Educational Resources
No matter what subject you teach our STEM activities help bring engineering and technology to life.
Students can expand their understanding of possible careers in engineering and technology and ignite a passion for life-long learning.
Find amazing activities to engage in all things STEM – from using data on the rail network game which encourages to develop problem-solving skills, building a new railway to join the residents of the town to a city or test your knowledge against a wide range of topics including climate change, energy and wildlife.
Key Stages 1 & 2 (age 5 – 11)
Awesome Railways
We think trains and railways are awesome, and that’s why we need girls and boys at school today to learn about science, maths and technology (STEM) – so that you can help us to invent and design the railways of the future.
Emily the Engineer activity book
Network Rail and industry partners have created the Emily the Engineer activity book for children.
It’s full of puzzles and quizzes and follows the character of Emily the engineer on her rail adventures – seeking to spark children’s imaginations and inspire them to consider a career in engineering.
Railway colouring pages
We’ve created a new colouring book of some of our favourite parts of the railway for adults and children.
Grab your pencils and explore the Ribblehead Viaduct, the Forth Bridge, Birmingham New Street, and more!
Stay Safe with Thomas
Network Rail and Thomas the Tank Engine have joined together to help young children learn about staying safe around the railway. This is the first time a Thomas and Friends™ book has covered a rail safety theme.
In this new book, Thomas goes on an exciting adventure around railway tracks, stations and level crossings and he learns that staying safe is much more important than going fast or being silly! Click here to download a free copy of the book.
Recycling colouring pages
Here’s another colouring in exercise – all about our special recycling facility. On the railway, we recycle a huge amount of waste. This helps us stop 94% of it ending up in landfill!
This colouring in page shows some of our team hard at work helping to reduce our impact on the environment.
Elliot the Environmentalist
The online activity book, Elliot the Environmentalist, helps young children to learn about the different types of nature found near the railway and how we look after the environment.
The book is full of puzzles and interactive games, encouraging children to learn more about the living world and how Network Rail protects, maintains and enhances the environment.
Key Stages 3 & 4 (age 11 – 16)
Game: Connecting the Railway
How would you build a new railway to join the residents of the town to a city?
Your task is to choose the best route through all the obstacles, thinking about how your choice will affect the company, environment and community.
Play the new online game here:
Game: Using data on the Rail Network
The online using data on the rail network game encourages children to develop their problem-solving skills. In this game you will answer questions about railways, data and information.
On your journey, each correct answer will gain a code number. At the end of the game, you will use these numbers to crack a codeword, so try and collect them all!
Game: Caring for our environment
The online environmental sustainability game, Caring for our Environment, challenges children to think why caring for our environment is important. The game allows children to test their knowledge against a wide range of topics including climate change, energy and wildlife.
The interactive element of the game encourages children to develop their problem solving skills to tackle everyday environmental challenges on the railway and understand the need for different types of environmental roles – inspiring them to consider an environmental rail career.
Videos
TV’s Maddie Moate
Watch our video to learn about the new innvoations engineers have been creating.
Here’s Maddie Moate on a recent visit to one of our exciting Rail Innovation Development Centres – where we come up with lots of new ideas to improve the railways.
You may recognise Maddie from CBeebies and lots of other programmes.
Let’s all get the train!
We’ve partnered with Earth Cubs to make planet-saving exciting, entertaining and achievable.
Take the train from London to Margate with the Geezer Rats and find out why the train is better than a car!
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