Our 12th NQ cross-authority writing group event took place on the 18th May in Stirling. Around 60 secondary colleagues attended with the focus being on the transition from Higher to Advanced Higher. This included supporting the transition from traditional Higher to CfE Advanced Higher. New resources have been developed for biology, chemistry, physics and environmental science and are now available on our Glow science site. Details on the resources developed and plans for future events are listed below.
In addition, we’d like to express our thanks to all those who have uploaded sciences resources they have developed. We now have 3000+ resources on the Glow sciences site and, at the start of the year have on average 1000 teachers accessing the site each month making it one of the most successful communities on the new Glow platform. Thanks to everyone for helping to build such a vibrant and active community. Without a doubt, learners across Scotland will benefit hugely from this.
In the next few weeks the new Glow video channel will be launched as well as the new Yammer app which will enhance the functionality of the Glow newsfeed. We’ll bring you news of these at the start of next session.
If you want to access the Glow sciences site then visit: http://bit.ly/glowsciences
Every teacher in Scotland should have access to Glow including those in the independent sector. If you don’t have a password then please speak to the Glow coordinator in your school in the first instance or your Glow key contact in your authority.
At the most recent event in May participants were developing resources and working on the following areas:
Biology
- Experimental guide for outcome 1
- Guide for starting the course with learners
- Practical guides for all units
- I can statements for Organisms and Evolution
Focus for upcoming events
- Support for projects in rural communities
- Opportunity to work with partner agencies
- Higher assignments
Chemistry
- Mapping knowledge and understanding from any Chemistry Higher
- Research unit resources – past paper questions linking to knowledge and understanding and skills
- Synthesis Unit resources
- Candidate project checklist
Focus for upcoming events
- Higher assignment feedback
- Open-ended questions
Environmental Science
- Working on Forestry Commission materials
- Added Value Unit – data handling
Focus for upcoming events
- Higher assignment feedback
- Opportunity to work with partner agencies
- Continue populating resource guide for N4 /5 / Higher
Physics
- Learner friendly outcome statements and success criteria
- Learner resources for knowledge based units
- Teacher support notes for astrophysics
- Support guide for learners moving from traditional Higher to CfE Advanced Higher
Focus for upcoming events
- Stellar evolution
- Quantum Mechanics
- Mechanics
- Prompts for working with partners in schools
- Opportunity to work with partner agencies
