June 8, 2012
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11am – 12pm Tuesday 19th June 2012 What are your green dreams for the future? What message will you send to world leaders? How can Scotland become more sustainable? What can we expect from this globally important event? Over 150 … Continue reading
May 18, 2012
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Go4SET is a UK wide educational programme allowing secondary school pupils to work with organisations to address issues of sustainability and engineering/science awareness. School teams from across Lanarkshire took part in the Go4SET Celebration and Assessment Day (CAD) on Friday … Continue reading
March 12, 2012
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Climate Week is a national campaign to inspire a new wave of action on climate change. Culminating in a week of activities and events, Climate Week showcases the practical solutions to climate change being developed in every sector of society. … Continue reading
March 8, 2012
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The STEM Central Context on Renewables allows practitioners and learners to explore renewable energy. This island is going renewable learning journey is based on third level from the social studies curriculum area relating to the context for learning of renewable and non … Continue reading
March 7, 2012
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7/3/12 This week, the energy group are looking at solar energy, hydro energy and hydro-wind. The group doing the solar energy used a simple solar cell to store sunlight in a light area. They are also attempting to store the … Continue reading
March 4, 2012
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The STEM Central Context on Renewables allows practitioners and learners to explore wind, wave and tidal power. The wind, wave and tidal power learning journey has a technologies focus is aimed at third level. Lessons give learners experiences and opportunities … Continue reading
February 22, 2012
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This TED talk could be used in relation to the STEM Central Renewables Context. Saul Griffith unveils the invention his new company Makani Power has been working on: giant kite turbines that create surprising amounts of clean, renewable energy. View … Continue reading
February 14, 2012
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School teams from Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire attended The Robert Gordon University on Tuesday 7th February to compete in the Go4SET Aberdeen Celebration and Assessment Day (CAD). The judges selected Torry Academy as the winners of the Best Overall Project … Continue reading
February 2, 2012
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School teams from Dundee, Perth and Angus attended The University of Dundee on Tuesday 24th January to compete in the Go4SET Dundee Celebration and Assessment Day (CAD). The judges decided Harris Academy were the winners of the Best Overall Project … Continue reading
January 31, 2012
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With announcements like those below indicating the health of Scotland’s renewables future, what better time to explore the contexts in STEM Central for use with learners? This Interactive Map of Renewable and Alternative Energy projects in the UK would make a … Continue reading
