PROTECTING OUR PLANET DAY 2025

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Live streamed schools event with sessions & class activities from passionate people working to protect our planet both on Earth & Space!

PROTECTING OUR PLANET DAY 2025 (POP25) COLLECTION

POP25 - on 27 November - the inspiring live-streamed event for schools full of sessions from passionate people protecting our planet, is brought to you by ESERO-UK at STEM Learning in collaboration with the European Space Agency and the UK Space Agency.

<h3><a href="https://www.stem.org.uk/enrichment/protecting-our-planet-day" title="https://www.stem.org.uk/enrichment/protecting-our-planet-day" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Protecting Our Planet Day 25 (POP25)</a> is the inspiring live streamed event for schools brought to you by the UK Space Education Office (ESERO-UK) at STEM Learning and in collaboration with the European Space Agency and the UK Space Agency.</h3>Join us for a world full of experts and leading researchers - passionate people working to protect our planet from here on Earth and from space - beaming live into your classroom.An audience of over 140,000 joined POP24 last November for a programme of live link-ups with inspirational experts working to tackle climate change and the restoration of nature, interactive primary school sessions, and career journeys from studying STEM to protecting our planet.This year we are adding even more enlightening sessions for you to pop in across the day - all featuring live Q&amp;A with POP25 experts around the world!Discover how space agencies, satellites, scientists and pioneering conservation programmes work to protect our planet - how they monitor, model, predict and provide solutions to tackle climate change and protect biodiversity across the globe.Be inspired by panellists in the afternoon career sessions, hear about their backstories in studying STEM subjects to careers working to protect the planet - from Earth and space!Full details of the whole day’s programme can be viewed on the <a href="https://www.stem.org.uk/enrichment/protecting-our-planet-day" title="https://www.stem.org.uk/enrichment/protecting-our-planet-day" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">POP25 website</a>. <h3>Register for POP25 via the reserve button on the right and pop in and out of sessions across the day with your class or whole school.</h3>Once registered you will be sent a confirmation email with joining instructions and the link ready to pop in and out of sessions on Thursday 27th November.<h3>PLUS:</h3><h3>If you want to POP in for three unique primary school sessions across the day, register for these sessions via their own Eventbrite pages in the section below or via the <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/protecting-our-planet-day-2025-pop25-collection-4629613" title="https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/protecting-our-planet-day-2025-pop25-collection-4629613">POP25 Collection</a>.</h3><h3> </h3>

<h3>POP25 highlights include:</h3>Discover how going into space is protecting our planet with Mission Control experts from the European Space Agency.Live link up with leading researchers onboard the RRS Sir David Attenborough, one of the most advanced polar research vessels in the world.Exclusive session with the producers from the ground-breaking wildlife series Kingdom new to BBC One this autumn.Pop over live to Antarctica for an incredible link-up with British Antarctic Survey research pioneers at Halley VI Research Station.Beam in live to the Rainforest Biome at the Eden Project in Cornwall for an interactive, live streamed primary school session.Celebrate trees in National Tree Week - their vital role in protecting the planet and hosting biodiversity for all of us - with the Tree Council and leading UK conservation projects.POP25 presenters live at the Centre of Alternative Technology, exploring incredible satellite data research for the Living Earth/Living Wales programme.Meet hidden heroes already working on innovations and research in the UK. Learn about their journeys from studying STEM subjects to protecting our planet.Primary students can earn their first live badge in the European Space Agency’s challenge, Climate Detectives Kids.Join STEM CLUBS HOUR with Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh and a huge range of inspirational resources from ESERO-UK and our supporters.<h3>Discover a world full of sessions below...</h3>

