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November 12, 2012
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Make a Splash! Junior Saltire Award for Children and Young People in Primary and Secondary Schools

Planning learning and teaching associated with the STEM Central Renewables context? This might be of interest. To help to raise awareness amongst young people of the exciting developments and opportunities of marine renewables in Scotland, for the third successive year … Continue reading

October 26, 2012
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Scottish Survey of Literacy and Numeracy resource

This professional learning resource provides both an overview and further detail on children and young people’s strengths and areas for improvement in numeracy within measurement, and fractions, decimal fractions and percentages (including ratio and proportion). It also provides guidance and … Continue reading

October 11, 2012
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bit.ly/stemhome a community for professional learning

Development is well underway of our new STEM professional learning community bit.ly/stemhome – a place to connect and share. It is live now, and we’ll update you as it develops further…meantime take a look!

September 25, 2012
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Scottish Engineering Primary Special Leaders Award for STEM

  Since the launch of this primary pupil challenge on August 20th 2012 there has been an incredible amount of interest and an excellent rate of registration with primary schools throughout Scotland.  From the Western Isles to the Northern Isles, … Continue reading

August 23, 2012
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Shetland’s Tidal Turbine

The BBC reports today on a ‘world first’ as plans to build a community owned tidal turbine in Shetland are announced. “Renewables” as a context offers opportunities to integrate the sciences, social subjects , mathematics and technologies with responsibilities of … Continue reading

August 20, 2012
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If you could be an engineer in Scotland…what would you do?

Engineers touch every aspect of our lives but frequently we do not recognise who they are or what they do. To inspire young people to become engineers we must first help them to understand what it is that engineers do, … Continue reading

August 13, 2012
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SLF 2012: Forensic Rookies, Transition and the AstraZeneca Science Teaching Trust: Scottish Islands and Mainland ICT and Science project

We’ve been keeping you up to date with this inquiry based science project since last December. Don’t forget that you can find out more by joining us at session N1A at SLF 2012, presented by Professor Susan Rodrigues and Neil Taylor. … Continue reading

August 12, 2012
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Using the STEM Central Sound Context…how fast is sound?

The forthcoming STEM Central context on Sound for early years to fourth level offers opportunities to explore the speed of sound through different substances. But what do these speeds mean to learners and how do they compare to speeds with which … Continue reading

August 8, 2012
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Electric Transport and TEDEd’s new YouTube channel

Our STEM Central Electric Transport context is currently aimed at third and fourth level. In the next school year, we will be publishing an extension to the context for second level. Offering opportunities to embed sustainable development and give insight … Continue reading

June 12, 2012
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Ask an Astronaut with the Scottish Space School…or an Evening with NASA

Wednesday 13 June 10:00 – 10:45  http://glo.li/MsbNg9 Join us again this year for a fantastic opportunity to explore space travel and meet three NASA guests all in one day. Find out about what they’ve done, ask your own questions, take … Continue reading

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