April 26, 2012
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Young engineering talent from secondary schools in Scotland showcased their projects at Strathclyde University on the 23rd April at the EES Celebration and Assessment Day (CAD). Teams each of four S5/S6 pupils have been working on sophisticated engineering projects with … Continue reading
March 13, 2012
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Just at the right time for the publication of our latest context on STEM Central – Bioengineering – the BBC has a fantastic series of articles, images interactives and video clips which could be used to enrich the context.
March 13, 2012
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Today I visited the University of the West of Scotland (UWS) in Ayr to complete Technologies workshops with BEd3. We began by discussing the misconceptions surrounding Technologies within Curriculum for Excellence, and spent the rest of the time looking at … Continue reading
March 12, 2012
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Climate Week is a national campaign to inspire a new wave of action on climate change. Culminating in a week of activities and events, Climate Week showcases the practical solutions to climate change being developed in every sector of society. … Continue reading
March 8, 2012
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Do you want a career with global opportunities? Are you interested in working for a pioneering industry? Do you want the chance to earn as you learn? Join our World of Work Wednesday event to hear from oil & gas … Continue reading
March 7, 2012
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7/3/12 This week, the energy group are looking at solar energy, hydro energy and hydro-wind. The group doing the solar energy used a simple solar cell to store sunlight in a light area. They are also attempting to store the … Continue reading
March 7, 2012
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Go4SET is a UK wide educational programme allowing secondary school pupils to work with organisations to address issues of sustainability and engineering/science awareness. School teams from Greater Glasgow attended The University of Strathclyde on Friday 2nd March to compete in … Continue reading
March 4, 2012
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The STEM Central Context on Renewables allows practitioners and learners to explore wind, wave and tidal power. The wind, wave and tidal power learning journey has a technologies focus is aimed at third level. Lessons give learners experiences and opportunities … Continue reading
February 22, 2012
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The STEM Central Context on Electric Transport allows practitioners and learners to explore Electric Cars. The Electric Cars learning journey with a technologies focus is aimed at fourth level. Lessons give learners experiences and opportunities to develop their understanding of … Continue reading
February 22, 2012
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This TED talk could be used in relation to the STEM Central Renewables Context. Saul Griffith unveils the invention his new company Makani Power has been working on: giant kite turbines that create surprising amounts of clean, renewable energy. View … Continue reading