<h3>Recommended for secondary schools, our morning sessions feature a world full of experts and leading researchers - passionate people working to protect our planet from here on Earth and from space.</h3>Hear about challenges and successes, be hopeful of what can be achieved for the future, join in live Q&amp;A with session guests.Click on each title for full details of the session:09.05 - 09.45 GMT<a href="https://www.stem.org.uk/enrichment/protecting-our-planet-day/pop-sessions/protecting-through-space-pop25" title="https://www.stem.org.uk/enrichment/protecting-our-planet-day/pop-sessions/protecting-through-space-pop25" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">PROTECTING THROUGH SPACE</a>Discover the European Space Agency satellites watching over our planet, helping to monitor, understand, model and predict in order to protect our planet.09.55 - 10.30<a href="https://www.stem.org.uk/enrichment/protecting-our-planet/pop-sessions/protecting-our-forests-25" title="https://www.stem.org.uk/enrichment/protecting-our-planet/pop-sessions/protecting-our-forests-25" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">PROTECTING THE FORESTS</a>From vital space missions to ecosystem experts at CAT; from measuring biomass across the planet AND in your school, to incredible link-ups from forests around the world.10.40 - 11.20<a href="https://www.stem.org.uk/enrichment/protecting-our-planet-day/pop-sessions/protecting-biodiversity-pop25" title="https://www.stem.org.uk/enrichment/protecting-our-planet-day/pop-sessions/protecting-biodiversity-pop25" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">PROTECTING BIODIVERSITY</a>From big cats to wildcats - exclusive session with the producers from the new stunning BBC wildlife series in the autumn, plus wildcats in the Cairngorms!11.30 - 12.10<a href="https://www.stem.org.uk/enrichment/protecting-our-planet-day/pop-sessions/protecting-the-ice-pop25" title="https://www.stem.org.uk/enrichment/protecting-our-planet-day/pop-sessions/protecting-the-ice-pop25" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">PROTECTING THE ICE</a>Go live to Antarctica and the RRS Sir David Attenborough with incredible link-ups to research pioneers; hear from ecosystem experts on vital ice-world space missions and scientific data.9.45, 10.30, 11.20, 12.10 (8 mins each)<a href="https://www.stem.org.uk/enrichment/protecting-our-planet-day/pop-sessions/pop-ins" title="https://www.stem.org.uk/enrichment/protecting-our-planet-day/pop-sessions/pop-ins" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">POP-INS</a>Our very own mini-series of four short, seed-size sessions celebrating National Tree Week and the precious role trees play in protecting our planet and hosting biodiversity for all of us. <h3>Register for POP25 and pop in and out of these sessions with your class or whole school.</h3>

<h3>Register for these three unique educational primary school sessions via their own Eventbrite pages below.</h3>09.05- 09.45 GMT<a href="https://www.stem.org.uk/enrichment/protecting-our-planet-day/pop-sessions/pop-into-the-poles-pop25" title="https://www.stem.org.uk/enrichment/protecting-our-planet-day/pop-sessions/pop-into-the-poles-pop25" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">POP TO THE POLES</a>Join the team at Dynamic Earth and explore these incredible worlds in this live streamed activity session for primary schools.Register for this primary session on its own <a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pop-to-the-poles-pop25-primary-school-session-tickets-1680132053199" title="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pop-to-the-poles-pop25-primary-school-session-tickets-1680132053199">Eventbrite page here.</a>09.55 - 10.30<a href="https://www.stem.org.uk/enrichment/protecting-our-planet-day/pop-sessions/pop-into-the-forest-pop25" title="https://www.stem.org.uk/enrichment/protecting-our-planet-day/pop-sessions/pop-into-the-forest-pop25" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">POP INTO THE FOREST</a>Beam in live to the Rainforest Biome at the Eden Project, Cornwall for this unique educational session.Register for this primary session on its own <a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pop-into-the-forest-pop25-primary-school-session-tickets-1680007239879" title="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pop-into-the-forest-pop25-primary-school-session-tickets-1680007239879">Eventbrite page here.</a>13.45 - 14.20<a href="https://www.stem.org.uk/enrichment/protecting-our-planet-day/climate-detectives-kids-pop25" title="https://www.stem.org.uk/enrichment/protecting-our-planet-day/climate-detectives-kids-pop25" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">CLIMATE DETECTIVES KIDS</a>How to take part in the European Space Agency Climate Detectives challenge and run an experiment in your classroom along with us in the studio.Register for this primary session on its own <a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/climate-detectives-kids-pop25-primary-school-session-tickets-1667527713279" title="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/climate-detectives-kids-pop25-primary-school-session-tickets-1667527713279">Eventbrite page here</a>.

<h3>Afternoon career sessions have been designed specifically for secondary schools and further education students.</h3>They demonstrate how students can follow a career path where they can contribute to protecting our planet - from here on Earth and in space!<a href="https://www.stem.org.uk/enrichment/protecting-our-planet-day/pop-sessions/protecting-our-planet-with-science-pop25" title="https://www.stem.org.uk/enrichment/protecting-our-planet-day/pop-sessions/protecting-our-planet-with-science-pop25" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">PROTECTING (THE PLANET) WITH SCIENCE</a><a href="https://www.stem.org.uk/enrichment/protecting-our-planet-day/pop-sessions/protecting-our-planet-with-technology-pop25" title="https://www.stem.org.uk/enrichment/protecting-our-planet-day/pop-sessions/protecting-our-planet-with-technology-pop25" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">PROTECTING WITH TECHNOLOGY</a><a href="https://www.stem.org.uk/enrichment/protecting-our-planet-day/pop-sessions/protecting-our-planet-with-engineering-pop25" title="https://www.stem.org.uk/enrichment/protecting-our-planet-day/pop-sessions/protecting-our-planet-with-engineering-pop25" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">PROTECTING WITH ENGINEERING</a><a href="https://www.stem.org.uk/enrichment/protecting-our-planet-day/pop-sessions/protecting-our-planet-with-maths-pop25" title="https://www.stem.org.uk/enrichment/protecting-our-planet-day/pop-sessions/protecting-our-planet-with-maths-pop25" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">PROTECTING WITH MATHS</a>Students will be inspired by panellists from academia and industry with backstories in studying STEM subjects leading to their inspiring careers aiming to protect our planet.With a Patron and three panellists in each session, students can meet hidden heroes and pioneers in environmental programmes, cutting-edge scientific research, and ground-breaking innovations in the UK.

