The National STEM Centre

24 th June 2013 Steve Lyon, Mathematics Specialist

What is STEM? How did the National STEM Centre come into being? What do we do at the National STEM centre? How do we do it?

40 percent plus formal curriculum mathematics sciences design & technology ICT & computing

Education for a strong STEM economy is built on strong subject teaching. Specialist teaching benefits young people’s progress. One challenge of specialist teaching is to help young people recognise how STEM study can lead to rich and varied career pathways. Thinking of STEM in schools as a group of inter-related subjects can help to build these bridges for young people. ‘STEM’ at National STEM Centre

National STEM centre launched supported by the Gatsby Charitable Foundation 2010 National STEM centre website launched 2012 National STEM centre funded until 2018 National STEM centre e Library contains 6700 STEM resources and aims to increase reach through resource packages, community groups and Teacher Associates. 2013

STEM cohesion ‘There is a need for greater co-ordination and joining-up of the many providers of professional development and enhancement activities to achieve more coherent delivery, but without sacrificing diversity of choice.’ The ‘British Library’ of STEM ‘Much of the learned society, national academy and professional institution contributions are relevant, directly or indirectly, to professional development and enhancement activities. It is recommended that as much of this material as possible should be available in one place, subject to quality assurance and copyright restrictions.’ How did we start?

Support the teaching and learning of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics in schools. Help teachers to help young people to recognise how STEM study can lead to rich and varied career pathways.

Physical resources Website Electronic resources

Physical library in York – largest open collections of STEM subject teaching resources in the UK … open all year round with onsite accommodation; subject departments and teams welcome – for example, when developing schemes of work, STEM planning etc Examples of support for schools and colleges  books  600 software titles  400 DVDs  500 gadgets  100 journals  600 posters

Conference Facilities Classrooms

Links to ESERO STEM News STEM Planning Tools STEM Events Blogs Case Studies

STEM Manager and Planner

Electronic Resources Free teaching resources on the eLibrary Able to build resource packages using the list function Community Groups

Explore Physics Demonstration Films: films Teachers TV: teachers-tv Top Ten Flash Bang Demos: ten-flash-bang-demos OPAL Fieldwork resources: