Discover your inner engineer

Welcome to the IET Education website. We offer a wide range of resources and activities for those teaching STEM to young people aged 4-19 years.

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Free STEM resources for primary and secondary school children

Home learning teaching resources and activities for 4-16 years old (Key Stage 1, KS2, KS3 and KS4) including lesson plans, handouts and videos.

Go to Key Stage 1, 2, 3 and 4 free STEM resources

Virtual Faraday Challenge

This season we have extended the Faraday Challenge Day programme to include a Virtual Faraday Challenge to give you more ways to get involved in the programme.

Based on a real-world problem, the Virtual Faraday Challenge brings together STEM subjects in an engaging way and encourages the development of young people’s problem solving and communication skills. It is open for anyone between 7-15, young people can do this at home, in school, individually or as a group or family.

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STEM activities for National Inventors' Day

National Inventors’ Day 2021 falls on 11th February and what better way to celebrate with your young inventors than by showcasing their creativity, design and imagination? All primary and secondary resources are free to download and can be done at school or at home. The editable documents allow you to adapt them to your needs. Let's #GetCreative!

Go to Kids STEM activities for National Inventors' Day – Free primary resources

Primary STEM resources

Free teaching resources and classroom activities for students aged 4-11 years including brand new posters and certificates.

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Secondary STEM resources

Free teaching resources and classroom activities for use in DT, Science, Maths and Engineering lessons for students aged 11-16 years, including brand new posters and certificates.

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Faraday Challenge Days

Full sets of printable resources and guidance notes for teachers and technicians to run your very own Faraday Challenge Day with students aged 12-13 years.

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FIRST® LEGO® League

We deliver hands-on STEM experiences for children aged 4 to 16 years across the UK and Ireland. You can teach in class or bring the fun home.

Go to FIRST® LEGO® League programmes

Look at me now

If you like our STEM activities and want to try a few of our free, career-related games and activities, visit our Look at me now campaign page. For children, toys and imagination represent a world of possibilities and invention. For engineers and scientists, the possibilities and invention never end. They are proof that our toys and dreams today impact our innovations tomorrow. The child who loved LEGO now designs buildings. The child with the telescope is now an astronaut. And, the child who dreamed of being a magician is now an electronics engineer, changing the world through technology. Take a look at our stories and download the free activities.

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Funding

We work with a variety of organisations to provide funding to support STEM projects, activities and CPD opportunities.

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Engineering careers information

If your students are looking for a career that is stimulating, challenging and inspiring then look no further than engineering.

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Video teaching resources

We are working with STEM ambassadors, IET Education Officers, teachers and parents to bring you a range of videos that you can watch at home with your children showing you how to create some fantastic STEM experiments using everyday items found at home or simply refresh your memory on some popular lesson topics!

Go to https://education.theiet.org/video-teaching-resources/

Four fun and educational tech activities for families during lockdown

As we become used to lockdown life, remote schooling may have lost its novelty, but there's still a whole host of fun learning activities to discover. Catherine Allen, Member of the IET Digital Panel, has four ideas for you that use the devices you already own to both entertain and educate.

Go to Four fun and educational tech activities for families during lockdown

Discover your inner engineer

Free STEM resources for primary and secondary school children

Virtual Faraday Challenge

STEM activities for National Inventors' Day

Primary STEM resources

Secondary STEM resources

Faraday Challenge Days

FIRST® LEGO® League

Look at me now

Funding

Engineering careers information

Featured resources

Video teaching resources

Four fun and educational tech activities for families during lockdown

Primary schools

Secondary schools

FIRST® LEGO® League

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