our 2015/16 grants scheme is now closed for applications.
The British Science Association's grant scheme for British Science Week 2016 is now closed. Thank you to everyone who applied for a grant - we've had applications from hundreds of schools and organisations across the UK. The British Science Week…
Demo day - how to get involved
Pledge your support and apply for a grant to help fund your demo day activity.
For British Science Week 2016, Demo Day will take place on Thursday 17 March. Demo Day is an opportunity to celebrate the power that hands-on science demonstrations have to inspire, excite and fuel the imaginations of young people. We're encouraging…
Are you eligible for a British Science Week grant?
We have funding available to support events and activities run by schools and organisations during British Science Week. Application deadline is 23 November.
For British Science Week 2016, we have a number of grant schemes available, providing small pots of funding from £200 - £700 to help organisations and schools put on events and activities during the week. Applications are open now, and…