British Science Week 2025 is coming! The celebrations proper may not be kicking off until 7-16 March 2025, but your British Science Week fun can start now! We’re excited to announce that we have now published our free activity taster pack. You read that right, pack singular! This year we have brought activities for Early … Continued
The British Science Week 2025 taster pack is out now!
British Science Week 2025 is coming! The celebrations proper may not be kicking off until 7-16 March 2025, but your British Science Week fun can start now! We’re excited to announce that we have now published our free activity taster…
Applications for British Science Week 2025 grants are open!
The build up to British Science Week is in full swing as Kick Start Grants and Community Grants are open for applications! Schools and community groups can apply for Kick Start Grants and Community Grants respectively to fund, organise and…
Winners of the 2024 poster competition announced!
We are thrilled to announce the winners of this year’s British Science Week poster competition! Based on our 2024 theme, ‘Time’, this year’s entries really highlighted the brilliant ideas, passions and dazzling imaginations of almost 5,000 burgeoning young artists from…
The theme for 2025 is...'Change and adapt'!
British Science Week is entering its third decade in 2025, taking place on 7-16 March, and the theme to mark the start of this new era is ‘Change and adapt’! We’re so excited to seeing the activities and events you…
A round-up of British Science Week 2024!
That’s a wrap on British Science Week’s 30th anniversary! We hope you had a brilliant time celebrating science, technology, engineering and maths – we loved seeing all the fun you had running events and activities! Do keep tagging us on…
British Science Week 2024 is just around the corner on 8-17 March – it’s about time!
The two-month countdown begins to the special 30th of anniversary the Week, and you can get started by getting stuck in to STEM fun now with our British Science Week activity packs – available from today! The packs, available to…
The British Science Week 2024 taster packs are out now!
What’s that coming over the hill? It’s British Science Week 2024! Next year’s British Science Week is an extra special one – it marks the 30th anniversary of the very first Week way back in 1994! (Hands up if that…
Applications for British Science Week 2024 grants are open!
It’s the moment you’ve been waiting for… British Science Week 2024 Grants are open for applications! Schools and community groups can apply for Kick Start Grants and Community Grants respectively to fund, organise and run their own events and activities…
A conversation with the senior poster competition winner!
That's a wrap on the British Science Week 2023 poster competition, we have our winners! We received so many fantastic posters this year on such a diverse range of subjects related to connections, and we’re fascinated by how the children…
Winners of the 2023 poster competition announced!
We are thrilled to announce the winners of this year’s British Science Week poster competition! Based on our 2023 theme, ‘Connections’, this year’s entries really highlighted the brilliant ideas, passions and dazzling imaginations of over 4,000 burgeoning young artists from…
The theme for 2024 is...'Time'!
We are excited to announce our theme for the 2024 British Science Week activity packs and poster competition – ‘Time’! Next year is the 30th anniversary of British Science Week, so this theme celebrates the passing of time since the…
Guest blog | Norman Lockyer Observatory runs stellar British Science Week celebration for local families
The Norman Lockyer Observatory (NLO) in Sidmouth, Devon, is a historical observatory and home to an active amateur astronomical society. It is a centre for amateur astronomy, meteorology, radio astronomy and the promotion of science education. It is regularly open…
Use British Science Week activities for CREST!
Did you know that you can use or adapt activities from the British Science Week 2023 activity packs to submit for CREST Awards? Selected activities in the Early Years and Primary packs, indicated by a special CREST logo, can be…
Food and British Science Week
Food, as they say, is the great leveller. We all need to eat, whether we lean towards savoury or sweet, quick and easy or a labour of love, eating is ever-present. Choosing, sourcing and cooking food might not seem to…
Seven top tips for celebrating British Science Week 2024!
1. Get volunteers from the community involved Send a message around to parents and carers to find out if they work in STEM, and would be keen to share their experiences as part of British Science Week. This is a…
You can start celebrating British Science Week 2023 now!
British Science Week 2023 is fast approaching, kicking off 10-19 March. But there’s no need to wait until then for the fun to begin, as we launch our British Science Week activity packs, designed to be run in education settings,…
Download your British Science Week 2023 taster packs now
Get started with planning your British Science Week 2023 events and activities
British Science Week 2023 is coming! It might not be kicking off until 10-19 March 2023, but the British Science Week fun has started now! We’re excited to announce that we have released our free taster packs: the Early Years…
Applications for British Science Week 2023 grants are open!
Exciting news… our British Science Week 2023 grants are now open for applications! Our Kick Start Grants and Community Grants provide schools and community groups respectively funds to organise and run their own events and activities during British Science Week, which…
Interview with senior poster competition winner!
The British Science Week 2022 poster competition is a wrap, we have our winners! As we get so many brilliant posters on a diverse range of subjects, we’re fascinated by how the children and young people behind them come up…
Winners of the 2022 poster competition announced!
We are delighted to announce the winners of this year’s British Science Week poster competition! Based on our 2022 theme, ‘Growth’, this year’s entries really hit the mark and showcased the wonderful imaginations, passions and ideas for the future of…