This is the home of 'Lockdown Learn', an initiative for teachers & support workers to request help with remote & virtual learning during the UK's Lockdown 3.

We have a range of experts available to cover various topics, aligned to the National Curriculum, including prerecorded talks on demand, interactive live classes, or Q&A sessions. Whilst the live sessions are presently reserved for teachers arranging remote lessons for groups of children, please use the tabs above to explore new and existing resources available to everyone, including parents and the general public.

We will keep updating these pages as more material becomes available. If you know of a resource you would like us to add to the list, please just get in touch! You can also find us on Twitter @Lockdown_Learn

About Lockdown Learn

Lockdown Learn is the product of a single tweet in response to the UK national lockdown on Monday 4th January 2021. The tweet, by Natasha Stephen, offered to help support teachers who were now facing months of virtual & remote learning again. Natasha initially offered to support with some content around the Solar System & Geology linked the national curriculum, as she doesn't have any caring responsibilities of her own but was seeing friends with children (and teacher friends) panicking about what was to come. Natasha used to teach GCSE and A-Level Geology & Geography in London, so knew how much work went into normal lessons - let alone creating virtual content!

However, the tweet was extraordinarily well-received (thanks mainly to a retweet by Dara O'Briain!), and within 24 hours there were more than 150 requests for classes on the Solar System alone! Faced with a now inconceivable additional workload on top of a full-time job, Natasha created 'Lockdown Learn', to allow others to help out - delivering classes or preparing resources in those initial few subjects, but also offering up a whole host of new ones!

3 days later, there are more than 50 'experts' signed up to help prepare and deliver content during Lockdown 3.0, covering a vast range of subjects from Early Years to A-Level. It's taking a while to catch up with the 300+ initial requests for support, but we will get to them!

New Topics & Classes:

General Resources

Audible have released a series of audiobooks that can be accessed for free, no sign-up required. They cover titles suitable for early-years all the way through school ages, and are available in several languages too! Encourage reading at home via audiobooks, on demand, and for free.

The STEM Ambassadors scheme is a free of charge resource, with volunteers from a wide range of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) related jobs and disciplines across the UK. They offer their time and enthusiasm to help bring STEM subjects to life and demonstrate the value of them in life and careers. Suitable for primary, secondary & further education levels.

Skype a Scientist has been running for a number of years, and provides a database of thousands of scientists and helps them connect with teachers, classrooms, groups, and the public all over the globe. Skype a Scientist want to give students the opportunity to get to know a real scientist and get the answers to their questions straight from the source. Suitable for primary, secondary & further education levels.

I'm a Scientist, Get Me Out of Here! is an online, student-led STEM enrichment activity. It connects school students with scientists through energetic real-time text based chats across the UK & Ireland in a number of fields. There is also a partner initiative, I'm an Engineer, Get Me Out of Here! Suitable for primary, secondary & further education levels.

The Royal Society have a number of online resources for home-learning in their 'Science at Home' series, including talks, downloads, lesson plans and more. Separate resources are available for primary, secondary & further education levels.

In the UK? This year's Royal Institution Christmas Lectures, 'Planet Earth; a user's guide', are still available to watch for free on BBC iPlayer. Suitable for all ages, though you must have a TV license to watch.

The British Science Association hosts 'British Science Week' every year, a ten-day celebration of Science, Technology, Engineering & Maths! This year's theme is 'Innovate the Future' and you can download the activity packs from the website, including Early Years, Primary and Secondary