For Schools, Educators & Research Partners
Turn scientific knowledge into learning, participation and wider impact
Scientific knowledge becomes more powerful when people can understand it, investigate it and connect it with the world around them.
Storybranch works with schools, educators, universities and researchers to transform complex knowledge into meaningful learning experiences, public engagement, collaborative projects and resources that can reach beyond traditional academic or classroom formats.
We connect science, systems thinking, education, storytelling, creativity and technology to help knowledge travel further.
Whether you want students to explore a difficult scientific idea or a research project to create stronger engagement and societal impact, Storybranch can help develop the bridge between knowledge and people.
Choose your pathway
How can we help
For Schools & Educators
Create learning experiences that make complex science understandable and worth exploring
Turn scientific, environmental and sustainability topics into meaningful programs, investigations and resources that encourage curiosity, systems thinking and active participation.
School programs
Workshops
Teacher support
STEAM
Nature learning
For Researchers & Universities
Help research reach people, create participation and generate wider societal value
We work on science communication, public engagement, educational translation, interdisciplinary projects, citizen participation and research-impact activities.
Knowledge translation
Public engagement
Research collaboration
Grant development
Citizen participation
Some examples:
Challenges we can help Schools & Educators solve
“Our students need to understand sustainability as more than a list of environmental facts.”
Sustainability becomes meaningful when learners can see relationships between ecosystems, materials, technology, society and the choices people make.
We develop learning experiences that use systems thinking to help students understand those connections.
Possible outcomes:
- Workshops.
- Systems-thinking activities.
- Interdisciplinary projects.
- Classroom investigations.
- Co-creation of Sustainability learning programs.
“The science is important, but students find it difficult or abstract.”
Complex science does not necessarily need to become simpler. It needs to become accessible.
We use scientific images, investigation, storytelling, visual explanations, analogies and real-world examples to help students explore difficult ideas without losing their scientific foundations.
Possible outcomes:
- Learning resources.
- Visual science materials.
- Workshops.
- Investigation activities.
- Educational narratives.
- Interdisciplinary projects.
“We want students to investigate and discover, not only listen.”
Learning becomes stronger when students observe, question, compare, experiment and construct explanations.
We develop inquiry- and investigation-based experiences that make learners active participants in the learning process.
Possible outcomes:
- Classroom investigations.
- Outdoor activities.
- Challenges.
- Games.
- Field observations.
- Collaborative projects and student-led exploration.
“We want to connect different school subjects around real-world challenges.”
Environmental and sustainability challenges rarely belong to only one discipline.
We can help create STEAM and interdisciplinary learning experiences connecting science, engineering, technology, mathematics, arts, communication and societal questions.
Possible outcomes:
- Thematic learning programs.
- Project-based learning.
- STEAM activities.
- Cross-curricular teaching resources.
“We want to use nature itself as a learning environment.”
A forest, park, schoolyard or individual tree can become a place for scientific observation, questioning and discovery.
We develop nature-based learning that connects direct experience with scientific understanding.
Possible outcomes:
- Outdoor investigations.
- Schoolyard activities.
- Forest-learning programs.
- Observation guides.
- Nature-based workshops.
“Our teachers need resources or support to work with these topics.”
Teachers do not always need another ready-made activity. Sometimes they need a framework, scientific support or a partner who can help develop something appropriate for their students.
We can support educators with program development, scientific content, learning design and adaptable resources.
Possible outcomes:
- Teacher workshops.
- Pedagogical resources.
- Program co-design.
- Scientific background materials.
- Multilingual learning resources.
School Format
How can we work with your School
Educational Programme Design
Environmental science, forests, materials, biodiversity, sustainability, systems thinking.
For a single class, a school project, a thematic week or a longer learning initiative.
School Visits & Workshops
Investigation-based workshops and learning experiences with students.
Activities can combine science, storytelling, engineering, materials, nature observation, creativity and systems thinking.
STEAM & Interdisciplinary Learning
Projects bring together science, technology, engineering, arts, mathematics, communication and societal questions.
Teacher Learning & Pedagogical Support
Explore scientific content, systems thinking, environmental literacy and ways of communicating complex ideas to learners.
