2811, 2017

LANTRA 2017 – Career Workshops and Skills Events

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November 28, 2017
Learning for Sustainability, Outdoor Learning, Parentzone Scotland, Sciences, Skills, Technologies
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The latest event in a series of workshops and events on career pathways and skills development in the land-base, aquaculture and environmental industries, will take place on Thursday, 14 December, Westerwood Hotel, Cumbernauld (10am – 3pm). (contact: 01738 310164 or Scotland@lantra.co.uk) Two recent LANYRA career workshops run for SDS career staff, teachers, DYW regional groups etc. were held in Perth & Lanark. Here are the links to the presentations from

0911, 2015

Professional learning workshops from OPAL, SEPA and Ricardo Energy

Peter Murray
November 9, 2015
Broad General Education, Mathematics, National Qualifications, Outdoor Learning, Primary, Professional Learning, Sciences, Secondary, Senior Phase, Skills, Social studies, Teacher Education
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Free professional learning workshops available for practitioners at Hillpark Secondary School, Glasgow on 25th November 4 – 6pm. Come along and learn about air pollution, how to use data about air quality in your classes and finding indicator species such as lichen in your local area! Sign up using our simple survey here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/AirQualityCPD

2009, 2015

Get outside and Get Learning!

Peter Murray
September 20, 2015
Broad General Education, CfE, Learning for Sustainability, Mathematics, National Qualifications, Outdoor Learning, Primary, Sciences, Secondary, Senior Phase, Skills, Social studies
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Want to get outside and start finding out about the environment around you? These brand new professional learning videos from Scotland’s Environment are a great place to start. With information for practitioners and learners, they provide a step-by-step guide on how to measure soil pH, look for invertebrates in your local pond, sample small mammal populations and more! They are all part of an exciting new resource available from Scotland’s

0409, 2015

Get Energised

Peter Murray
September 4, 2015
CfE, National Qualifications, Sciences, Senior Phase, Skills
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National Museums Scotland FREE Secondary Schools Renewable Energy Programme Get Energised Challenge Days Level: National Qualifications 4-5 Physics Pupil numbers: Pupils work in teams of four, competing against teams from other schools. Maximum 20 pupils (five teams) from each school at each Challenge Day. Dates available: National Museum of Rural Life (East Kilbride) Wed 28, Thu 29 & Fri 30 Oct 2015 National Museum of Scotland (Edinburgh) Mon 9 &

1108, 2015

Global STEM Alliance- Junior Academy

Peter Murray
August 11, 2015
CfE, Mathematics, Sciences, Senior Phase, Skills, Technologies, Young People
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Junior Academy is a virtual program for exceptional students interested in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). Successful applicants gain access to an exciting community of student peers from across the globe, as well as mentoring from leading STEM practitioners. Each year, Junior Academy students compete in global challenges to solve real-world problems with the chance to win cash prizes and an all expenses paid trip to New York City

3004, 2015

Citizen Science workshops for East Ayrshire Council practitioners

Peter Murray
April 30, 2015
Outdoor Learning, Primary, Professional Learning, Sciences, Senior Phase, Skills, Social studies
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Citizen Science workshops for East Ayrshire Council practitioners: St. Joseph’s Academy, Kilmarnock 5th May 3:45pm Mauchline Primary, Mauchline 6th May 3:45pm Citizen science is an exciting way of engaging learners with real-life science in the world around them. Schools across Scotland are undertaking important scientific work, collecting data and using that data to improve their own environment or passing the data to the scientific community. Some great examples of this can be see with the

3004, 2015

Citizen Science workshops for Highland Council practitioners

Peter Murray
April 30, 2015
Outdoor Learning, Primary, Professional Learning, Sciences, Skills, Social studies
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Citizen Science workshops for Highland Council practitioners: Lochaber High School, Fort William 12th May 4:30pm Millburn Academy, Inverness 13th May 4:30pm Wick High School, Wick 19th May 4:30pm Citizen science is an exciting way of engaging learners with real-life science in the world around them. Schools across Scotland are undertaking important scientific work, collecting data and using that data to improve their own environment or passing the data to the scientific

2004, 2015

Citizen science on prime time tv!

Peter Murray
April 20, 2015
Outdoor Learning, Primary, Sciences, Senior Phase, Skills, Social studies
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Citizen science on prime time! Sunday night’s Countryfile programme on BBC1 highlighted the issue of tree diseases and the effect on our environment and our economy. The biggest threat to British trees is disease – and in many cases there’s no cure. The Countryfile team investigated the threats to our woodland and found out what we can all do to defend our trees including collecting data using the Forestry Commision

1704, 2015

It’s an early bee count!

Peter Murray
April 17, 2015
Early Learning and Childcare, Outdoor Learning, Primary, Sciences, Skills, Social studies
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It’s an early bee count! Find out about bees and why they are important. Encourage them into your school grounds and local environment and learn about the role they play in local ecosystems. Different bees fly at different times. This year the Great British Bee Count will be looking at bees that appear earlier in the year. So on Friday 1st May get ready to download the new bee spotting app

3103, 2015

Our Environment Competition deadline extended!

Peter Murray
March 31, 2015
CfE, Health and wellbeing, Outdoor Learning, Primary, Sciences, Senior Phase, Skills, Social studies, Technologies
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The ‘Our Environment Competition’ is a great way of engaging young people with their local environment and conservation issues. Children identify and collect information about an issue in their local environment, collate the information and propose a solution. Submit your entry as a presentation, poster, leaflet, video or photo storyboard – or maybe you can think of another creative way. Have you already been working on an environmental project? You