Primary school

On this page, teachers can find an overview of our activities and materials for primary schools.

Good teaching in primary schools enables children to engage with scientific phenomena. As a non-profit educational initiative, we support you in organising your lessons in an innovative way - with further training, projects, teaching materials and events such as our Science on Stage festivals.

Primary education at the European Science on Stage festival 2026

'STEM for the Youngest’ is one of our guiding themes at the next European Science on Stage festival 2026
Here, we are looking for projects that promote STEM in primary schools for children aged 10 and under

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Teaching materials

Lilu's House - Language Skills through Experiments: Together with the fantasy creature Lilu and the girl Alina, the children set off on a discovery tour through the bathroom, kitchen and living room, where they come across puzzling observations
Lantern Moon and Hot Ears - Promoting language skills in primary school with science: Researchers talk about how they came to their profession and the sometimes curious experiences that come along with it
EcoKids Teach AI and First Steps in AI and Data Analysis: These two units from the teaching material 'AI in STEM Education' are designed for primary lessons and take teachers through the first steps to introduce their students to the concepts of big data, AI and machine learning.
An Apple a Day Keeps the Climate Okay: This unit uses the apple as a hook to cover the four topics of tree identification and biodiversity, apple production, apple storage and apple utilisation. The different chapters can be used for students aged 4 to 17 and can be freely combined. It is part of our teaching material 'Act now for the UN Sustainable Development Goals'
CoALA - Code a Little Animal: What child wouldn't want a pet? To find out which pet is the right one for them, students learn to design, build and programme a pet simulator with this teaching unit
Finding Water in the Universe: This project-based learning approach complements the primary school curriculum with practical experiments and fun classroom activities from the interdisciplinary field of astrobiology
Resources by Science on Stage Ireland: In this collection of teaching ideas, collected by the Irish delegation on European Science on Stage festivals, you will find inspiration for your lessons, sorted by subject and topic area, even for the youngest children

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Online offers

We regularly offer webinars on various topics, including for primary schools

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In his video series 'What Happens Next?', David presents experiments that are suitable for use in primary schools

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Save our nature – Let’s explore together: Videos for primary

Our current primary school project is dedicated to developing explanatory and experimental videos on the subject of environmental protection. The aim is to encourage research-based learning and provide explanations for phenomena. The videos will be accompanied by materials and instructions
The publication of the results is planned for early 2025