Welcome to the fortnightly STEM planner. Keep reading to find out more about exciting STEM developments across Scotland. Please feel free to share this planner with colleagues and school partners.
RAiSE Newsletter
The RAiSE Winter 22 newsletter is now available with the new RAiSE national education officer, Pondering Pond Life, PSDOs Tools Training, Resources and more.
STEM Ambassador in Scotland Week 31 Jan – 6 Feb
Don’t miss out on all the great resources and events for practitioners across Scotland. Find out what ambassadors can do for you. Careers Carnivals, blogs and much more – STEM Ambassador Week
Royal Highland Educational Trust – New resource launched
Working in partnership with Buglife and the James Hutton Institute, this new resource offers the chance to find out more about growing crop mixtures, request free crop mixtures for growing at your venue, undertake some citizen science and find out more about biodiversity.
There is also a pupil resource linked to data analysis which is suitable for supporting Higher Applications of Mathematics as well as DYW linked video content.
The new resource is now live .
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FREE Online Energy Quest workshop
Uncover the way energy plays an important role in all our lives with this free Livestream workshop for S1-S3, ‘Energy Quest’.
Can your students save the day by utilising their practical engineering skills? Join in live to unlock your pupil’s inner engineer as they explore alternative energy sources. In this two-hour workshop, they will find a solution to help a group of young people in danger. During the challenge, students encounter a range of engineers as they uncover the skills engineers possess and the way energy plays an important role in all our lives
Book a FREE 2-hour Energy Quest workshop for up to 30 pupils, the workshop is a great way to revisit core curriculum content and bring relatable role-models into the classroom.
Requirements:
- Room with space to complete practical activities
- Device that enables you to connect to an interactive whiteboard and wifi
- FREE loan kit will be sent
- Commitment to participate in teacher and student evaluation
Safer Internet Day 2022 Tues 8 February Barefoot Computing
SID 2022 is all about exploring respect and relationships online. Barefoot have created two activities for pupils to complete in class or at home to stimulate discussion about being respectful online and the difference between online and offline relationships.
- Let’s Chatterbox is for pupils aged 5-7. The activity can be completed in class or set as homework to encourage discussion about online safety at home. Pupils create a classic ‘chatterbox’ which they play to discuss being respectful towards others online.
- Know, or know of? is for pupils aged 7 -11. The activity can be completed in class or set as homework to encourage discussion at home. Pupils consider how much they know about people from both the online and offline world and how they might behave differently towards people they know less about.
These resources sit alongside the existing online safety resources, Safety Snakes and Stop, Think…Do I Consent?, all of which can be downloaded here.
Increasing the offering to Early Years Teachers
- Barefoot are delighted to announce that they are offering free online Early Years workshops to sit alongside the Computational Thinking and Programming sessions. Designed to boost subject knowledge and confidence, this new workshop will introduce teachers to computational thinking in the Early Years and demonstrate Barefoot’s Early Years resources. You can find out more here (click on the Early Years tab).
- As well as launching the new Early Years workshop this term, Barefoot have also released the latest set of seasonal Early Years resources for Springtime. These 3 spring themed activities see the children make a rabbit run, create junk scarecrows and explore sequencing whilst planting seeds. You can download them here .
Dates for your diary
STEM Ambassador in Scotland Week 31 Jan – 6 Feb
STEM in the North
8 February: Creative industries partnerships
8 March: Play pedagogy in STEM
