November 3, 2014
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It’s week 3 of the Disruptive Innovation Festival: an online festival exploring emerging ideas and technologies that have the potential to reshape our economy. The Festival is curated by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation. So far you will have had the … Continue reading
October 29, 2014
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Education Scotland in partnership with the Scottish Food and Drink Federation and Dundee Science Centre have create a series of Career Long Professional Learning events about Food Science. These events would be particularly relevant for those teaching N5 and Higher … Continue reading
October 21, 2014
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The online Disruptive Innovation Festival (DIF) is working with organisations, universities and individuals from all over the world to spotlight and explore the disruptive innovations that are shaking up industry and creating new opportunities in the economy. Many of the … Continue reading
October 6, 2014
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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
September 18, 2014
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Ultimate STEM Challenge Brought to you by BP, the Science Museum and STEMNET The Ultimate STEM Challenge is a brand new competition brought to you by BP, the Science Museum and STEMNET. We are asking teams of two to four … Continue reading
September 17, 2014
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National Museums Scotland have launched a programme of Challenge Days for pupils undertaking their National Qualifications in Physics, based on the topic of renewable energy. The days have been created by National Museums Scotland, working with experts from the energy … Continue reading
September 15, 2014
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Community Resilience Education – Free Conversation Day and Networking Event 09:30 (for 10:00 start) – 15:00, Tuesday 7th October 2014 Venue: Thistle Hotel, Millburn Road, Inverness, IV2 3TR Education Scotland is excited to be hosting a second community resilience conversation … Continue reading
September 11, 2014
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Basic Science: Understanding Experiments This practical, hands-on course is aimed at school aged learners to help them start thinking like a scientist by carrying out experiments at home and making scientific observations. They will carry out simple experiments to extract … Continue reading
August 26, 2014
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Fully functional immune organ grown in mice from lab-created cells. Scientists have for the first time grown a complex, fully functional organ from scratch in a living animal by transplanting cells that were originally created in a laboratory. The advance … Continue reading
July 23, 2014
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On 8th July, a Soyuz rocket successfully launched two UK built cubesats: UKube-1 and TechDemoSat-1. Cubesats are small satellites – normally about the size of a fridge – packed with scientific instruments. UKube-1 is the UK Space Agency’s first cubesat … Continue reading
