Five free STEM courses

Start creating. Learn skills that shape the future.

Begin your STEM journey with beginner-friendly courses designed to help learners code, design, and solve problems at their own pace. No payment required.

  • Prerecorded lessons
  • Downloadable activities
  • Learn at your own pace
  • Completion certificate
  • No payment required

Course recordings are in production. The five complete course plans are shown below, but public lesson access will open only after every recording, caption file and final poster passes review.

One welcoming starting point in every STEAM area

Five real outcomes—not a free version of the full project library

Each course is a short, independent home-learning experience. The wider project catalogue remains part of paid live guided learning.

A balloon rocket travelling along a taut string above a tidy home-learning table
Free courseIn production
Science

Balloon Rocket Lab

Discover how forces make objects move by building, testing and improving a balloon-powered rocket.

Age range
Ages 7–11
Duration
35–45 minutes
Number of lessons
4 lessons
Difficulty
Beginner

Recording and captions are still being prepared

An original geometric character moving across a colourful scene beside generic block-programming instructions on a laptop
Free courseIn production
Technology

Animate with Scratch

Create an original animated story using characters, movement, dialogue and sound.

Age range
Ages 7–12
Duration
45–60 minutes
Number of lessons
5 lessons
Difficulty
Beginner

Recording and captions are still being prepared

A folded paper bridge spanning two books and supporting a row of coins
Free courseIn production
Engineering

Paper Bridge Challenge

Design a bridge from paper, test how much weight it can hold and use engineering evidence to make it stronger.

Age range
Ages 8–13
Duration
40–50 minutes
Number of lessons
4 lessons
Difficulty
Beginner

Recording and captions are still being prepared

Interlocking teal, violet and amber geometric tiles transforming into an original abstract creature pattern
Free courseIn production
Arts

Tessellation Art Studio

Explore shape, repetition and symmetry by designing an original tessellating artwork.

Age range
Ages 8–16
Duration
35–45 minutes
Number of lessons
4 lessons
Difficulty
Beginner

Recording and captions are still being prepared

A cipher wheel, coded notebook and magnifying glass arranged as an inviting logic puzzle.
Free courseIn production
Mathematics

Codebreaker Academy

Learn how patterns, substitutions and logical reasoning can turn ordinary messages into secret codes.

Age range
Ages 9–16
Duration
40–50 minutes
Number of lessons
4 lessons
Difficulty
Beginner to intermediate

Recording and captions are still being prepared

Two clear learning routes

Free courses or live learning?

Free self-paced courses

Learn independently at home

A simple way to experience Future Forge independently through five structured, self-paced courses.

  • Short prerecorded lessons
  • One practical outcome per course
  • Work at a comfortable pace
  • No payment required

Paid live learning

Learn with personalised guidance

Guided online sessions with personalised support, discussion and access to the wider project-based learning pathway.

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Science
Technology
Engineering
Arts
Mathematics