National STEM Learning Centre Courses

Introducing Assessment for Learning

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Improve your students’ understanding and outcomes by developing your teaching and embedding formative practices in your classroom.

• FutureLearn
• 3 weeks, 3 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Volunteering in the Classroom: Adapting Resources for STEM Activities

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Start your volunteering and learn how to make STEM activities relevant to a diverse range of young people.

• FutureLearn
• 2 weeks, 3 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Teaching Practical Science: Biology

Develop practical lessons to help 14-16 year old students understand biology with this CPD for science teachers.

• FutureLearn
• 3 weeks, 3 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Teaching Practical Science: Chemistry

Discover approaches to engage 14-16 year old students through practical lessons in chemistry with this CPD for science teachers.

• FutureLearn
• 3 weeks, 3 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Teaching Practical Science: Physics

Participate in CPD to enhance your physics lessons with effective practical work for 14-16 year olds.

• FutureLearn
• 3 weeks, 3 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Volunteering in the Classroom: Planning and Organising Practical STEM Activities

Learn how to plan and design effective STEM activities that engage young people through your volunteering.

• FutureLearn
• 2 weeks, 3 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Volunteering in the Classroom: Communication Skills for STEM Volunteers

Improve your communication skills when presenting STEM activities and volunteering with young people.

• FutureLearn
• 2 weeks, 3 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Volunteering in the Classroom: Feedback, Reviewing and Improving STEM Activities

Learn how to obtain and use feedback to help you improve your volunteering and STEM activities with young people.

• FutureLearn
• 2 weeks, 3 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Microcredential

Assessment for Learning: Formative Assessment in Science and Maths Teaching

Enhance science and math teaching through formative assessment techniques. Develop responsiveness, improve lesson planning, and provide effective feedback to support student learning.

• FutureLearn
• 11 weeks, 3 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Paid Course

Microcredential

Teaching Practical Science: Progress Student Learning Through Hands-On Science

Enhance student engagement and understanding in biology, physics, and chemistry through hands-on experiments designed for 14-16 year olds. Develop effective practical lessons across science subjects.

• FutureLearn
• 9 weeks, 3 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Paid Course

Microcredential

Volunteering in the Classroom: Bringing STEM Industry into Schools

Develop skills to effectively volunteer in STEM classrooms, from adapting resources and planning activities to improving communication and gathering feedback, inspiring young minds towards STEM careers.

• FutureLearn
• 8 weeks, 3 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Paid Course

Teaching for Home Learning: Secondary Science

Ease the transition to teaching science to secondary pupils during the COVID-19 pandemic with online and offline approaches.

• FutureLearn
• 2 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Finished
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Teaching for Home Learning: Primary Science

Learn teaching strategies and tools to make the transition to online primary science teaching easier during the COVID-19 pandemic.

• FutureLearn
• 2 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Finished
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Teaching Climate Change

Learn how to teach climate change to students aged 11-14 years old and engage them with the ESA Climate Detectives project.

• FutureLearn
• 3 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Finished
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Maths Subject Knowledge: Proportional Reasoning

Learn how to solve proportional reasoning problems and apply them to real world contexts and STEM subjects

• FutureLearn
• 4 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Finished
• Free Online Course (Audit)