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December 1, 2015
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Promoting the Uptake of Girls into Physics and Engineering

If your school is interested in bringing a group of girls to this event at Vale of Leven Academy on Friday 12th February 2016 from 10 am to 2.30 pm then please contact Rhona McCaughey at Rhona.McCaughey@west-dunbarton.gov.uk This is another of the successful events … Continue reading

November 26, 2015
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Topical Science – Oxygen discovered on a comet.

Last month, the European Space Agency (ESA) announced that the Rosetta mission had discovered molecular oxygen on the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. Tigtag and Twig can support the teaching of this event and help bring topical science into your classroom. Further … 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

November 11, 2015
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Education Scotland Sharing Practice Events

Please find below details of two upcoming events from the Sciences team at Education Scotland:   8 Dec 2015:  Sharing practice network – flexible progression routes from BGE to senior phase (Venue: Dunblane High School)  This network was set up … Continue reading

October 29, 2015
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A new view of Twig – for students!

Film pages on Twig offer great related resources to help teachers, including classroom visuals, topic handouts and learning materials to use in the classroom. But these aren’t always relevant to students logging on. Students benefit from resources that will help … 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 27, 2015
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Enter the 2016 Junior Saltire Competition!

Registration has just opened and teams have until 18 December to sign up for the challenge! For 2016, teams of up to four pupils from P5-S6 (multiple school teams welcome) are challenged to research, design and make a Wave Energy … Continue reading

October 26, 2015
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British Science Week 2016 – grants available

  British Science Week  11-20 March 2016 The new British Science Week website has just launched. The site offers lots of resources for planning and organising events and activities for British Science Week 2016. Here you can register events, apply … Continue reading

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