Course: Volunteering in the Classroom: Planning and Organising Practical STEM Activities

Congratulations on completing the course and learning about how to develop inspiring and engaging practical activities with young people. From looking at how to link activities to curricula, through to …

During the previous course on Resources and Diversity you identified the range of resources available to support your engagement with young people. You then explored how resources can be shaped …

When choosing activities, it is possible to choose something relatively simple and adapt it for different audiences. We established how important it was to tailor the activity to the group …

Over the next three steps we’ll walk through how to complete a plan. We’ll use a simple paper aeroplane activity to demonstrate this process. In this video, you can see …

During the introduction video for this week we showed you a party popper. In the video above we talk about some of the potential hazards associated with using a party …

An obvious starting point to the process of developing risk assessments is to understand what we mean by risk. The Institute of Risk Management defines it as ‘the combination of …

Last week you discussed what inspiring content looks like and a variety of practical activities. You looked at the national curriculum and skills frameworks and how to use these to …

There are many ways that you can work with young people. You may wish to support teachers in delivering parts of the curriculum. Your company might host work experience placements. …

Opening an effective dialogue with the teacher, group leader or other educator you will be collaborating with is a critical component in the volunteering process. We’ve looked so far at …

The purpose of the previous steps has been to get you thinking about what you would like young people to learn when they take part in your activity. This is …

It might not be immediately obvious, but your role and experience are likely be linked to a variety of school subjects. For example, while you may not have a role …

When working in a more formal setting, such as a school classroom, you will probably be supporting teachers in delivering aspects of the curriculum. In the next few steps we’ll …

Throughout the course, we will be referring to teachers, educators or group leaders. These terms encompass the range of people and organisations you may collaborate with in your capacity as …

By the end of this course you will have created an activity plan for a volunteering activity. We’ll go through the planning process with you, building upon your ideas for …

Welcome to ‘Planning activities’, the second course in the Inspiring Young People in STEM program. The purpose of this course is to help you match your volunteering activities to the …