March 3, 2014
by User deactivated
0 comments
Education Scotland is delighted to announce that schools can now access Tigtag – an award-winning online science resource for primary schools, free of charge through Glow. We have agreed a 12 month national education licence with Twig World which allows … Continue reading
February 26, 2014
by User deactivated
0 comments
Following the publication of the updated 3-18 Curriculum Impact Report for Sciences in October 2013, Education Scotland hosted a series of conversation days to engage stakeholders in discussions around the findings of the report and to collectively identify priorities for … Continue reading
February 21, 2014
by User deactivated
0 comments
Glasgow Science Centre and Cineworld present an opportunity to see the documentary Hubble, hear a talk and engage in a Q&A session with Professor Martin Hendry from Glasgow University Astrophysics department. The event will take place on 17th March, at … Continue reading
February 21, 2014
by User deactivated
0 comments
Education Scotland has produced a series of second level learning journeys addressing the subject of Food Security, which is about people having enough food and water to survive. There are many factors affecting food security around the world such as … Continue reading
February 17, 2014
by K. McFaul
0 comments
The Technologies Impact Review (TIR) is one of two aspect reviews being conducted by Education Scotland over 2013-14. The other is literacy and English. Similar reports were published in 2013 on science, social studies (on Education Scotland website) – these had … Continue reading
February 16, 2014
by User deactivated
0 comments
The British Science Association are delighted to be partnering with EDF Energy for year one of their five year citizen science programme, The Great EDF Energy Experiment. In collaboration with the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, we will be … Continue reading
February 16, 2014
by User deactivated
0 comments
Edinburgh International Science Festival 2014 celebrates ‘Science at the Heart of Everything’, inviting audiences of all ages to discover the science all around us over two weeks from 5th – 20th April: GastroFest – a mini-festival about the science of … Continue reading
February 14, 2014
by User deactivated
0 comments
Rarely out of the news, energy supply and demand is an issue which affects all of us. However, the debate can become tiresome: complaints about the intermittency of wind turbines, the nuclear waste issue, to frack or not to frack… … Continue reading
February 9, 2014
by User deactivated
0 comments
‘I learned not to be scared to talk about cancer’ A really exciting day on Friday 7th February when we welcomed P7 pupils to Dundee Science Centre to work with world-leading scientists from Dundee Cancer Centre. Through hands-on activities, developed … Continue reading
February 9, 2014
by User deactivated
0 comments
We’re very excited about the start to our Magnificent Microbes project for 2014, a partnership between Dundee Science Centre Science Learning Institute and the College of Life Sciences at the University of Dundee. We are exploring ways to structure and … Continue reading
