Browse resources for introducing primary pupils to historical and modern-day scientists
Read about real-life careers in chemistry and how chemistry meets global challenges. The information in these resources is aimed at secondary students, however, the videos and game are ideal for sharing with older primary students as well.
Watch our fast-paced videos on how chemistry meets the global challenges we face in energy, healthcare, depleting natural resources and pollution.
Real-life career stories and articles to inspire and inform you about your future in chemistry
Find a career driven by your passion. Our interactive careers’ game matches your personality and interests with jobs.
STEM Ambassadors are volunteers from many different STEM-related jobs. Register with STEM Ambassadors so that you can invite local volunteers to inspire the students at your school.
CIEC promotes awareness of STEM careers by linking primary school science with industry. Visit CIEC’s website for free downloadable science publications that support teaching science to 4-12 year olds, as well as training and CPD opportunities.
NUSTEM has created a database of over 100 STEM careers sorted by science topic. For each career you can find an explanation of the job, counter-stereotypical images of people who do that job and three attributes someone needs to do that job.
Visit Education Scotland for nine biographies of historical Scottish Scientists, also available in Gaelic.
Explore 366 days of chemistry history in anecdotes. Find out more about what happened on today’s date or explore the whole collection
Follow the adventures of eight leading women in chemistry and celebrate the common element that catalysed their journeys: a life-changing, chance-taking, thrill-seeking love of science.
Careers posters to generate curiosity and discussion about what a career in chemistry can involve, whilst dispelling the stereotype that all chemists work in a laboratory.