Summer-Autumn 2015
For: teachers of Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM); guidance and careers advice; and senior management team. Dear colleague, Welcome to our Summer-Autumn Edition of our Schools Advisory Network Newsletter This season we have revamped our newsletter to not only include all our usual updates of local events, competitions and funding opportunities that are available to you but decided to introduce you to some of our STEM Ambassadors that we keep shouting about! In this edition, you will find diverse stories about how STEM Ambassadors in the North East are communicating their passion and knowledge of STEM topics to pupils in both secondary and primary schools and how you can request their support. Feedback If you’ve had a STEM Ambassador visit in the past year, we’d love to get your feedback so that we can further develop the programme. STEM Ambassadors are able to attend trainings to improve their skills and learn more about life in schools and Curriculum for Excellence, and your feedback is vital for us to be able to offer the right kind of support to our amazing STEM Ambassador volunteers. You can find the link here: Teacher Feedback Form STEM in Context Events: Dates confirmed! Following the success of our STEM in Context Networking events earlier this year, we are planning our upcoming events for the new term. We’ll be trying some new locations to make the events more accessible to teachers and STEM Ambassadors across the region. These events are an excellent opportunity for local teachers to meet STEM Ambassadors, plan activities and find out more about STEM Challenges and Schemes you and your pupils can get in involved with...whilst enjoying a hot drink and buffet. Upcoming Dates include:
Perth College – Monday 21 September 5-7pm Montrose Academy – Wednesday 30 September 5-7pm Ellon Academy – Wednesday 7 October 6-8pm (This event will take place alongside Ellon’s popular annual careers fair for pupils & adults, sponsored by BP)
To sign up to any of these events, please visit: www.dundeesciencecentrestemlearningteam.eventbrite.com Education Scotland STEM e-bulletin
Summer-Autumn 2015 To receive regular updates of STEM opportunities, remember to sign up to Education Scotland’ e-bulletin here
Dundee Science Festival Dundee Science Centre will once again be hosting Dundee Science Festival, taking place from Saturday 31 October to Sunday 15 November. The two week science & technology extravaganza brings events including workshops, presentations, exhibitions, free family fun days, brewing master classes and a schools programme to the city of Dundee.
This year, the STEMNET team will be running 3 secondary school days for pupils in S2-3. PHYSICS OF LIGHT: A DISCOVERY th Friday 6 November Age: S2/3 Secondary Schools Event: Workshop Time: 10am – 3.00pm Venue: Dundee Science Centre Tickets: Special education rates (£4 per pupil and one adult free of charge for every 8 pupils). To book, phone (01382) 868609 or email learning@dundeesciencecentre.org.uk 2015 is the International Year of Light, a United Nations initiative which aims to raise awareness of the achievements of light science, its applications and importance to humankind. Pupils will learn about the physics of light by touring the incredible STFC Power of Light roadshow and have the opportunity to speak to STEM Ambassadors who use physics in their jobs through a Careers Speed Networking session. Groups will be given the chance explore the wonders of the electromagnetic spectrum in a practical workshop, in addition to making their own spectroscopes whilst learning about their applications in astronomy.
GET WITH THE PROGRAM: COMPUTING nd Monday 2 November Age: S2/3 Secondary Schools Event: Workshop Time: 10am – 3.00pm Venue: Dundee Science Centre
Summer-Autumn 2015 Tickets: Special education rates (£4 per pupil and one adult free of charge for every 8 pupils). To book, phone (01382) 868609 or email learning@dundeesciencecentre.org.uk Computing and programming are playing an increasingly vital role in the modern world and are part of just about everything that touches our lives. Pupils will have the opportunity to meet a variety of experts that are at the forefront of developing new technological innovations in Dundee, a city which boasts award winning independent game design companies and much more. Pupils will also have the opportunity to speak to STEM Ambassadors about the variety of careers they can pursue if choosing to study computing, through a Careers Speed Networking session. The can also learn how to program and race Lego Mindstorm Robots in our Robo-lab workshop.
