Maddie Moate is a BAFTA-winning TV presenter and YouTube filmmaker passionate about science, wildlife, and travel. Bring her into your classroom via Network Rail’s video.

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!

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.

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!

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.

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.

We have created a pack of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) learning resources and activities to help parents juggle work and home schooling.

Originally created with employees in mind, the material has been modified for use by all to help keep children educated and occupied and encourage youngsters to take a greater interest in STEM subjects. The STEM pack includes tasks and activities aimed at children aged between five and 16, and there are links to the railway so that participants can better understand the industry their parents work in.

With safety at the heart of everything Network Rail does, one of the tasks requires children aged between five and eight to watch an animated clip showing electricity being used and identify any safety-related issues. Another task, suitable for all ages, requires participants to register for a Leaders Award that asks them to identify any problem that could be fixed with an engineering solution, inspiring them to start thinking like an engineer.

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.

Our free downloads have fun facts for children. Find out more here.

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!

Discover your personality type and see how your skills match up to science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) careers.

Connect with real people in STEM careers who have the same personality type as you.What do they do? What do they earn? How did they get there?

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.