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November 20, 2015
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Earth Observation Detective

    Aimed at primary learners, these resources link to aspects of mathematics, geography, science and computing. The activities use early astronaut photographs to encourage children to think about what features on the Earth look like from space, and satellite … Continue reading

November 17, 2015
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The Royal Institution’s Christmas lectures have been announced

The Royal Institution have announced the 2015 Christmas lecturer as being Dr Kevin Fong, an expert in space medicine. This year’s Christmas lectures will be based around ‘How to survive in space’ and is due to be broadcast on BBC … Continue reading

November 15, 2015
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Education Scotland Science, Technology & Mathematics e-bulletin

Welcome to our e-bulletin for sciences, technologies, engineering and maths (STEM). Please forward to those who may be interested. Received this from someone else? Sign up to receive it directly. Follow us on Twitter @EdScotSciences and @DigiLearnScot Sciences Highland Council … Continue reading

November 13, 2015
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Come and meet the experts and find out about air pollution!

Free professional learning workshops available for practitioners at Hillpark Secondary School, Glasgow on 25th November 4 – 6pm. Come along and learn about air pollution, how to use data about air quality in your classes and finding indicator species such … Continue reading

October 29, 2015
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Numeracy & Mathematics Resource Guide

National Numeracy and Mathematics Hub The National Numeracy and Mathematics Hub is a virtual learning environment for all practitioners. The Hub provides an innovative approach to career-long professional learning for all practitioners in all sectors. It is an interactive, virtual … Continue reading

October 21, 2015
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Halo Harp: an Open Source Project for Schools

The Halo Harp project comprises the construction of a unique interactive laser based musical instrument exhibit. This is a Laser Harp which uses a circular ring containing 8-16 eye safe red laser pointers with photodiode detectors to monitor “plucking” of … Continue reading

October 20, 2015
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Sciences, Technology and Mathematics e-bulletin

Welcome to our e-bulletin for sciences, technologies, engineering and maths (STEM). Please forward to those who may be interested. Received this from someone else? Sign up to receive it directly. Sciences Education Secretary announces campaign to attract more STEM teachers … Continue reading

October 20, 2015
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Teaching Air Quality with Citizen Science – professional learning session 25th November

Twilight session for Glasgow secondary teachers, and P7 working towards transition, looking at new approaches to teaching Air Quality. Three short workshops will cover different ways of getting pupils involved in real science research, learning about pollution and Air Quality … Continue reading

October 19, 2015
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New science funding – £135,000 to support science in schools

£135,000 will be invested into Scotland-wide science initiatives that complement and support young peoples’ STEM learning at school and help bring ‘real life’ STEM into the classroom. The funding will go towards four separate initiatives as follows: Generation Science – … Continue reading

September 30, 2015
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Digital Learning and Teaching Strategy for Scotland – Public Consultation Launch

At this year’s Scottish Learning Festival Dr Alasdair Allan, Minister for Learning, Science, and Scotland’s Languages, MSP launched a consultation on the development of a Digital Learning and Teaching Strategy for Scotland. Digital technology has rich potential to support education … Continue reading

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