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September 4, 2015
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Sciences cross-authority writing group programme 2015-16

        Education Scotland is pleased to publish details of the cross-authority writing groups taking place this year. These will seek to build on the success of the previous programme which has resulted in over 3000 classroom sciences … Continue reading

August 12, 2015
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Statistics for School Biology Experiments and Advanced Higher Projects

SSERC recently announced the publication of ‘Advanced Higher Project Investigations’ by Jim Stafford.  Jim has teamed up with Professor Graeme Ruxton at the University of St Andrews to produce a new publication ‘Statistics for School Biology Experiments and Advanced Higher Projects’.  Copies … Continue reading

August 11, 2015
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Sciences events programme 2015-16

    The list below outlines the professional learning opportunities for next school session being organised by Education Scotland’s Sciences Team. Please note that events may be subject to change due to availability of venues. Further events may be added … Continue reading

August 11, 2015
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Global STEM Alliance- Junior Academy

Junior Academy is a virtual program for exceptional students interested in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). Successful applicants gain access to an exciting community of student peers from across the globe, as well as mentoring from leading STEM practitioners. … Continue reading

June 23, 2015
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Advanced Higher Unit 2 materials for Organisms and Evolution

Published on the Glow sciences site http://bit.ly/glowsciences a few weeks ago. The Advanced Higher Unit 2 materials for Organisms and Evolution are now available on the NQ Higher Sciences site, no Glow account required. http://bit.ly/1GxouCG This completes the suite of resources … Continue reading

June 4, 2015
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Cross-authority writing Group (Secondary) update

Our 12th NQ cross-authority writing group event took place on the 18th May in Stirling. Around 60 secondary colleagues attended with the focus being on the transition from Higher to Advanced Higher. This included supporting the transition from traditional Higher … Continue reading

June 4, 2015
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SCHOLAR – Development of CfE National 5, Higher and Advanced Higher Materials

SCHOLAR provides access to high quality learning and teaching materials on the web. The content is written by teachers for teachers strictly aligned with the new SQA CfE curriculum. Subject authors and the SCHOLAR educational development team create effective e-learning … Continue reading

May 25, 2015
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Monitoring Climate from Space

Explore our planet from space and learn how Earth observation is used to monitor climate change, with this free online course. About the course It is increasingly essential for us to study climate change across the planet at the highest … Continue reading

May 22, 2015
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Recruitment – Sciences Development Officers

Education Scotland is looking to recruit two DOs to help us take forward our ambitious programme of support for 3-18 sciences. Development Officer (DO) Dates: Apply by 07/06/2015 Location: Any Education Scotland Office Contract type: Full Time Contract term: 23 … Continue reading

March 11, 2015
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Advanced Higher Resources Guide

  Education Scotland has published resource guides for Advanced Higher Biology, Advanced Higher Chemistry, Advanced Higher Physics and N5 Environmental Sciences and Higher Environmental Science. These can be found in the appropriate #glowsciences folders. These resource guides have been produced … Continue reading

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