Activity themes

From January 2024, Zones will be a thing of the past. Instead, you and your students will be able to take part in an I’m a Scientist activity chosen from a wide range of themes. These themes will be available throughout the whole year, so you can take part whenever suits you best.

Please let us know if there are other themes you would like to see us offer. Email: support@imascientist.org.uk


Theme Overview


General Science (including Primary curriculum topics)

  • General Science
  • Animals and Zoology
  • Biology
  • Chemistry
  • Climate Change
  • Computer Science
  • Earth
  • Ecosystems, Ecology, and Habitats
  • Electricity
  • Energy
  • Environment
  • Ethics
  • Evolution
  • Food Production
  • Forensics
  • Health
  • Humans
  • Light
  • Marine and Oceans
  • Materials
  • Motion and Forces
  • Physics
  • Sound
  • Space
  • Sports and Exercise
  • States of Matter
  • STEM Careers
  • Working Scientifically

Biology

  • Biology (in General)
  • Animals and Zoology
  • Biochemistry
  • Cancer
  • Cells
  • Ecosystems, Ecology, and Habitats
  • Evolution
  • Food Production
  • Forensics
  • Genetics
  • Homeostasis
  • Humans
  • Imaging
  • Immunology
  • Inheritance, Chromosomes, and DNA
  • Microbiology
  • Nervous System
  • Neuroscience
  • Nutrition and Digestion
  • Photosynthesis
  • Plants and Botany
  • Reproduction
  • Respiration and Gas Exchange
  • Skeletal and Muscular Systems
  • Sports and Exercise

Health

  • Health (in General)
  • Biomedicine
  • Cancer
  • Cells
  • Drug Therapies
  • Epidemiology
  • Forensics
  • Genetics
  • Hormones and Endocrinology
  • Imaging
  • Immunology
  • Infection
  • Nervous System
  • Neuroscience
  • Nutrition and Digestion
  • Pharmacology
  • Physiology
  • Public Health
  • Reproduction
  • Respiration and Gas Exchange
  • Skeletal and Muscular Systems
  • Sports and Exercise
  • Vaccines

Chemistry

  • Chemistry (in General)
  • Atomic Structure
  • Batteries
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Collision Theory and Rates of Reaction
  • Detection and Measurement
  • Earth
  • Electricity
  • Elements, Compounds, and The Periodic Table
  • Energy
  • Energy Changes
  • Environment
  • Food Production
  • Forensics
  • Imaging
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Manufacturing
  • Materials
  • Meteorology, Atmosphere, Climate, and Weather
  • Nanotechnology
  • Nuclear
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Particles and Matter
  • Physical Chemistry
  • Plastics and Polymers
  • Renewable Energy
  • Spectrometry and Spectroscopy
  • States of Matter
  • Structure and Bonding

Physics

  • Physics (in General)
  • Atomic Structure
  • Communications
  • Electricity
  • Energy
  • Energy Stores and Transfers
  • Imaging
  • Light
  • Magnetism and Fields
  • Mechanical and Electromagnetic Waves
  • Mechanics and Thermal Physics
  • Motion and Forces
  • Nuclear
  • Particles and Matter
  • Quantum Mechanics
  • Radioactivity
  • Renewable Energy
  • Sound
  • Space

Psychology

  • Psychology (in General)
  • Addiction
  • Aggression
  • Approaches in Psychology
  • Attachment
  • Biopsychology
  • Cognition and Development
  • Eating Behaviour
  • Forensics
  • Gender
  • Memory
  • Mental Health
  • Psychology Research Methods
  • Psychopathology
  • Relationships
  • Schizophrenia
  • Social Influence
  • Stress

Earth and Environmental Sciences

  • Earth and Environmental Sciences (in General)
  • Climate Change
  • Earth
  • Environment
  • Food Production
  • Geoscience
  • Marine and Oceans
  • Meteorology, Atmosphere, Climate, and Weather
  • Recycling
  • Rivers
  • Sustainability
  • Waste

Technology

  • Technology (in General)
  • Aerospace
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI)
  • Batteries
  • Communications
  • Imaging
  • Manufacturing
  • Robotics

Computer Science

  • Computer Science (in General)
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI)
  • Communications
  • Data Science
  • Software