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May 20, 2015
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Sciences Sharing Practice Network- Meeting Learners Needs (2)

Sharing Practice Network – Meeting learner’s needs in the NQ Classroom Mercure Hotel, Glasgow – 8th June 2015 This network was set up to investigate strategies for learning and teaching in classroom where more than one NQ level is being … Continue reading

May 11, 2015
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A Rough Guide to Types of Scientific Evidence – Compound Interest

    This infographic looks at science in general, rather than just chemistry. It’s in a similar vein to the Rough Guide to Spotting Bad Science posted last year, but this time looking at the hierarchy of different types of … Continue reading

May 11, 2015
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How studying science can lead to winning a BAFTA

By Karen Hornby, Science Specialist, National STEM Centre. “I don’t like science. My favourite subject is English.” “I don’t need science. I want a job in journalism or creative media.” We’ve all heard comments like this, but how do we … Continue reading

May 11, 2015
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Fuselab – Go

FuseLab Go is Dragons Den for young people aged 15- 18 years. This is your chance to bring your ideas for new products to life through a free two day workshop. The workshop takes as its starting point the problems … Continue reading

April 28, 2015
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Institute of Physics: Project Officers Improving Gender Balance

      Project Officers, IGB Scotland Department: Education Location: Scotland – Central Belt and Fife Salary:£38,570 p/a (pro-rata) We are looking for two full time equivalent Project Officers to implement the successful delivery of a new pilot programme working … Continue reading

April 21, 2015
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Dundee Cancer Centre and Dundee Science Centre Science Learning Institute

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 16, 2015
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MARSBalloon – free STEM space outreach project for UK primary and secondary schools

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

March 24, 2015
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Enter ‘Our Environment Competition’ and you could win £1000!

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

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