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The National Schools' Observatory (NSO) has been successfully supporting STEM education in schools and helping to enhance the appreciation of STEM in school students for a numbers of years. However, in common with many web-based resources, the interaction with our users has been quite one-sided, with resources and content we provide being used by teachers and students, but with little two-way discussion, except during testing of new resources and formal evaluation. However, in the last couple of years, we have been developing a range of ways to increase interaction with both teachers and students, including enhanced social media activity, collaborative projects, out-of-school activities and competitions. Here we will report on some of the successes and failures, and lessons learnt from our initial evaluation.