<h3>POP25 after school sessions...</h3>15.30 - 16.30<a href="https://www.stem.org.uk/enrichment/protecting-our-planet-day/stem-clubs-hour" title="https://www.stem.org.uk/enrichment/protecting-our-planet-day/stem-clubs-hour" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">STEM CLUBS HOUR</a>Join in with schools nationwide for the student finale of POP25 and run activities after school.Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh’s Science Centre and Planetarium, will be returning to run a live streamed fun-filled activity session exploring the far reaches of planet Earth and outer space, building on everything you discovered in POP sessions throughout the day!<a href="https://www.stem.org.uk/enrichment/protecting-our-planet-day/stem-clubs-hour" title="https://www.stem.org.uk/enrichment/protecting-our-planet-day/stem-clubs-hour" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Download free resources on our website here</a> from ESERO-UK, STEM Learning, Dynamic Earth, POP25 contributors and supporters - choose your own activities, pick the students’ favourites.16.30 - 17.00<a href="https://www.stem.org.uk/enrichment/protecting-our-planet-day/pop-sessions/twilight-for-teachers-pop25" title="https://www.stem.org.uk/enrichment/protecting-our-planet-day/pop-sessions/twilight-for-teachers-pop24" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">TWILIGHT FOR TEACHERS</a>For teachers and educators at the end of the POP25 day, join professional development leaders from the European Space Education Office (ESERO-UK) and STEM Learning to learn about the wealth of resources and CPD available to support teaching of sustainability and climate change.<h3>Register for POP25 and pop into these sessions after school.</h3>

Follow ESERO-UK on X (@ESERO_UK) and Facebook (@ESEROUK); check out #POP25 for the latest; follow us on Eventbrite and keep <a href="https://www.stem.org.uk/enrichment/protecting-our-planet-day" title="https://www.stem.org.uk/enrichment/protecting-our-planet-day" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">popping over to our website</a> for updates.Image useVarious images for POP25 courtesy of British Antarctic Survey/David Ganiford; Dynamic Earth; Eden Project; European Space Agency; Felicity Lanchester / ©BBC Studios (Kingdom Photography); Northumbria University/Dr Sammie Buzzard; People’s Trust for Endangered Species/John Webley; Project Seagrass; RAL Space; Saving Wildcats/RZSS; Tree Council; Trees for Life.Information for teachersYou can access further resources and professional development through the STEM Learning website:<a href="https://www.stem.org.uk/" title="https://www.stem.org.uk/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.stem.org.uk</a>Information for STEM AmbassadorsIf you are a STEM Ambassador and you would like to get involved with the Climate Ambassador initiative, you can find out more on the STEM Learning website:<a href="https://www.stem.org.uk/climate-ambassadors" title="https://www.stem.org.uk/climate-ambassadors" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.stem.org.uk/climate-ambassadors</a>Privacy noticeThis privacy notice explains how we use any personal information we collect about you when you complete this expression of interest survey.What information we need:In order to process your data to enable us to plan the regional launch we need:<ul><li>your name</li><li>your email address</li><li>your school/community group/home address</li><li>number of young people and adults joining you for POP24</li></ul>Why we need it:We need to know this data in order to:<ul><li>contact you with updates about POP25</li><li>share details of how to join the event</li><li>contact you via an email with information about POP26 when it is planned</li></ul>We will only collect personal data required to provide and oversee this service to you. You will not automatically receive marketing emails about other STEM Learning educational products and services, if you would like to receive these please sign up on our website.What we do with it:Your personal data will be shared with those involved in running POP Day at ESERO-UK/STEM Learning.We have systems in place to ensure secure processing of your personal data by ourselves and anyone whom it is shared with. All the personal data we process is done so by our staff in the UK however information may be hosted in the US.How long we keep it:The information collected from this survey will be destroyed after 2 years.What your rights are:You have the right to request a copy of the information that we hold about you. If you would like a copy of some or all of your personal information, please email or write to us. We want to make sure that your personal information is accurate and up to date. You may ask us to correct or remove information you think is inaccurate.If you wish to raise a complaint on how we have handled your personal data please contact our Data Protection Officer who will investigate the matter. You can write to our Data Protection Officer at National STEM Learning Centre, University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD or email datasecurity@stem.org.ukFor our full privacy notice, please see link below:https://www.stem.org.uk/privacy-policy