Competition
The Big Bang Competition 2025
- Ages 11 to 18+
- Online
- Flexible project work
- Free
Inspire your students with our brilliant in-school, online and offsite experiences.
A free virtual live lesson for students aged 11 to 14 years old on 11 December highlighting how technology is used to enable us to communicate online, and what careers are available.
A free virtual live lesson for students aged 7 to 11 years old on 11 December highlighting how technology is used to enable us to communicate online, and what careers are available.
A free virtual live lesson for students aged 7 to 11 years old on 26 November highlighting the role technology plays in sustainable transport, and what careers are available
A free virtual live lesson for students aged 11 to 14 years old on 7 November highlighting the role technology plays in sustainable transport, and what careers are available.
A free virtual live lesson for students aged 7 to 11 years old on 6 November highlighting the role technology plays in sustainable transport, and what careers are available.
A STEM and enterprise programme focused on sustainability and youth empowerment - over 33,000 students nationwide have benefitted so far!
An annual celebration to inspire young people with modern engineering and technology, spark ideas and explore how they could tackle local and global challenges in their future careers.
Students will complete a series of sound experiments using boomwhackers, before coming together as a class to play a song!
Students generate electrical energy, and are then given it back in the form of food!
Students build, problem solve, test and race a miniature electric car!
Students build, problem solve, test and race a miniature electric car!
Solve real-world problems to stop plastics entering our oceans. Join the UCL Ocean Health Challenge!
Help students play a pivotal role in driving climate action, changing consumer behaviour, and promoting sustainable practices for life.
I’m a Computer Scientist is a student-led, online enrichment activity to connect students with people working in a diverse range of computer science roles
I’m a Computer Scientist is a student-led, online enrichment activity to connect students with people working in a diverse range of computer science roles
I’m a Mathematician is a student-led, online enrichment activity that connects students with people working in a diverse range of STEM roles
I’m a Mathematician is a student-led, online enrichment activity that connects students with people working in a diverse range of STEM roles
LEGO Robotics challenge activities with robots provided by BJPCE Limited. Ideal for students aged 6 to 10 years old. Themes include mechanisms, stories, sport and adventure.
Learn to code your own Lego robot with Drax's Community and Education team. Available to schools near Drax Power Station.
Learn to code your own Lego robot with Drax's Community and Education team. Available to schools near Drax Power Station.
A fun single-session activity for students aged 14-16 that combines career inspiration, problem-solving and environmental awareness.
LEGO Robotics challenge activities with robots provided by BJPCE Limited. Themes include space, the environment, and polar exploration.
LEGO Robotics challenge activities with robots provided by BJPCE Limited. Themes include space, the environment, and polar exploration.
Scientific Sue and her wizard apprentices recreate magical illusions by harnessing the unseen powers of gravity, magnetism, and electricity.
Scientific Sue and her wizard apprentices recreate magical illusions by harnessing the unseen powers of gravity, magnetism, and electricity.
Join Scientific Sue's quest to capture and train dragons, exploring flight, fire types, and engineering wonders in an innovative show!
Join Scientific Sue's quest to capture and train dragons, exploring flight, fire types, and engineering wonders in an innovative show!
Physics Mentoring works to increase the number of non-males taking Physics post-16 by six weeks mentoring with trained university students.
A collection of relevant and fun student-led STEM challenges, developed by the British Science Association, that allow children to explore everyday problems and situations using science.
A collection of relevant and fun student-led STEM challenges, developed by the British Science Association, that encourage and support children to explore the world around them.
These inspiring projects, developed by the British Science Association, immerse students in real research, allowing them to contribute something new to the scientific community or to a particular field of study.
An engaging selection of enquiry-led STEM projects, developed by the British Science Association, designed to stretch and enrich, giving students experience of the scientific process.
Fun and engaging short STEM project ideas. Developed by the British Science Association, CREST Bronze projects give students a taste of what it’s like to be a scientist or engineer in the real world.
Circuit Street is an interactive workshop run by UK Power Networks, that showcases the journey of electricity.
A fun introduction to STEM project work! Developed by the British Science Association, students complete either a single activity or a series of linked challenges with clear real-world contexts.
A fun introduction to STEM project work! Developed by the British Science Association, students complete either a single activity or a series of linked challenges with clear real-world contexts.
A collection of engaging STEM challenges that encourage and support young children to think about the Earth and beyond.
Visit Drax Power Station and immerse your students in the fascinating world of energy generation.
Visit Drax Power Station and immerse your students in the fascinating world of energy generation.
Give your students the chance to shape our world this autumn in an exciting digital civil engineering competition!
A 7-session introductory computing course that supports students in creating a community focused, climate action app prototype.
Are your students interested in engineering, design or project management? Let them step into the world of AtkinsRéalis through this WEX programme to discover the early careers options available to them!
KS3 students will learn what AI is, why it makes mistakes and how to use it responsibly in this 90-minute workshop.
KS2 students will learn what AI is, why it makes mistakes and how to use it responsibly in this 90-minute workshop.
A year-long programme empowering teams to build a racing kart, learn the associated STEM theory and race against competing schools.
Enspire City - where students learn how engineers and STEM can change our world in a free to use online cityscape.
Enspire City - where students learn how engineers and STEM can change our world in a free to use online cityscape.
Visit the National Railway Museum in York, and test your students' engineering skills with the Streamlined in Design show and the Wonderlab Gallery!
Visit the National Railway Museum in York, and test your students' engineering skills with the Fire Powered show and the Wonderlab Gallery!
Students are introduced to modern uses of robotics and must then use a Sphero robot to rescue an injured person in a disaster zone!
A fun series of engineering challenges where young people must build bridges of varying styles and strengths.
Students must work in teams to build a hurricane or earthquake proof building while keeping to budget!
Students must work in teams to build a hurricane or earthquake proof building while keeping to budget!
Build a micro greenhouse, code a micro:bit to monitor and control conditions, and grow microgreens – an insight into sustainable farming.
Build a micro greenhouse, code a micro:bit to monitor and control conditions, and grow microgreens – an insight into sustainable farming.
This practical engineering workshop demonstrates how pneumatic and hydraulic systems are used including making a hoist a hydraulic game!
This practical engineering workshop demonstrates how pneumatic and hydraulic systems are used including making a hoist a hydraulic game!
Hands-on learning about sustainable electricity generation as part of the UK energy security.
Hands-on learning about sustainable electricity generation through solar and wind.