August 11, 2014
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The Royal Institution autumn programme, which caters for all ages, is now available to browse and download. The programme includes: The lagoon: How Aristotle invented science Armand Leroi explores Aristotle’s science – its genius, its errors and its lessons for … Continue reading
August 10, 2014
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Welcome back to the new session from Education Scotland Sciences team, A reminder of where you can find resources and some new additions. The NQ Higher Sciences Site was created for the introduction of the revised Highers and has a … Continue reading
August 8, 2014
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The Primary Glow 365 site is currently under development but at the moment we have a Primary /Early Years blog page which is easily accessible and provides up to date relevant information for practitioners in each sector. Our latest blogs … Continue reading
August 8, 2014
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Posted on the Sciences Glow 365 site, Higher evidence recording spread sheets for Higher Biology, Higher Chemistry, Higher Environmental Studies, Higher Human Biology and Higher Physics. Similar to the spreadsheets shared to record the evidence for nationals, these are bespoke … Continue reading
August 6, 2014
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Education Scotland’s Sciences have posted resources guides for Biology, Chemistry and Physics on the Sciences Glow 365 site. These guides, similar to those created for Higher, maps useful resources to key areas within the SQA’s course and unit support notes. … Continue reading
August 2, 2014
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Education Secretary Michael Russell has raised concerns that there is a gender imbalance in Scotland’s colleges and universities, with too few women holding senior positions. The problem appears to be most prevalent within the physics, maths and computer technology departments. … Continue reading
July 31, 2014
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SCILT, Scotland’s National Centre for Languages, is working with businesses and schools in Scotland to promote languages as a key skill for employment. Operating effectively in a global economy relies on many skills and includes the right language skills. People … Continue reading
July 30, 2014
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Following the publication of the updated Sciences 3-18 Curriculum Impact Report, 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 action to secure improvements … Continue reading
July 25, 2014
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FIRST LEGO League is a robotics program for 9 to16 year olds designed to get young learners interested in and enthsed by science and technology — and teach them valuable employment and life skills. It can be used in the … Continue reading
July 23, 2014
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On 8th July, a Soyuz rocket successfully launched two UK built cubesats: UKube-1 and TechDemoSat-1. Cubesats are small satellites – normally about the size of a fridge – packed with scientific instruments. UKube-1 is the UK Space Agency’s first cubesat … Continue reading