CHEMISTRY IS EVERYWHERE – ZINC ABOUT IT! th Thursday 5 November Age: S2/3 Secondary Schools Event: Workshop Time: 10am – 3.00pm Venue: Dundee Science Centre Tickets: Special education rates (£4 per pupil and one adult free of charge for every 8 pupils). To book, phone (01382) 868609 or email learning@dundeesciencecentre.org.uk At our chemistry day, pupils can explore the interesting science and unusual behaviours of novel smart materials in a practical workshop, have the opportunity to speak to variety of STEM Ambassadors who use chemistry in their everyday jobs through a Careers Speed Networking workshop, and be blown away by exciting chemistry demonstrations by experts at Dundee Science Centre!
If you would like to get involved and bring your class for a school visit to any of our secondary school days, please contact us at ambassadors@dundeesciencecentre.org.uk or call us on 01382 868610.
Book an appointment with a member of the STEM Learning Team For free, tailored advice from your local STEMNET contract holder, book a visit from a member of the STEM Learning Team at Dundee Science Centre by selecting a date and time suitable for you at https://v1.bookwhen.com/dundeesciencecentre. Alternatively, please contact us by e-mailing ambassadors@dundeesciencecentre.org.uk or telephone 01382 868610
You can also follow us on twitter @dundeestemlearn for all our latest updates! Yours Sincerely, The STEM Team at Dundee Science Centre
Summer-Autumn 2015
Meet the team! Recently we’ve had some changes in our team, but we’re now a bit more settled and would like to take this opportunity to offer a reminder of who we all are and how best we can support you through our STEM Advisory Network. All of the team may be responding to your enquiries via email and telephone whilst Lucy and Jess travel the region to meet with teachers each term – so we’d like to put a face to the names in case you haven’t met us yet!
Lucy is the STEM Programmes Manager, with a responsibility for the STEMNET programmes in the North East of Scotland. This involved making sure the STEM Learning Team meet with all 56 High schools in North East every year, ensuring they receive tailored support in STEM subjects and supporting their STEM Clubs.
Jess is our STEM Learning Officer, looking after the School Advisory Network for teachers and making sure all our communications and newsletters are delivered to you with exciting stories. Jess also makes sure that STEM Ambassadors are supported throughout the volunteering process.
Emily is the STEM Learning Administration Assistant. Amongst a variety of roles in the team, primarily supporting STEM Ambassadors throughout the volunteer process, she is also responsible for taking School Advisory Network meeting bookings.
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How to request the support of a STEM Ambassador
Logon to www.db.stemnet.org.uk/login using your teacher login details – you can register as a first time user if this is the first time you’ve used the site
Under “Ambassadors” on the left hand side of the page click on “Add STEM Ambassador request”
At this stage, teachers can add all necessary (detailed in red) and optional information regarding your request, including:
Activity title
Activity details
Keywords – Optional (N.B. Ambassadors can login and search requests in their area by keywords so it is a good idea to utilise this facility and add as many buzzwords as possible at this stage e.g. location, topic, primary/secondary)
Activity date – Optional
Number of Ambassadors required
Number of pupils – Optional
Pupil age group – Optional
Contract Holder – insert Dundee Science Centre
Click save
A notification will inform you that your request is “Waiting to be reviewed”. At this stage, a member of the STEM Learning Team at Dundee Science Centre will review and approve your request for a STEM Ambassador. (N.B Stem Ambassadors will not be able to view your request until it has been approved by us)
Once confirmed and made public by a member of our team, a “1” notification sign will appear on the top right hand corner of your screen
Click on your notification and you will see that “Your Activity Request” is confirmed
At this stage, our team at Dundee Science Centre will be notified as and when any Ambassadors express an interest in a teacher’s request. We will liaise with them, ensure they have all necessary information and once they decide they would like to sign up to an activity, we will provide the STEM Ambassador with the teacher contact details.
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Meet the STEM Ambassador Kirsty Miller, PhD Student in Social and Health Psychology at University of Dundee visited a Higher Psychology class at Perth Grammar to support Higher pupils with their research. We caught up with Kirsty to find out how it went...
