April 28, 2015
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Glasgow Science Festival . . . Schools Programme Now in its ninth year, Glasgow Science Festival (4-14th June) is back with a fresh batch of exciting events to inspire and intrigue young minds! All school events are FREE and cover … Continue reading
April 27, 2015
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Holidaying in Ibiza or even backpacking across Europe was not an option last summer for four inspirational undergraduate students from all across Scotland, who spurned the ordinary and instead single-handedly organised an extraordinary trip to the Arctic. The main purpose … Continue reading
April 21, 2015
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Throughout the last term Dundee Science Centre’s STEM Learning Team have visited 10 secondary schools across Dundee, Fife, Perth and Kinross and Angus with Dr Stephen Watt of the Jacqui Wood Cancer Centre, University of Dundee. The team took groups … Continue reading
April 20, 2015
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The light at the end of the tunnel This year’s Institute of Physics Stirling Meeting will take place at the Stirling Court Hotel (formerly known as the Management Centre) on Wednesday 20th May. Full details, including the programme and the … Continue reading
April 20, 2015
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This infographic into the realm of biochemistry, with a look at the chemical structure of DNA, and its role in creating proteins in our cells. Of course, it’s not just in humans that DNA is found – it’s present in … Continue reading
April 16, 2015
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MARSBalloon is a free project open to all UK schools that launches student Mars science experiments on high altitude balloons 30km up into Earth’s atmosphere. At this altitude the conditions of gas pressure, temperature and radiation are very similar to … Continue reading
April 7, 2015
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The ENTHUSE Partnership Awards are a grant of £12,000 for groups of between four and eight primary schools wishing to work together to address local issues of underachievement in science/STEM subjects. The ENTHUSE Partnership Award aims to support collaborative activities … Continue reading
March 26, 2015
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Following the publication of its 3-18 Curriculum Impact Report for Sciences in September 2012, Education Scotland organised a series of conversation days where priorities for action to secure improvements in science education nationally were identified. Key aspects for development emerged … Continue reading
March 24, 2015
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There’s still time to get your competition entries in for the Our Environment Competition! It’s easy to enter and you can win £1000! Identify an environmental issue in your local area/school … Continue reading
March 13, 2015
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Edinburgh International Science Festival are thrilled to be running a ‘Sci-Ku’ (science haiku) writing competition! There are 3 categories of the competition: primary school, secondary school and open to the public. To supplement the competition, Edinburgh International Science Festival have created … Continue reading
