{"id":1795,"date":"2014-04-22T09:24:08","date_gmt":"2014-04-22T09:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/STEMcentralinmotion\/?p=1795"},"modified":"2014-04-22T09:26:45","modified_gmt":"2014-04-22T09:26:45","slug":"free-hands-on-teaching-kit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/STEMcentralinmotion\/2014\/04\/22\/free-hands-on-teaching-kit\/","title":{"rendered":"Free hands-on teaching kit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org\/\">Ellen MacArthur Foundation<\/a> has invited secondary schools to apply for a free resource\u00a0kit which brings the circular economy to life.<\/p>\n<p>The Handling Collection is a box full of products and accompanying teaching resources designed to challenge students to think differently about product design, materials and business models.<\/p>\n<p>Each product has a story and there are worksheets developed by teachers, trialled in the classroom, to give information about the product and raise questions.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org\/uploads\/new_article_85812caebe00bd5033843011240d71e80709d4fd.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Each kit contains many hours of ideas for classroom activities, suitable for several subjects, with a particular emphasis for Design Technology, the Sciences, Business and Geography.<\/p>\n<h3>What&#8217;s in the box?<\/h3>\n<p>Products:<\/p>\n<p>The core of this collection is a selection of products which help you to explore aspects of a circular economy.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ecovative mushroom packaging<\/li>\n<li>Vegware packaging<\/li>\n<li>Aveda shampoo<\/li>\n<li>Desso carpet tile<\/li>\n<li>Broken mobile phone<\/li>\n<li>Sharklet antibacterial film<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Information resources:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Animation videos<\/li>\n<li>Two presentations to use in class<\/li>\n<li>Teachers\u2019 notes and worksheets for each product and for a range of additional products not physically included in this box that are easy to source<\/li>\n<li>Specific videos and graphics for particular products<\/li>\n<li>Instructions and videos for running a \u2018Teardown Lab\u2019<\/li>\n<li>Circular economy card game<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are 100 of these kits; apply for yours at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org\/news\/handling-collection\">http:\/\/www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org\/news\/handling-collection<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ellen MacArthur Foundation has invited secondary schools to apply for a free resource\u00a0kit which brings the circular economy to life. 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