What inspired you to become a STEM Ambassador? “I am passionate about science and wanted to share my enthusiasm with others. In particular, I think psychology can be used to help encourage young people to become interested in science subjects as it is a topic that they can easily relate to. I also think it is very important to provide positive role models for young people, and to offer them as many opportunities as possible for their future lives and their future careers. In particular, I hope to show young women that STEM careers can be viable options for them, and try to give them interesting insights into life as a female scientist. “
Tell us about your experience at Perth Grammar... “I visited the school before the students started their research module (Psychology). For many of the students this was their first experience of research so I wanted to begin with a very simple demonstration to catch their attention. I asked them to draw pictures as a demonstration of how men and women think differently and this facilitated discussion regarding possible reasons for this. This activity led to some hilarity as we discussed some of the ways in which men and women differ psychologically…. We developed this by considering how we could conduct other studies looking at gender differences. This discussion gave the students some background into how to conduct their own research and issues they would need to consider when doing this. Finally, we had a session where the students asked questions regarding a variety of topics including my research, university, and psychology as a career.” How much planning/time was spent preparing for the activity?
Summer-Autumn 2015 “I didn’t have to spend too much time planning for my activities. I didn’t need many resources, so I spent several hours familiarising myself with the course the students were doing and several finding suitable activities for the students to participate in.”
Left: Students from Perth Grammar’s Higher Psychology class
Right: Pupils were given a few minutes to draw anything they wanted from memory. One pupil blew Kirsty away by drawing a world map.
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Meet the STEM Ambassador Siriol Griffiths, Clinical Embryologist, Aberdeen Centre for Reproductive Medicine
What have you enjoyed so far about being a STEM Ambassador? “I became a STEM ambassador in 2013, and have really enjoyed the events I have been a part of. I attended an event aimed at encouraging girls to enter STEM professions – this included short talks from me and other women about our jobs, and hands-on demonstrations such as building DNA out of pipe cleaners. I have also attended a networking event between ambassadors, schools and colleges. This event allowed me to see what the expectations of different institutions were of STEM ambassadors; and to make contact with college students thinking about a career in clinical science.” Have there been any particular highlights? “A highlight for me was taking part in a speed-careers event at a secondary school, where I spoke to groups of 14-year old pupils about my day-to-day work. The pupils were very interested, as for most of them it was the first time they had heard about the IVF process in detail. The boys did tend to giggle when I was talking about semen analysis though! I was delighted at the feedback I got from the organisers, which was that a number of the pupils had expressed an interest in Clinical Embryology as a career. I’m currently in touch with other secondary schools in my local area about arranging visits to speak to pupils.” Why do you feel the STEM Ambassador programme is important? I enjoy my job immensely, and relish the opportunity to tell others about how rewarding it is. I believe it’s of great benefit to pupils to realise that there are a range of career opportunities to be had if they enjoy science. A personal benefit to being a STEM ambassador is meeting other ambassadors – ambassadors come from a wide range of backgrounds, and I found it fascinating to chat to a PhD student about her research into diabetes, and to a food scientist about his day to day work. Overall I have found being a STEM Ambassador to be an enriching experience that I’m looking forward to continuing.”
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Meet the STEM Ambassador Cameron Moodie, Assistant Engineer Highways Design, Mouchel Group PLC
What inspired you to become a Civil Engineer? “I was inspired to become a Civil Engineer by my curiosity for how things work in all aspects of nature and life. I was very strong in Physics and Mathematics at school. I wanted to know how the world around me worked and what was behind all these things human beings once called magic. Physics and some mathematics helped explain this and later Civil engineering helped to answer my never-ending curiosity.” What motivated you to join the STEM Ambassador Programme? “When I became aware of the STEM ambassador programme it made me think how great it would have been to be able to speak to people who had chosen the career I was thinking about at school. It might be a good time to give something back and more importantly for free.” What activities have you participated in so far? “So far I have delivered a PowerPoint Presentation at Kinnoull Primary in Perth and a presentation to the Brownies in Bankfoot. I’m fairly new and shiny as a STEM ambassador!” Can you remember any of the best questions?
Is it true you can cause a glass to explode with sound? How do you make a glass explode with sound? Why do glasses filled with more water sound different the ones with less water? How much does the planet weigh? What is the planet made of? Why does a tuning fork make a sound? Why can we hear from further away when we use two cups with a piece of string together?
