STEMNET Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Network

A selection of science experiment ideas some of which may be useful to STEM Ambassadors as possible activity for schools as part of a STEM Ambassador activity. Please note, some of the experiments listed are only suitable for trained professionals but these are clealy labelled on the website.

SciCast is about short, entertaining, useful science films... made by you. SciCast collect contributions from schools, families, universities, researchers, professional science communicators, teachers: anyone who wants to share their films with SciCast, and with each other.

SciCast's aim is to build the world’s most entertaining science resource.

These web pages will help you plan your film, giving you advice about equipment, how to organise your team, and what sorts of things seem to work most reliably. They've also got a really useful handbook which can be downloaded from the website.

It may seem strange, but we need rocks for all our meals. They are used to make the crockery and cutlery we use at meal tables. More surprisingly, they – or the minerals they contain – are present in many of the things we eat and drink....