Nature-Based Learning
Learning experiences that use forests, trees, schoolyards and surrounding environments as places for scientific investigation and connection.
Learning Resources
Visual, narrative and investigation-based learning resources that can support classroom programs before, during or after an experience.
Some examples:
Challenges we can help Researchers & Universities
“Our research is important, but difficult to communicate outside our field.”
Research can lose its impact when only specialists are able to understand why it matters.
We help translate scientific knowledge into clear, accurate and engaging formats for non-specialist audiences.
Possible outcomes:
- Visual explanations.
- Scientific narratives.
- Educational materials.
- Public-facing resources, presentations and engagement concepts.
“Our project needs a stronger public-engagement or societal-impact component.”
Impact is not created simply by publishing results. People need opportunities to encounter, understand, discuss and sometimes participate in the knowledge being produced.
We can help develop meaningful engagement pathways connected to the purpose and audience of the research.
Possible outcomes:
- Public-engagement strategies.
- Workshops.
- Community activities.
- Communication resources and impact concepts.
“We want citizens, schools or communities to participate in the research.”
Participation requires more than asking people to provide data. Participants need to understand what they are observing, why their contribution matters and how to participate meaningfully.
We can help explore learning, communication and engagement components around citizen-science and participatory research projects.
Possible outcomes:
- Participant journeys.
- Educational protocols.
- Field activities.
- Engagement materials.
- School partnerships and co-creation workshops.
“Our research question crosses several disciplines and we need a way to connect them.”
Complex sustainability and environmental challenges often sit between scientific disciplines, technologies, education, communities and organisational systems.
We can contribute with systems thinking, interdisciplinary framing and knowledge translation to collaborative research and innovation projects.
Possible outcomes:
- Interdisciplinary workshops.
- Project framing.
- Stakeholder mapping.
- Collaboration concepts and research-to-application pathways.
“We are developing a grant proposal and need to strengthen collaboration, communication or impact.”
Strong research proposals increasingly need to explain not only what will be studied, but how knowledge will reach relevant stakeholders and create value beyond the research team.
We can contribute to proposal development where our expertise genuinely strengthens the project.
We develop nature-based learning that connects direct experience with scientific understanding.
Possible outcomes:
- Co-development of engagement activities.
- Impact pathways.
- Educational components.
- Communication concepts and collaborative proposal writing.
“We want our research to become something people can actually experience or use.”
Research can become the foundation for exhibitions, educational programs, interactive tools, visual narratives, workshops and other forms of public knowledge.
We can help explore how research can move from publication into meaningful experiences and applications.
Possible outcomes:
- Educational prototypes.
- Workshop concepts.
- Visual resources.
- Digital-experience concepts.
- Public-facing materials.
- Collaborative pilots.
Research Format
How Storybranch can work with research teams
Scientific Communication & Knowledge Translation
Transform specialist research into accurate, accessible narratives, visual resources and experiences for wider audiences.
Public Engagement & Societal Impact
Develop meaningful ways for schools, communities, organisations and other stakeholders to engage with research questions and findings.
Citizen Science & Participatory Learning
Explore how non-specialists can participate in observation, investigation and knowledge creation through clear and scientifically grounded engagement processes.
Interdisciplinary Project Development
Help structure projects that connect scientific disciplines with education, technology, communication, design or societal stakeholders.
Grant & Proposal Collaboration
Contribute to collaborative proposals where Storybranch can strengthen communication, engagement, educational design, systems thinking or research-impact components.
Research-to-Experience Development
Explore how research can become workshops, exhibitions, learning resources, visual narratives, digital experiences or other forms of public engagement.
What Storybranch brings
Scientific Integrity
Our work begins with evidence and respects the complexity of scientific knowledge.
Systems Thinking
We help people understand relationships between ecological, technological, material, social and human systems.
Knowledge Translation
We make specialist knowledge understandable without reducing it to disconnected facts.
Curiosity
We create opportunities to observe, question, explore, compare and discover.
Interdisciplinary Collaboration
We work across science, engineering, education, communication, creativity and technology
