{"id":378,"date":"2012-03-08T15:34:56","date_gmt":"2012-03-08T15:34:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/STEMcentralinmotion\/?p=378"},"modified":"2012-03-08T10:51:39","modified_gmt":"2012-03-08T10:51:39","slug":"this-island-is-going-renewable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/STEMcentralinmotion\/2012\/03\/08\/this-island-is-going-renewable\/","title":{"rendered":"This Island is Going Renewable"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/STEMcentralinmotion\/uploads\/sites\/1544\/2012\/02\/glow-science1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"345\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/STEMcentralinmotion\/2012\/02\/21\/teaching-circuits\/glow-science-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/STEMcentralinmotion\/uploads\/sites\/1544\/2012\/02\/glow-science1.png\" data-orig-size=\"263,73\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"glow science\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/STEMcentralinmotion\/uploads\/sites\/1544\/2012\/02\/glow-science1.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/STEMcentralinmotion\/uploads\/sites\/1544\/2012\/02\/glow-science1.png\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-345\" title=\"glow science\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/STEMcentralinmotion\/uploads\/sites\/1544\/2012\/02\/glow-science1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"263\" height=\"73\" \/><\/a>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ltscotland.org.uk\/stemcentral\/contexts\/renewables\/index.asp\">STEM Central Context on Renewables<\/a> allows practitioners and learners to explore <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ltscotland.org.uk\/stemcentral\/contexts\/renewables\/learningjourneys\/renewableisland\/index.asp\">renewable energy<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ltscotland.org.uk\/Images\/Thisislandisgoingrenewablelearninjourney_tcm4-658870.pdf\">This island is going renewable learning journey<\/a>\u00a0is based on\u00a0third level from the social studies curriculum area relating to the context for learning of renewable and non renewable energy. The learning experiences suggested allow the learners to develop their understanding of the possible consequences of burning fossil fuels and to make informed suggestions about ways to manage the impact. They are also given opportunities to develop skills in using maps and geographical information systems to gather, interpret and present data relating to location of renewable technologies.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.glowscience.org.uk\/\">Glow Science<\/a> (Glow log in required) video titled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.glowscience.org.uk\/video.php?id=560\">The Wind Power Debate<\/a> explores the downside to the construction of wind farms and why some people are\u00a0concerned about their use.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The STEM Central Context on Renewables allows practitioners and learners to explore renewable energy. This island is going renewable learning journey\u00a0is based on\u00a0third level from the social studies curriculum area relating to the context for learning of renewable and non &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/STEMcentralinmotion\/2012\/03\/08\/this-island-is-going-renewable\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3523,734,84],"tags":[34],"class_list":["post-378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-renewables","category-social-subjects","category-third","tag-glow"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/STEMcentralinmotion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/STEMcentralinmotion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/STEMcentralinmotion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/STEMcentralinmotion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/STEMcentralinmotion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=378"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/STEMcentralinmotion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":413,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/STEMcentralinmotion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378\/revisions\/413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/STEMcentralinmotion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/STEMcentralinmotion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/STEMcentralinmotion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}