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June 8, 2012
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STEM Central and STEM Careers

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 … Continue reading

June 8, 2012
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Thinking Sustainable Futures? Join our Glow meet from Rio

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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St. Andrew’s & St. Bride’s Celebrate Energy Challenge Win

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

May 12, 2012
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STEM Central and Water

A clean safe water supply is vital to life and health and flooding can cause damage and disruption to communities. The STEM Central water context  deals with the work of civil engineers who conceive, design, plan, construct and maintain all the infrastructure for water, … Continue reading

May 12, 2012
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STEM Central and The James Hutton Institute: Water Works

An update on The James Hutton Institute’s Water Works competition with the announcement of the April winner. The April winner is Aimee Holton, aged 16, from Banchory Academy with her picture “Droplets”. Aimee says “You don’t realise how precious water … Continue reading

May 5, 2012
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STEM Central and The James Hutton Institute: Water Works

On 10th February we blogged about this exciting opportunity which can be used in many contexts, including to enrich the STEM Central water context. A trickling burn, a flooded street, a horse’s trough or a grand Scottish loch – no matter … Continue reading

March 7, 2012
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Week 2: Williamwood STEM Project

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

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