August 28, 2016
by I. Menzies
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How bad is plastic waste pollution in flowing waterways? And what impact does this have on our seas and oceans? Visit Germany for a citizen science project and work with your partner school to find the answers. From 16 September … Continue reading
August 25, 2016
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Scotland’s key educational event is taking place on Wednesday 21 and Thursday 22 September in the SECC, Glasgow and there is loads of great practice to hear about in relation to Developing the Young Workforce and STEM. Download our STEM/DYW guide below: … Continue reading
August 24, 2016
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Find out how one girl from Scotland got on in New York this summer following her participation in a global STEM Programme promoted by Education Scotland in partnership with the New York Academy of Sciences. Watch this space for further information … Continue reading
August 17, 2016
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If your students have their own Glow accounts, the new Assignments feature in Twig lets you set award-winning science films as homework. Thanks to new student quizzes accompanying each film, you can also track what each of your students has … Continue reading
August 10, 2016
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The RZSS Beyond the Panda education programme aims to provide children with an understanding of China, its language, geography, habitats, flora and fauna and in particular learn about the giant panda and the RZSS China/UK research. Beyond the Panda travels … Continue reading
June 29, 2016
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Date for your diary Webinar on semiconductors (Higher physics) Tue 6 Sep, 4pm Join Chris Hooley of St Andrews for a live webinar on semiconductors. Chris will explain semiconductors using band theory and will discuss p-n junctions, solar cells and … Continue reading
June 23, 2016
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TwigPlayer is here! Twig World has just released the TwigPlayer, an application uniquely designed for Scottish users of the science, maths and geography resources available from the Twig On Glow, Tigtag and Tigtag Junior websites. The player allows users to … Continue reading
June 21, 2016
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Queen’s Medical Research Institute (QMRI) – Public Lecture Series “Let’s Talk About Health…Understanding disease” is a series of public lectures that runs annually from December through to March. It is aimed at senior school pupils interested in studying medicine, veterinary medicine or … Continue reading
June 21, 2016
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Job title: National Education Officer, Improving Primary Science Education Post details: This post is offered on a fixed-term contract for a period of thirty-three months. Following a review the post may be extended up to a total of eight years. … Continue reading
June 17, 2016
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BBC Learning’s next major education campaign will aim to inspire 9-11 year olds through a series of exciting, fun and interactive UK-wide mass participation science experiments. Launching in early 2017, the new campaign will be designed to support the curriculum. A range of classroom resources … Continue reading
