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FREE Primary and Secondary STEM Outreach
The RAF Museum London is proud to be delivering six FREE STEM Days on behalf of the RAF Youth and STEM Team.
Taking place at your primary or secondary school, our experienced staff (all with enhanced DBS checks) will involve your pupils in some great interactive STEM activities. See details below for our Primary and Secondary STEM Outreach offer.
Primary STEM Outreach
Your day will include:
Science Show – Ever wondered how aircraft fly and just how we can survive up high? Through experiments and demonstrations, find out about the physics of flight and the science behind aviation in this fast-paced show.
Rockets Workshop – In our interactive workshop, pupils will find out about the history of rockets including their origins and the Space Race. They will discover how rockets work, and will then design, build and launch their own rockets to find out how fin design can affect flight.
Year Group: Year 5 and / or Year 6 (Though the Science Show can be done as a whole school assembly so you are able to invite other year groups to join for this element)
Delivery Options:
A science show and rocket workshops, or more instances of the science show. The science show has the capacity of however many pupils can fit in a school hall. The rocket workshops can be offered for up to 30 students at a time in a timeslot.
We would deliver three activities in total, in hour-long timeslots.
If you would like further information or are interested in making a booking, please email us at learning-london@rafmuseum.org.
Secondary STEM Outreach
Your day will include:
Coding – Students will use coding to programme a Sphero rolling robot to traverse an airport. Working in small groups, students will plan routes and use speed, distance and time calculations, as well as bearings and angles, to accurately steer the Sphero device through a course.
Humanitarian Aid Drone Workshop – Students will use Ordnance Survey Maps to plan a helicopter flight route between several waypoints to allow for the shortest distance or time when flown by a drone. Once planned, students will take flight using our mini drones to try their routes out for real.
Year Group: Year 7 or Year 8
Delivery Options:
Three of each workshop type (Coding and Drones) can be run during one school day. Workshops run concurrently i.e. the Coding workshop will run at the same time as the Drone workshop.
Option 1: A different group of 30 students takes part in one workshop each, enabling a maximum capacity of 180 students.
Option 2: Three selected groups of 30 students take part in both workshops, enabling a maximum capacity of 90 students.
We are able to offer dates up to the end of March 2026. We can work with you to find an ideal date for your Primary or Secondary school.
Applications are now open!
Expressions of interest close at 9.00am on Monday 17 November 2025. Successful applicants will hear from us
Apply here:
https://forms.office.com/e/4QWk2sWDbX
Schools will be selected taking into account Pupil Premium and Indices of Multiple Deprivation data for your school / area.
If you would like further information or are interested in making a booking, please email us at learning-london@rafmuseum.org
Year 6 STEM Day
The RAF Museum London is proud to be hosting our free Year 6 STEM Days sponsored by RAF Youth and STEM. On Thursday 13 November and Friday 14 November 2025, we will invite three schools to the RAF Museum for an exciting day that will get your students taking part in some great STEM activities and exploring our incredible museum.
Your students will take part in a round robin of the following STEM activities. All activities are hands-on and encourage teamwork and problem solving, as well as exploring STEM topics in an immersive environment.
Humanitarian Aid Bridge Challenge – Your students will work in teams to construct a bridge. They will then go through a rigorous strength test to see which bridge is best.
Coding – Students will take part in a coding activity. Using code to navigate a Sphero robotic ball through a course.
RAF Museum Hunt- Students will explore the RAF Museum, looking at our fantastic collections and searching for answers.
On each day we welcome three schools with a maximum of 30 places available per school. Dates will be released with a set application period followed by a draw to select our attending schools.
Priority will be given to schools with a higher number of Pupil Premium students.
Applications for the Year 6 STEM Day have now closed. Successful applicants have been contacted.
Year 6 STEM Days will also take place on:
Tue 23 & Wed 24 June 2026 – Applications will open week commencing Monday 27 May 2026
(Tuesday 23 June will be girls only for International Women in Engineering Day)
Thu 12 & Fri 13 November 2026 – Applications will open week commencing Monday 14 September 2026
RAF Satellite Challenge – Upper KS2
On Thursday 5 February and Friday 6 February 2026, we will invite six schools over two days to the RAF Museum to explore the science behind satellites and devise their own solutions to help bring a satellite safely back to Earth from space. Classes will be competing in small groups to design and build satellite solutions to protect from the heat of re-entry, slow a satellite down through the air, and bring it to a safe landing.
We will be investigating:
Heat and Temperature
Insulation
Forces and Air Resistance
All activities will be hands-on and will involve teamwork and problem solving.
On each day we welcome three schools with a maximum of 30 places available per school. Dates will be released with a set application period followed by a random draw to select our attending schools.
Priority will be given to schools with a higher number of Pupil Premium students.
Applications will open week commencing Monday 1 December 2025.
Return to this page to find the application form and details of how to apply.
Forces in STEM 2025 – Upper KS2
After a successful 2025, Forces in STEM is coming back to the RAF Museum London on Wednesday 11 March 2026 for British Science Week! Delivered in partnership with the Royal Air Force Youth and STEM team, this FREE event will feature the very best of STEM, from the fantastic work carried out by the companies and institutions that are innovating, researching and manufacturing across the STEM spectrum.
Schools and home educators across London and the South-East in Years 5 & 6 are invited to come along for an interactive day of all things STEM.
We have organisations from across the STEM world coming to wow your students with hands-on stands. Companies include the Royal Air Force, Network Rail, the Royal Navy, and many more!
In addition to your admission, there will be workshops and a show on offer throughout the day. You may indicate a preference which you would like to attend when booking. There are limited spaces on each of these activities. You will be assigned on a first-come first-served basis taking into account when booking requests are received.
We will also have a special offer on our 4D Theatre and Simulators for all Forces in STEM attendees. On the day of the event these experiences will be available at £2 per person – 50% off our standard group rate.
Bookings for Forces in STEM London will open late 2025.
Keep an eye on our Instagram @rafmlearning for updates
For any queries please email us at forcesinstem.london@rafmuseum.org