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January 25, 2016
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Opportunities in Geoscience: Student’s Stories of Exploration and Research

        Created to inspire learners to get involved with geography and show how this and similar subjects can be used to tackle the environmental issues facing the world. Come to see student’s accounts of climate change in Greenland, geological … Continue reading

January 18, 2016
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Topical Science – Tim Peake makes historic spacewalk

Major Tim Peake, the first astronaut representing the UK to carry out a spacewalk, has described the experience as ‘exhilarating’. Peake and NASA astronaut Tim Kopra ventured outside the International Space Station on Friday 15 January to replace a broken … Continue reading

January 14, 2016
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Scottish Learning Festival 2016 – Call for STEM-themed seminars

The call for seminars for the Scottish Learning Festival (SLF) 2016 is now open. The festival will host around 100 seminars over the 2 days and you are invited to submit proposals that are aligned to the conference themes. SLF … Continue reading

January 8, 2016
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Citizen Science & Curriculum for Excellence Guide

Want to discover a new quasar in deep space, count elephants in the Serengeti National Park from the comfort of your classroom or monitor invasive species in your local park? If so, then you will be joining forces with millions … Continue reading

December 17, 2015
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So you want to be a space biologist or rocket scientist? (thanks to Tim Peake)

Of the many and various items that British ESA astronaut Tim Peake has taken aboard the International Space Station, you may not have considered 2kg of rocket seeds being among them. The seeds are staying with Tim for 6 months and … Continue reading

December 11, 2015
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Scottish Education Awards 2016

Sciences, Technologies, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Award The Scottish Education Awards recognise schools and centres that have developed a vibrant and progressive culture and climate of continuous innovation. The culture and ethos should promote respect, ambition and achievement while improving … Continue reading

December 3, 2015
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Assessment for Learning in STEM Teaching

  A free online course facilitated by Future Learn and led by Dylan Wiliam and Christine Harrison, to help STEM teachers get to grips with Assessment for Learning. Assessment for Learning is a term that’s widely used in education, but applied … Continue reading

December 1, 2015
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ASE Scotland Annual Conference 2016, 5th March 2106, Robert Gordon’s College, Aberdeen

The ASE Scotland Annual Conference is a festival of best practice in science education for everyone with an interest- teachers, technicians, lecturers, trainees, advisors, CPD suppliers and more. Keynotes confirmed including Global Teaching Prize finalist, Richard Spencer. Bookings now open. … Continue reading

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