Teacher-researcher Jane Catto says,“I like to repeat the process, zooming back in, then out again, because we always notice more the second time.” 

Teacher-researcher Caroline Leach says “children are thinking and sharing their ideas, without worrying about their answers being wrong.”

Teacher-researcher Carla Brierley says “children listened more carefully to each other so that they could compare their ideas.” 

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In this case study Brindishe Federation of schools highlight how they teach science and use Explorify in their settings.

Teacher-researcher Carla Brierley says “every child can explain their ideas in a sentence.” 

Looking for ideas and strategies to help you capitalise on the power of dialogue?

Looking for ideas and strategies to help you capitalise on the power of dialogue?

Looking for ideas and strategies to help you create a collaborative learning environment?

Welcome to our Explorify Hosts podcast series!

Schools across the UK are stepping forward to teach children about important global issues. This video shows a group of Key Stage One children from Briar Hill Infant School learning about how they can help the bees.  

Join Explorify Engagement Leaders, Rebecca Ellis and Stacey Reid in this 30-minute video to discover new and favourite activities related to Developing Thinking, Speaking and Listening Skills. 

This blog will help you incorporate primary science teaching into whole school events.

Summary of the Ofsted report findings relevant to primary science.

Interested in reading more about the latest thinking and research or finding key documents quickly?

Enhance your science teaching with the latest support from the Explorify team.

Enhance your science teaching with the latest support from the Explorify team.

Enhance your science teaching with the latest support from the Explorify team.

British Science Week will soon be with us again.

Join Explorify Engagement Leaders, Robin James and Rebecca Ellis, in this 30-minute video to discover new and favourite activities for your space planning. 

Join Explorify Engagement Leader, Robin James, in this 30-minute video to discover new and favourite activities related to nutrition, digestion and the skeleton.

Join Explorify Engagement Leaders, Stacey Reid and Jo Moore, in this 30-minute video to discover new and favourite activities for your electricity planning. 

Join Explorify Engagement Leader, Jo Moore, in this 30-minute video to discover new and favourite activities related to the circulatory system, healthy living and sensory organs.

Join Explorify Engagement Leader, Jo Moore, in this 30-minute video to discover new and favourite activities for your seasonal changes planning.   

Er bod llawer o bobl yn teimlo nad oes dim byd y gallan nhw ei wneud ac yn teimlo’n ansicr ynghylch sut i fynd i’r afael â’r materion byd-eang ar hyn o bryd, fel addysgwyr, mae’n rhaid i ni anelu at roi meddylfryd cadarnhaol i blant.

Yma, rydyn ni’n edrych ar y lle sydd i faterion Her yr Hinsawdd yn y Cwricwlwm i Gymru.

Yn Explorify, penderfynon ni y byddai pob un o’r adnoddau sy’n rhoi cyfleoedd i drafod ‘Her yr Hinsawdd’ yn cael ei nodi â bathodyn arth wen, fel ei bod hi’n hawdd dod o hyd iddyn nhw i gyd. Erbyn hyn, mae’r gweithgareddau wedi’u tagio â’r pwnc Her yr Hinsawdd yn ogystal â chael eu tagio yn ôl y pwnc gwyddoniaeth y maen nhw’n cysylltu ag ef.

Join Explorify Engagement Leaders, Rebecca Ellis and Stacey Reid in this 30-minute video to discover new and favourite activities for your climate challenge planning. 

Whilst many people feel powerless and uncertain about how to tackle the current global issues, as educators, we must aim to give children a positive mindset.

Here, we look at where the Climate Challenge issues fit into the UK curricula.

At Explorify, we decided all our resources that provide opportunities to discuss the ‘Climate Challenge’ should be marked with a polar bear badge, making them easy to find. The activities are now tagged by the Climate Challenge topic as well as being tagged by the science topic that they link to. 

Join Explorify Engagement Leaders, Rebecca Ellis and Stacey Reid in this 30-minute video to discover new and favourite activities for your rocks planning. 

Join Explorify Engagement Leader, Jo Moore in this 25-minute video to discover new and favourite activities for your animals including humans planning. 

Join Explorify Engagement Leaders, Jo Moore and Robin James, in this 30-minute video to discover new and favourite activities for your light planning. 

Join Explorify Engagement Leaders, Robin James and Rebecca Ellis, in this 30-minute video to discover new and favourite activities for your evolution and inheritance planning. 

All you need to know to confidently tackle common misconceptions, the science behind rocks and how to teach it to children in a way that they will really understand.

Ideas for how to explore rocks with your class and explain the topic in a way they will understand.

It’s National Numeracy Day on 18th May so here’s a handful of Explorify activities that will provide a context in which to exercise those maths skills.

Join Explorify Engagement Leaders, Stacey Reid and Robin James, in this 30-minute video to discover new and favourite activities for your sound planning. 

Join Explorify Engagement Leaders, Rebeca Ellis and Jo Moore, in this 30-minute video to discover new and favourite activities for your life cycles of plants and animals planning.

Join Explorify Engagement Leader, Jo Moore, in this 30-minute video to discover new and favourite activities for your plants planning. 

Join Explorify Engagement Leader, Rebecca Ellis, in this 30-minute video to discover new and favourite activities for your materials and states of matter planning. 

