WildKnowledge is a platform that links curriculum to the real world through recording and exploration apps to improve student performance and engagement in STEM subjects. It includes apps like WildForm for habitat surveys and sensor data collection, WildKey for species identification through branching databases and decision trees, and WildMap for indoor and outdoor mapping activities, shape hunts, and mathematical trails. The platform harnesses the power of mobile devices to make learning across subjects like STEM, geography, and history more engaging. Annual school subscriptions start at £300.

1. BETT 2014
Neil Bailey
Using WildKnowledge to improve
the performance and
engagement of pupils in STEM

2. What Does WildKnowledge Do?
WildKnowledge links the curriculum
to the real world through recording
and exploring apps .

3. Examples of STEM applications - WildForm
• Habitat / species surveys*
• Sensors (noise pollution)
• Churchyard chemistry*
• Building materials
• Energy detectives
• Materials and properties
• Forces in action*
• Human Variation*

4. Examples of STEM applications - WildKey
• Simple identification
• Species level identification
• Branching database
• Diagnostics
• Decision Trees

5. Examples of STEM applications - WildMap
• Indoors and outdoors
• Materials and their properties
• Shape hunts
• Angle orienteering
• Mathematical quiz trails
• Museum / location trails

6. • Innovative platform
• Harnesses the power of mobiles and tablets
• Improves engagement across the curriculum
• STEM + Geography, History etc.
• Cost: from £300 for annual subscription
• Audience: Primary, Secondary, SEN, FE and HE
• Android and iOS
neil@wildknowledge.co.uk
Summary
Images by Nick Robinson