STEM Connect has been developed to present relevant and real-world problems that the next generation will be having to address.

The resources are divided into four levels: Foundation/KS1; Lower KS2; Upper KS2 and KS3.

Foundation/Key Stage 1

• Helping local habitats
• Water where you need it
• Keeping warm and staying cool
• Crops and climate

Lower Key Stage 2

• Energy from the sun
• Surviving a natural disaster
• Plastic pollution
• Feeding a community

Upper Key Stage 2

• Turbine power
• Sustainable cities
• Providing fresh water
• Global cafe

Key Stage 3

• Tackling climate change
• Our robot future
• Water emergency
• Foods of the future

Each topic is split into 4 learning paths: introduction; challenge; design and solve.

Each learning path could be taught as a separate session, or two sections could be covered in an hour-long session.  Alternatively, each topic could be used in afterschool STEM clubs or for STEM projects.

The format of each topic is specially structured to encourage the students to:

• ask questions and conduct research so that they fully understand the precise nature of the challenge
• plan carefully how to make investigations to build their knowledge and to check assumptions
• design solutions and then evaluate their effectiveness, making improvements and iterations where necessary
• learn more about future STEM careers and where their education can take them.