The science capital teaching approach – teacher’s pack
The Enterprising Science research team at University College London and Kings College London have produced a pack of resources based on their research to help teachers engage students with science. The Science Capital Teaching Approach – engaging students with science, promoting social … Continue reading The science capital teaching approach – teacher’s pack
Science engagement reflection tool: People
Science is about people. It is lead by our interests or desires, it is carried out by us, it’s enabled by vast numbers of other people from the cook feeding everyone in an Antarctic research base to those funding them, … Continue reading Science engagement reflection tool: People
Animation: A science capital teaching approach
See the latest Enterprising Science project video animation about a science capital teaching approach, broadening what counts in the science classroom and challenging science stereotypes. You can find more science capital videos and resources from the University College London research team here… You … Continue reading Animation: A science capital teaching approach
Science engagement reflection tool: Skills
Science is a social and creative endeavour. Asking questions and making observations, sharing ideas and finding evidence to support them: it’s a way of working that’s invaluable in almost any job. Skills are also key to increasing society’s scientific literacy, … Continue reading Science engagement reflection tool: Skills
How we work with teachers…
As a new school year starts, we look forward to welcoming our school and educational visitors again after the summer break. With over 600,000 booked educational visitors a year coming to us across the Science Museum Group, schools and teachers … Continue reading How we work with teachers…
Animation: A science capital approach to building science engagement
See our Enterprising Science project video animation on the science capital approach to understanding science engagement. This animation shows how engagement with science can be understood through an analogy of a burning candle, where the flame represents someone’s engagement with science. … Continue reading Animation: A science capital approach to building science engagement
Why is STEM important for society?
Our Science Museum Group vision is for ‘a society that celebrates science, technology and engineering and their impact on our lives, now and in the future’. So why is this such an important cause? Love it, hate it or never … Continue reading Why is STEM important for society?
Science engagement reflection tool: Promote science talk
When you feel connected, excited or passionate about something you have experienced or discovered, you want to share and talk about it with other people. But how much in an average day do most of us talk about science? Science … Continue reading Science engagement reflection tool: Promote science talk
The Building Bridges project
The Building Bridges project has been a 5-year (2012-2017) partnership between the Science Museum and secondary schools from its London partner-boroughs and Reading. Through the Science Museum’s learning approach and amazing stories from our collections, the project explored the applications … Continue reading The Building Bridges project
Science capital for historians: a personal reflection
‘Not for me’. Growing up, science wasn’t something I often encountered. No one in my family worked in typically ‘sciencey’ jobs and it was rarely a topic of conversation at home. There were no science museums or science centres near … Continue reading Science capital for historians: a personal reflection
