{"id":1003,"date":"2013-09-26T08:23:16","date_gmt":"2013-09-26T08:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/STEMcentralinmotion\/?p=1003"},"modified":"2013-09-24T05:35:51","modified_gmt":"2013-09-24T05:35:51","slug":"space-as-a-context-for-learning-for-first-and-second-level-through-partnerships-dundeescilearn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/STEMcentralinmotion\/2013\/09\/26\/space-as-a-context-for-learning-for-first-and-second-level-through-partnerships-dundeescilearn\/","title":{"rendered":"Space as a context for learning for first and second level through partnerships @DundeeSciLearn"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We have been really excited by the very positive reaction to our two new loan \u00a0boxes at Dundee \u00a0Science Centre Science Learning Institute. Funded as part of\u00a0World Space Week<\/a> by the Association for Science and Discovery Centres<\/a>, these loan boxes were launched \u00a0(no pun intended!) at our recent learning session for practitioners working with \u00a0learners at first and second level.\"\"<\/a> In partnership with\u00a0Mills Observatory, Dundee<\/a>, teachers and student teachers were taken on a journey into space, travelling on spaceship Earth.<\/p>\n

Loan boxes can be booked free of charge by any \u00a0practitioner who has attended a learning session with \u00a0us, or visited Dundee Science Centre with learners. We \u00a0are \u00a0delighted that one week after their launch, the loan \u00a0boxes are already in use in classrooms in Tayside.<\/p>\n

If you’re inspired to begin your journey of exploration, \u00a0through cutting-edge space discoveries and hands-on \u00a0science for the classroom, contact us about borrowing a box on learning@dundeesciencecentre.org.uk. Contains everything you might need for your mission!<\/p>\n

Travellers on Spaceship Earth for first level<\/strong><\/p>\n

This loan box, with a focus on learning at first level, is full of ideas and resources to allow your learners to take a trip into space \u2013 a favourite topic with children of all ages! Explore the seasons, consider why it feels colder in the winter and find out who works in space. Is there a new home for us out there in the solar system? Why does the moon “disappear”? What makes the surface of Mars the way it is? The\u00a0box contains\u00a0equipment you’ll need for hands-on inquiry-based sciences, along with\u00a0images, news articles, fiction and factual books.\u00a0The box is accompanied by a learning journey for practitioners to aid planning for conceptual development,\u00a0responsibilities of all, skills in science inquiry\u00a0and higher-order thinking skills. <\/strong><\/p>\n

The first level loan box can be borrowed at the same time as the second level box if required.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Travellers on Spaceship Earth for second level<\/strong><\/p>\n

This loan box, with a focus on learning at second level, is full of ideas and\u00a0resources to allow your learners to explore the solar system.\u00a0From\u00a0twinkling stars to the myths surrounding constellations,\u00a0and \u00a0the planets beyond our solar system, the\u00a0box contains equipment you’ll need for hands-on\u00a0inquiry- \u00a0based sciences, along with\u00a0images, news articles, fiction and factual books to take your learner on a \u00a0journey into space. The box\u00a0is accompanied by a learning journey for practitioners to aid planning for conceptual development,\u00a0responsibilities of all, skills in science inquiry\u00a0and higher-order thinking skills.<\/p>\n

The second\u00a0level loan box can be borrowed at the same time as the\u00a0first level box if required.<\/p>\n

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