Each year the collaboration with the British Science Association excites us, because we align our messaging to schools with the prime goal to engage young people in science enquiry.
Your engagement with the Great Science Share for Schools is an ideal way to showcase science activities taking place across the whole school year. The timeline we’ve created here shows the clear connection between British Science Week and GSSfS 2024!
Take a moment to review these opportunities and to make the most of funding that is available to support you giving pupils the best learning experience possible.
Your pupils can be double-certificated!
You’ll receive a downloadable GSSfS annual certificate, and you can also submit their work towards a CREST Award!
A really ideal way to raise the profile of the importance of science in your school community!
New BSA Resource Pack for Bronze level CREST
A brand new resource for secondary Bronze (for ages 11+) which covers menstruation, period pain, HPV & cervical cancer and other topics in this area, relevant for all genders.
The resource pack includes a supporting PowerPoint presentation, extensive teacher notes, pupil instructions, contexts, prompt questions, top tips and information to support pupils to complete one of the six suggested project areas:
1. Science research - it’s teamwork: a research- based project exploring current research into endometriosis.
2. Let’s talk periods: a communication project to increase all young people’s understanding of menstruation and the impact periods have on lives.
3. HPV and cervical cancer: a communication project to increase awareness of the role of vaccinations and screening in public health.
4. It’s a pain: a research project exploring methods of dealing with gynaecological pain (including period pain).
5. That’s SMART: a communication project that enables pupils to explore and develop online antenatal health information.
6. Little learners: a design and make project to develop an activity or toy that can be used as part of a child’s development check-up at two years.
Each of the six project briefs sets the scene for pupils to explore a range of diagnostic tools and interventions that help detect and improve health conditions.
These resources could be used in science lessons, PSHE, Religious Studies and Ethics or other curriculum areas, or with STEM clubs.
The format of Bronze CREST awards means that pupils can choose an area, and method of investigation and communication that suits them. It’s another way for pupils to ask-investigate-share their own scientific questions with new audiences.
“A key strength of CREST is connecting STEM to young people’s lives in a relevant and meaningful way. What could be more relevant and connected than our own bodies?
Menstruation, period pains, HPV & cervical cancer affect us all one way or another, but despite being so widely experienced, they are rarely talked about, let alone addressed in the STEM classroom.
We developed this Bronze CREST Award to enable teachers to engage with this highly relevant STEM topic that can sometimes be cloaked in stigma and misconceptions.”
