Education

A pioneering STEM learning initiative has exceeded all our expectations during its first year, reports Roger Highfield, Science Director.

The Science Museum Group this week launched its Academy, a major initiative to tackle the skills shortage in STEM fields and ignite the curiosity of the next generation.

As part of our mission to inspire the next generation of scientists, inventors and engineers the Science Museum Group have launched an exciting new online game, Total Darkness.

We went behind-the-scenes of as the 2018 Year of Engineering was announced at the museum.

Astronauts Tim Peake and Tim Kopra wowed hundreds of school children with tales from the International Space Station (ISS) on the same day the European Space Agency (ESA) attempted to land the Schiaparelli module on Mars.

Earlier in the year Loughborough School visited the museum to see the Feel the Force science show presented by Explainer Dwain on their trip to the Museum

Laura from the learning team shares some alternative things to see on a trip to the Museum.

We love receiving letters from our visitors and we always try our best to write back as soon as possible. In fact, most of the letters we receive are from primary schools that have just visited the Museum. Kids being kids, they can be brutally honest in telling us their likes (e.g. big bangs!) and dislikes (also big bangs). The pupils from Parkhill School visited the Launchpad and saw the Flash! Bang! Wallop! Launchpad show on their outing to the Museum.  […]

Micol Molinari writes about the launch of Enterprising Science, the largest science learning programme of its kind in the UK.