Enterprising Science can help you raise standards in Science, Maths and Enterprise, and develop your teachers' skills
Enterprising Science is a free two-part education programme from BP.
Its components are:
- a place for one teacher to attend Talk Science – an innovative CPD opportunity for Science teachers
- a visit from the Trading Challenge roadshow – an inspirational Maths, Enterprise and Business Studies roadshow for students, delivered in two two-hour sessions at your school.
What Enterprising Science can do for you
Enterprising Science is an opportunity to:
- support a Science teacher at your school to develop his/her skills
- inspire students engagement with Maths, and Enterprise and Business Studies.
Talk Science
Talk Science will help your Science department make the most of the latest developments in the Science curriculum. The one-day masterclass provides innovative tools and techniques to inspire dialogue around contemporary science topics. Teachers return to school full of ideas to share with their colleagues.
The Trading Challenge roadshow
The Trading Challenge roadshow offers your students a hands-on and curriculum-relevant educational experience. Students use functional skills and personal, learning and thinking skills in a work-related context. They end the day motivated to:
- learn more about Maths, Enterprise and Business Studies in the context of a trading environment
- appreciate the personal qualities required to work together effectively as a team
In an evaluation of the pilot programme, conducted in July 2009, students responded positively to the roadshow by:
- recognising the necessity of maths in everyday life
- gaining a practical understanding of the principle of supply and demand
- demonstrating peer-coaching, through taking on roles and supporting each other
- enjoying the fast pace of the Challenge and the excitement created by the element of risk involved
- considering career options they may not have otherwise.
Teacher and student comments
 It’s maths in practice. 
Year 10 student
They got a lot of learning from this. The real-life application of maths, the economics, supply and demand, the way the market runs base on what’s actually happening in the world.
Teacher, London |
What we need from you
Enterprising Science is absolutely free. All we ask is your commitment to:
- release one member of staff for one day to attend a regional Talk Science masterclass
- host a visit from the Trading Challenge roadshow and provide appropriate space and staff supervision.
Full details are available in Terms and Conditions. You can check when we will be in your region on the Tour dates page of this site.
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