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Twig wins prestigious industry award for second year running

Twig World, the creators of Twig on Glow, have been awarded a prestigious BETT Award in the Digital Collections and Resource Banks category. For the second year running, the Glasgow-based start up has won this top education award for outstanding digital content. 

Judges praised Twig for a “well-designed and presented resource that can be used to support the curriculum as well as independent learning”. Twig is provided free to all Scottish local authority schools via Glow, at www.twigonglow.com.

Understand the science of fireworks

Twig on Glow – the free resource for Scottish schools – is preparing for Fireworks night with a special feature.

 • Explore the science behind explosions
• Discover how different chemical elements produce bright colours
• Understand how fireworks make such fantastic shapes in the sky

Visit the site now to explore this seasonal content, it’s free to all Glow users at www.twigonglow.com

New Twig Content – free to Scottish learners

Twig on Glow is releasing a new film on Animal Kingdom every day until the end of October! 

Explore some engaging new footage – suitable for primary learners – that looks at fascinating adaptations of mammals, amphibians and fish. 

Visit the site every day at www.twigonglow.com and let us know what you think of our new films. Submit your comments to have the chance to win one of five visualisers for your classroom! 

Science, maths and geography

 

Twig on Glow – free resources for Scottish schools

Twig World is an award winning online resource that brings learning to life.  Mapped to Curriculum for Excellence, Twig now offers over 800 short films and a vast library of support material for science, maths and geography.

Twig on Glow includes all content from Glow Science as well as new materials.  Glow Science will continue to be available until January 2013.