Tooled Up Education

Two things we love at Tooled Up are smashing stereotypes and encouraging children to be curious!

This week’s International Day of Women and Girls in Science celebrates the pioneering work of women in fields as diverse as biology, engineering, space travel, exploration and quantum physics! It’s also a day designed to promote STEM careers to girls and young women from all backgrounds. 

Tooled Up has plenty of resources to help bring science to life for all children.

Ella Podmore is a senior materials engineer at McLaren Automotive. Listen to this informative podcast on her career in STEM and why she finds inspiring girls to follow in her footsteps is so important.

Research suggests that disparities in STEM achievement may begin in Early Years as boys and girls receive differing messages about science. Find out more and hear tips on fostering scientific curiosity in all young children in Dr Sona Kumar’s podcast on Helping Girls Feel a Sense of Belonging in STEM.

For all children, our resource Celebrating Science: Books to Inspire Children of All Ages is packed with accessible, fascinating titles that encourage knowledge and enthusiasm about the world of science, from looking inside the human body to learning the function of the elements that make up our universe.

Tooled Up has also collated a list of Podcasts and TED Talks to Inspire Girls and boys to discover the world of science.