National STEM Learning Centre Courses

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)

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)

Introducing Assessment for Learning

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)

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)

Microcredential

Assessment for Learning: Formative Assessment in Science and Maths Teaching

Improve your teaching skills with the National STEM Learning Centre's 11-week course. Learn evidence-based approaches to formative assessment in science and maths.

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

Microcredential

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

Improve your science teaching skills with National STEM Learning Centre's 9-week course. Learn to engage 14-16 year olds through hands-on experiments in biology, physics, and chemistry.

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

Microcredential

Volunteering in the Classroom: Bringing STEM Industry into Schools

Enhance your STEM volunteering skills with this 8-week course by National STEM Learning Centre. Learn to plan engaging activities, communicate effectively, and use feedback to improve.

• 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)

Planning for Learning: Formative Assessment

Plan for learning: develop the way you plan within, between and across lessons to create learning opportunities for your students.

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