Great questions! Have there been any other particular highlights? “So far the highlight was the presentation of physics and waves to children at Kinnoull Primary School. They asked so many questions. And the amazing thing was they were good questions that I would have asked at University One child in particular asked a lot of intelligent questions and wasn’t deterred by his peers. He very much reminded me of a younger version of myself. Questions included: “Is it true you can cause a glass to explode with sound?” and “how much does the planet weigh”.
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Events Food Chain Career Long Professional Learning Event SRUC’s Aberdeen Campus at Craibstone Thursday 17 September, 4.30 – 7.00pm Free CLPL session for practitioners Food and Drink Professional Learning Event Aberdeen
BBC Make It Digital – Dundee City Centre
Recommended for: primary and secondary practitioners with responsibilities for sciences, technologies, food & health and business studies planning for learning and transition experiences from second level to senior phase. Food and drink offers an engaging and practical context for learning within Curriculum for Excellence and provides opportunities for interdisciplinary learning and for rich and meaningful partnerships between schools, the food and drink organisations and other partners such as academia and research organisations. This event aims to further explore these links and demonstrate to practitioners how to use food and drink as a context for delivering a range of subjects. Throughout 2015 the BBC’s Make it Digital season is aiming to inspire audiences to get creative with coding, programming and digital technology through TV, radio and online content. As part of the season BBC Learning is visiting 13 locations around the UK this summer, with a roadshow that will introduce our audience to the basics of coding, programming and digital creativity. We will provide an informative experience using performances, interactive sessions and hands on activities which will hopefully encourage them to Make it Digital themselves. Our Scottish event will be held in City Square in Dundee on Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 September, to make the event as relevant as possible for our visitors we are looking for organisations in the surrounding area to join us to offer local content. Teachers are invited to this series of events to support schools in their delivery of life science topics. Meet life science industry experts and develop new partnerships with schools across the Tayside region.
Life Science Project, Perth Dundee & Angus
The workshops will have a focus on the below topics:
Food and Science Teach Meet: National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh
Perth High School – Wednesday 2 September St John’s High School – Thursday 10 September Baldragon Academy – Friday 18 September Arbroath Academy (date tbc)
PCR Gel electrophoresis Elisa and immunology STEM Ambassador career
Education Scotland is holding a free twilight event for upper primary and secondary practitioners that will explore how food and drink can be used as a context for delivering STEM subjects. Event start date: 08 September 2015
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TECHFEST Aberdeen
TechFest is Aberdeen and North-East Scotland's annual festival of Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) taking place in September. The Festival aims to promote STEM subjects to young people and to the wider community by providing an accessible, diverse and entertaining programme. TechFest Science Festival is highly regarded as a key event within education, industry and the wider community, and is well supported by the Scottish Government, Local Authorities, Industry and Further Education Establishments. nd
2015 will be the 22 Anniversary for TechFest and the Secondary School programme is available on the website now! The two week programme, taking place from Saturday 31 October to Sunday 15 November 2015, brings events such as workshops, presentations, exhibitions, free family fun days, brewing masterclasses and a schools programme to Dundee. The STEMNET team will also be running 3 secondary school days aimed at S2-3 pupils. GET WITH THE PROGRAMME: COMPUTING nd Monday 2 November Age: S2/3 Secondary Schools Dundee Science Festival
CHEMISTRY IS EVERYWHERE – ZINC ABOUT IT! th Thursday 5 November Age: S2/3 Secondary Schools PHYSICS OF LIGHT: A DISCOVERY th Friday 6 November Age: S2/3 Secondary Schools To book your class for a visit, email ambassadors@dundeesciencecentre.org.uk or call 01382 868610 Edinburgh International Science Festival’s Fuselab is a two-day innovation boot camp for young people aged 15-18. Fuselab Go is an opportunity to bring your ideas for new products to life; from thinking up concepts for new products, pitching ideas to prototyping innovations. Inspirational mentors and speakers from the design and technology industries will lend their expertise to the Fuselab Go experience, giving you the opportunity to share your ideas with real innovators. Aberdeen – 8 - 9 September / 10 – 11 September
Fuselab Go Dundee – 14 – 15 September Glasgow – 17 – 18 September / 23 – 24 September Edinburgh – 28 – 29 September / 30 September – 1 October To book your free place, visit sciencefestival.co.uk/fuselab
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Activities Apps for Good
Jaguar Cars Maths in Motion Challenge
Apps for Good is an education programme where students learn to build and pitch their own apps - helping students to become real-life entrepreneurs and digital creators. Sign up to become an Education Partner for free now. This software based project relies on students working together in small teams, applying a range of maths, engineering and science skills to set up a ‘virtual’ Grand Prix racing car. This car then competes in a race with ‘cars’ set up by their colleagues. Add work involving aerodynamics, gears, suspension and engine tuning, and then use of these, and you will have one very exciting project on your hand. Students involved in the challenge are eligible for the CREST Bronze Award. Each year, over 32,000 CREST Awards are undertaken by 11-to-19-year-olds, giving them opportunities to explore real-world science, technology, engineering and maths projects in an exciting way.
