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July 2, 2015
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Scientists discover fundamental property of light – 150 years after Maxwell

    Light plays a vital role in our everyday lives and technologies based on light are all around us. So we might expect that our understanding of light is pretty settled. But scientists have just uncovered a new fundamental … Continue reading

June 30, 2015
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The Science of Nutrition

The Science of Nutrition Explore the science behind what you eat with this free online course. About the course Are we really what we eat? And how do we know what is in our food? This free online course will … Continue reading

June 30, 2015
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Summer of Learning Professional Development

Summer of Learning Professional Development The 2015 Summer of Learning professional development series is brought to you by Share My Lesson in partnership with content leaders, authors and experienced educators. Over the course of four special days, preK-12 educators and … 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 23, 2015
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INGENIOUS 2015 – ON THE RIGHT TRACK : ENGINEERING AND EDUCATION FOR ALL

                  Funded by the Royal Academy of Engineering, Dundee-based engineers and students will be preparing activities and learning information packages for use in class and online to explain the processes involved in … Continue reading

June 18, 2015
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OPAL officially launched in Scotland

To mark the official UK-wide launch of the Big Lottery funded OPAL project this year, the OPAL team (Open Air Laboratories) have revised and updated their national surveys for people to use in all corners of the UK. To view … Continue reading

June 9, 2015
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RSC – Fantastic Plastics lecture

Fantastic Plastics lecture (Free) Following sell-out tours of the UK, Fantastic Plastics is returning to Glasgow and Edinburgh! To book places for your students, email ChemNet@rsc.org Dates and Location: Wed 2nd Sept 2015, 10.30-11.30am or 1.30-2.30pm, Edinburgh Napier University. Thur … 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

June 2, 2015
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Accessing GLOW in Edinburgh and other authorities using SharePoint

          Colleagues in Edinburgh and other authorities using Microsoft SharePoint sometimes have issues accessing GLOW. Below is some advice from the Digital Learning and Teaching team at Scottish Government. User names and passwords are a school/ … Continue reading

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