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Science resources at home
Exciting Science Resources for Families: Learn, Experiment, and Explore Together
Spark curiosity and make learning science fun with our hands-on science resources for families. From simple experiments and STEM activities to informative guides and interactive games, our collection helps children explore key scientific concepts at home. Whether you're looking to support school learning, dive into homeschooling, or enjoy educational family time, these engaging science tools are perfect for curious minds of all ages.
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Hands-On Activities & Experiments
- Explorify (by Wellcome)
- Website: explorify.uk
- Free science activities designed for primary school children. Encourages curiosity with videos, images, and open-ended questions.
- Science Sparks
- Website: sciencesparks.com
- Easy-to-follow experiments for children using household items. Great for home learning or weekend fun.
- British Science Association – CREST Awards
- Website: crestawards.org
- Project-based science award schemes for kids aged 5–19. Many resources are free and ideal for home learners.
🧪 Curriculum-Aligned Learning
- STEM Learning UK
- Website: stem.org.uk
- Huge repository of resources, activities, and video lessons aligned with the UK science curriculum (Primary to A-level).
- BBC Bitesize Science
- Website: bbc.co.uk/bitesize
- Interactive lessons, videos, and quizzes for all Key Stages. Excellent for revision or reinforcement.
🧭 Virtual Museums & Science Centres
- Science Museum London – Learning Resources
- Website: sciencemuseum.org.uk
- Virtual tours, science videos, and downloadable activities for all ages.
- Natural History Museum – Online Learning
- Website: nhm.ac.uk
- Fascinating resources on fossils, evolution, the Earth, and more. Great for KS2–KS3 learners.
🌍 Citizen Science & Real-World Projects
- Zooniverse
- Website: zooniverse.org
- Take part in real scientific research from home—spot animals in camera trap images, classify galaxies, transcribe historical science data, and more.
- OPAL (Open Air Laboratories)
- Website: opalexplorenature.org
- UK-based citizen science nature surveys and activities for families interested in biodiversity, soil, air quality, etc.
📺 YouTube & Streaming
- Royal Institution YouTube Channel
- Channel: youtube.com/user/TheRoyalInstitution
- High-quality science videos, lectures, and fun experiments. Suitable for all ages, especially upper KS2 and beyond.
- Dr. Jo Science
- Website: drjosciencesolutions.co.uk
- Former teacher offering videos and printable resources for KS1–KS2 science topics.
- The BBC Bitesize has a schedule of cross-curricular programming to assist with home learning as well as key stage 1 and key stage 2 specific sections
- The hugely popular YouTube channel The Dad Lab has hundreds of science experiment videos that can be viewed and/or replicated easily at home
- The primary science section of STEM Learning is an online resource bank for key stage 1 and 2 with links to resources on external websites and new home learning resources are in development
- The Science on CBBC minisite has a compilation of activities, clips and quizzes from CBBC programmes and younger members of the family will enjoy the CBeebies sections on science activities and experiments
- The 'Engineering: take a closer look' website was created by the government to improve accessibility to early engineering knowledge. The activity zone is packed full of challenges and projects to get kids thinking and building like engineer with activities set by the RAF, Science Museum, FIFA and more.
- Network Rail have designed a suite of activities centred around trains and engineering including downloadable books and problem solving
- NASA STEM @ Home For Students contains lots of educational practical resources for learning more about space exploration
- Glasgow Science Centre is bringing a bit of science into your everyday at 10am via their YouTube channel, Instagram and Twitter. Teaching resources on various subjects are also available here
- Free Minecraft 'Hour of Code' tutorials can be accessed here
- Resources for learning computer science at home from code.org are freely available
- The Raspberry Pi website has created some great projects to help kids start writing code and get going with digital making.
- Codecampworld is a great comprehensive resource for kids who want to know more about how to code
- The Met Office have developed resources for discovering maths, science and more through weather and climate
- The Science Museum in London have pulled together a number of fun educational science based activities that can be filtered by educational stage
- The Royal Albert Hall have created a bank of resources with activities on how music can help teaching youngsters about science
- The Ted-Ed YouTube channel has nearly 2000 useful videos covering a wide range of scientific topics from the human body to how things work. It is particularly worth visiting their playlist section where they have gathered videos by topic
- The Operation Ouch You Tube channel features clips from the much loved CBBC human biology show
- The National Geographic Kids You Tube channel is full of experiment, space and other scientifically related topics