Crest Awards
CREST is a UK award scheme that recognises success, and enables students to build their skills and demonstrate personal achievement in project work. It offers educators an easy-to-run framework for curriculum enhancement and is student-led, which means that young people take ownership of their projects and choose to undertake them in areas they enjoy or see as relevant.
CITB CREST Award Challenges
CITB has recently developed some new Bronze level CREST Award in conjunction with construction employers and the British Science Association. There are two CREST challenges available: “Sustainable Communities” and “Building Bridges.”
Competitions BP STEM Challenge
BP has partnered with STEMNET and Science Museum to bring you the Ultimate STEM Challenge 2015-16 which will launch on 1 September 2015. Sign up for more details.
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Funding Institute of Civil Engineers Grant
Institute of Physics Grant Scheme
Royal Society of Chemistry
British Ecological Society Society of General Microbiology Young Engineers and Science Clubs Scotland Science and Technology Facilities Council – Small Awards
Wellcome Trust People Awards
The ICE are offering three awards of £5000 per year for young people aged between 18-25 years living in Scotland who are enrolled in a Civil Engineering Course at a Scottish College/University from September/October 2015. Applications are open to schools leavers throughout Scotland. The Science and Technology Facilities Council, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) and the Institute of Physics run a small grants scheme designed specifically for schools and colleges. The scheme provides schools with grants of up to £500 for projects or events linked to the teaching or promotion of physics or engineering. Awards are made three times a year and the next deadline is the 1 November 2015. RSC Small outreach grants of up to £2000 for projects that raise awareness of the place of chemistry in people’s everyday lives, especially those not already interested in chemistry, and/or raise the science communication skills of those who are already highly trained in chemistry. Applications close in early April. The next deadline is the 30 October. The British Ecological Society offers outreach grants of up to £2,000 to its members and others, including schools, to promote ecological science to a wide audience. Application deadline is the 11 September. Grants of up to £1,000 to support microbiology teaching initiatives and events are available to School Corporate or School Representative Members of the Society. The th next deadline is the 15 September. For schools based in Scotland the Scottish Council for Development and Industry offers small grants to registered Young Engineers and Science Clubs.
STFC Small Awards offers the opportunity of funding ranging from £500 – £10,000 for projects in Public Engagement relating to STFC science and technology.
The Wellcome Trust supports biomedical research that aims to improve the health of humans and animals. People Awards provides grants of up to £30,000 for innovative and creative projects that engage the public with biomedical science and/or the history of medicine and awards are made four times a year.
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Resources David McGloin, STEM Ambassador and Associate Dean for research matters within the School of Engineering, Physics and Mathematics at the University of Dundee has come up with an exciting outreach programme and is interested in hearing from teachers who would like to take part in a trail of the project.