Join Explorify Engagement Leaders, Rebeca Ellis and Jo Moore, in this 25-minute video to discover new and favourite activities for your materials planning. 

Join Explorify Engagement Leaders, Rebecca Ellis and Robin James, in this 30-minute video to discover new and favourite activities for your living things and habitats planning. 

Join Explorify Engagement Leaders, Stacey Reid and Jo Moore, in this 30-minute video to discover new and favourite activities for your living things and habitats planning

Join Explorify Engagement Leader, Robin James, in this 30-minute video to discover new and favourite activities for your forces planning.

All you need to know to confidently tackle common misconceptions, the science behind light and how to teach it to children in a way they will really understand.

Ideas for how to explore light with your class and explain it in a way they will understand.

All you need to know to confidently tackle common misconceptions, the science behind forces and how to teach it to children in a way they will really understand.

Ideas for how to explore forces with your class and explain it in a way they will understand.

All you need to know to confidently tackle common misconceptions, the science behind inheritance and how to teach it to children in a way they will really understand.

Ideas for how to explore inheritance with your class and explain it in a way they will understand.

All you need to know to confidently tackle common misconceptions, the science behind materials and how to teach it to children in a way they will really understand.

Ideas for how to explore this topic with your class and explain it in a way they will understand.

All you need to know to confidently tackle common misconceptions, the science behind animals, including humans and how to teach it to children in a way they will really understand.

Ideas for how to explore this topic with your class and explain it in a way they will understand.

All you need to know to confidently tackle common misconceptions, the science behind plants and how to teach it to children in a way they will really understand.

Ideas for how to explore plants with your class and explain it in a way they will understand.

All you need to know to confidently tackle common misconceptions, the science behind evolution and how to teach it to children in a way they will really understand.

Ideas for how to explore evolution with your class and explain it in a way they will understand.

All you need to know to confidently tackle common misconceptions, the science behind sound and how to teach it to children in a way they will really understand.

Ideas for how to explore sound with your class and explain it in a way they will understand.

All you need to know to confidently tackle common misconceptions, the science behind states of matter and how to teach it to children in a way they will really understand.

Ideas for how to explore this topic with your class and explain it in a way they will understand.

All you need to know to confidently tackle common misconceptions, the science behind Earth and space and how to teach it to children in a way they will really understand. 

Ideas for how to explore this topic with your class and explain it in a way they will understand.

All you need to know to confidently tackle common misconceptions, the science behind living things and their habitats and how to teach it to children in a way they will really understand. 

Ideas for how to explore living things and their habitats with your class and explain it in a way they will understand. 

Ideas for how to explore electricity with your class and explain it in a way they will understand.

All you need to know to confidently tackle common misconceptions, the science behind electricity and how to teach it to children in a way they will really understand.

Take these free primary science teaching courses from STEM Learning - they feature Explorify!

Supporting pupils' learning by reinforcing and developing their key skills is vital. How can Explorify help?

With a plethora of online resources and schemes of work available to primary teachers today, it can be easy to lose sight of exactly what you should be teaching. 

‘Assessment is not something that happens in the plenary at the end of a lesson, it starts with planning and should be embedded throughout your teaching.’ Sarah Eames from Sandfield Close Primary School shares her tips on how to do assessment well.

Inheritance is a topic that many teachers feel a bit anxious teaching about. Read our guide and you might realise that you know a lot more than you thought you did!

During this period of school closures and phased re-opening, there is a range of excellent CPD available online from our friends at the National STEM Learning Centre. 

Robbie Kirkman explores the role that learning science outdoors can play as children return to school.

Teaching about evolution can seem daunting and we worry about handling children’s ideas about this concept. But we’d like to reassure you that you know a lot more perhaps than you realise.

Eight-year-old Dean is a white, working-class Londoner who doesn’t usually engage much during science lessons. As he tells his teacher, Ms Lessing, he’s going to be a footballer when he’s older, so he doesn’t think he needs to learn science…    

Robust assessement needn't be difficult when you use the PLAN resources

Have you been wondering how to effectively plan science lessons to encapsulate knowledge, understanding and skills? Take a look at our planning examples for inspiration. 

Welcome to your new class! We’ve got some tips to help you get to know the children on an individual level but also assess the dynamics and social skills of the class as a whole.  

Kulvinder Johal is a primary teacher at Northbury Primary School in Barking, London. We asked her about improving your confidence as a teacher and the importance of networks.

Rebecca Johns is a Y3/4 teacher at Fochriw Primary School in a village near Merthyr Tydfill. Rebecca leads on STEM, ecoschools and Welsh.

Heather Beattie is a Primary 4 teacher at Newtownards in Northern Ireland, we asked her about teaching, science and what she thinks of Explorify!

Use these Explorify activities to build maths and numeracy skills with your class. 

We’ve been working with the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) to help you take the hassle out of your lesson planning.

We interviewed Laura Meade, Learning Resources Co-ordinator at the Science Museum – and asked her to pick her top five activities!

We spoke to Susan Little, head of Key Stage 2 at Wiggonby Primary School in Cumbria. We asked her all about teaching, her experience with Explorify and the impact it had on her class.