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

2704, 2015

Weather and Climate Change Glow Meet

Peter Murray
April 27, 2015
CfE, Early Learning and Childcare, Primary, Professional Learning, Sciences, Senior Phase, Skills
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204

Holidaying in Ibiza or even backpacking across Europe was not an option last summer for four inspirational undergraduate students from all across Scotland, who spurned the ordinary and instead single-handedly organised an extraordinary trip to the Arctic. The main purpose of the trip was to study how climate change is affecting the landscape and the people of the Arctic. Team leader, Cameron MacKay, was motivated to go on the trip

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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189

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

0704, 2015

ENTHUSE Partnership Awards 2015

Peter Murray
April 7, 2015
Primary, Professional Learning, Sciences, Senior Phase, Skills, Technologies
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191

The ENTHUSE Partnership Awards are a grant of £12,000 for groups of between four and eight primary schools wishing to work together to address local issues of underachievement in science/STEM subjects. The ENTHUSE Partnership Award aims to support collaborative activities over two years to develop and strengthen local partnerships which can subsequently continue independently. New schools wishing to apply to become an ENTHUSE Partnership, which will commence in September 2015

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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186

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

2603, 2015

Primary Science: Watch Again Glow Meets and Power point Presentations

Peter Murray
March 26, 2015
Assessment, Early Learning and Childcare, Glow TV, Health and wellbeing, Primary, Professional Learning, Sciences, Skills, Social studies
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190

Following the publication of its 3-18 Curriculum Impact Report for Sciences in September 2012, Education Scotland organised a series of conversation days where priorities for action to secure improvements in science education nationally were identified. Key aspects for development emerged which included: support with the initial planning for learning and teaching in the sciences guidance in and exemplification for assessment in the sciences support for the delivery of topical science

2403, 2015

Enter ‘Our Environment Competition’ and win £1000!

Peter Murray
March 24, 2015
CfE, Outdoor Learning, Primary, Sciences, Senior Phase, Skills, Social studies, Technologies
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193

There’s still time to get your competition entries in for the Our Environment Competition! It’s easy to enter and you can win £1000! Identify an environmental issues in your local area/school grounds. Collect data about the issue (these easy-to-use surveys might help you!) Young people can present their ideas for solving the problem (via presentation, leaflet, poster, video, photostory – or something else!) You

1903, 2015

Stirling :Topical Science and Partnerships twilight event

Peter Murray
March 19, 2015
Primary, Professional Learning, Sciences, Skills
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186

Following the publication of its 3-18 Curriculum Impact Report for Sciences in September 2012, Education Scotland organised a series of conversation days, where priorities for action to secure improvements in science education nationally were identified. Key aspects for development emerged, which included: “In the primary sector and at the early stages of secondary school, there is generally less emphasis in the key area of Topical Science than on the other

0603, 2015

Topical Science and Partnerships : twilight professional learning events begin Wednesday 11th March

Peter Murray
March 6, 2015
Glow TV, Health and wellbeing, Primary, Professional Learning, Sciences, Skills, Social studies
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195