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Welcome to Big Bang at School Blueprint. Here you can find everything you need to help plan and deliver a Big Bang at School event to help inspire the next generation of innovators.
Have questions or need further support? You can get in touch with our team via email.
Event planning guide
We've put together everything you need know to deliver a successful Big Bang at School event. Read through our guide for handy tips, including planning, delivery and more.
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Be inspired
Get inspiration ahead of your Big Bang at School and read our case studies of other schools' events. You can find top tips from other teachers, discover themed days, carousel-style events and a mini Fair.
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Make regional connections
Help bring STEM careers to life in your region with our regional toolkits. Get specific tips for your local area, connect with employers, speakers and activity providers.
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Apply for funding
We also offer extra funding to support activities, including Big Bang at School. Take a look at our funding opportunities, including grants and bursaries to support the running of your event.
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Celebrate your students
Make the most out of your Big Bang at School and enter The Big Bang Competition.
Whether you're hosting a STEM fair or running experiments, celebrate your young people's projects and enter them into The Competition. Projects don't need to be perfect or finished, just let us know what you've been up to for the chance to win awards.
You can also hear from experts, as all projects receive feedback from real STEM professionals.
Planning FAQs
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We strongly recommend that you involve a few other members of staff so you build a support team around you. Bring in your school careers leads and department heads so they can support your ideas.
Ensure that you have cross department support on the day so you can run the event smoothly.
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There’s plenty of help to support your event, facilitate workshops and even help careers messaging. For example, STEM Learning have an ambassador platform that allows you to advertise an activity so you can get real STEM professionals in the classroom.
The Big Bang at Schools team can also help provide support and introduce you to our expert delivery partners within your area.
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You can tailor your Big Bang at School to your students needs, skills and interests. Here are a few ideas to get started:
you might want to keep the event small by having a carousel of workshops based on a particular theme
you could involve other departments in your celebration of STEM - this could include engaging your students with food technology, STEM in art and design, music or sports! You can get as creative as you like
You could also host a show in as part of a bigger assembly experience with the whole school
We are happy to support you and have several editable workshops based on several themes you can use.
You can also sign up to Neon, to find out what outreach is available in your area.
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