Physics Outreach – Printing the Moon
STEM Challenges
Education Scotland – Higher Physics Professional Learning Videos
MARSBalloon – free STEM space outreach project
The Chemical structure of DNA – free infographic
My World of Work - ICT
“Printing the Moon” is all about 3D printing bits of the moon and doing taking measurements of the objects. David is looking for some schools to help act as “pilots” for the workshop which he has put together over the summer to see if it will be valuable in schools. David and his colleagues are happy to travel to schools in the Dundee and surrounding areas and the target audience is likely to be S1-S2 pupils but this is something David can adapt for Senior pupils as well. To start with, David would like to emphasise that he is looking for help in developing the workshop and if any teachers are interested, please get in touch and we can put you in contact with David to discuss the practicalities in more detail. STEMNET have produced challenges for STEM Clubs, or use as part of your curriculum. Several topics including Developing an App, Materials and many sports themed science activities. Education Scotland in partnership with the Scottish Universities Physics Alliance and SSERC has developed a series of nine professional learning videos focused on new content in Higher Physics. Featuring some of Scotland’s most talented physicists, they have been designed to provide high quality, accessible professional learning. The videos cover Special relativity, The big bang, Gravitational waves, Collider physics, The standard model, Hubble’s law and nuclear fusion along with two providing guidance on experiments for the Higher Physics assignment. These videos are available from Education Scotland’s NQ Higher Sciences website. MARSBalloon is a free project open to all UK schools that launches student Mars science experiments on high altitude balloons 30km up into Earth’s atmosphere. Teachers can register now for our next flight where we plan to launch up to 100 student experiments; each of which should fit into a kinder egg toy capsule. After the flight the experiment capsules will be returned to the schools for analysis by the students. There is no cost to take part in the project other than that of experiment materials and postage. Teachers can find out more and register their class or club for free on the website. This infographic into the realm of biochemistry, with a look at the chemical structure of DNA, and its role in creating proteins in our cells. Of course, it’s not just in humans that DNA is found – it’s present in the cells of every multicellular life form on Earth. This graphic provides an overview of its common structure across these life forms, and a brief explanation of how it allows proteins to be generated. A new careers resource with a specific focus on ICT and digital technologies has been added to the My Word of Work website, alongside information and advice about a variety of other fields.
Summer-Autumn 2015 Born to Build
TechFuture Girls Tomorrow’s Engineer
BP Teaching resources
Siemens Solid Edge Software Explore your Universe – Atoms to Astrophysics Planet Science Girl Friendly Physics Women’s Engineering Society Free Microscope Activity Kit
Practical Action
I’m a scientist Debate Kits
Energy and the MDG’s
A careers resource targeted at young people aged 14-19. It provides information about opportunities within the construction industry and shows examples of current young people working within this field. Free to all schools, this resource is an after-school club designed for girls to encourage them to engage in IT. Tomorrow’s Engineer is all around us – from the cars we drive to the make-up we wear to the games we play. Engineering careers, activities and info are all available on the Tomorrow’s Engineer website. BP are offering free resources for ages 11 to 19, Key Stages 3, 4 and 5 (KS3, KS4, KS5) and Curriculum for Excellence 3rd and 4th Levels and Senior phase. Select your subject, (Geography, Science or Business Studies) use advanced search, or view the collections. Free software available for Secondary schools, to support the teaching of product design and STEM. See their website for more information and tutorials for using the software. Explore Your Universe Project has with lots of free resources, presentations and live links available to teachers. Planet Science has a whole host of exciting experiment ideas, perfect or practicing with a STEM Club. A free resource aimed at helping teachers and careers advisers with how to encourage girls to enjoy physics. Have a look at this fantastic free poster from the society, celebrating 100 years of women in engineering. The Royal Microscopical Society has produced a free kit that can be delivered to your school containing everything you need to reveal the wonders of microscopy. Kits go quickly, so book now for Autumn Term! A great website with many resources (including those listed above in Power for the World). They’ve put together a resource specifically aimed at highlighting the ways that their projects can be used to support the Scottish Curriculum, highlighting Global Learning and the benefits of integrating awareness and the role of technology in development. I’m a Scientist Get me out of here! has produced a series of science debate kits containing a detailed lesson plan and online resources. They are simple and ready to use educational resources that are good for small groups or a whole class. The latest debate kit looks at Vaccinations and gives students the change to consider the best public health policies to protect the public while balancing individual freedoms. All kits are available for teachers to download for free from the website. Access to energy in developing countries is to achieve the 8 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015. This resource comprises of a series of short activities to help students develop their understanding of how the two are linked then looks forward at the Sustainable Development Goals which will come into play post 2015. The website contains a Lesson plan, Powerpoint presentation to guide your pupils through the activities and lots of other free downloadable resources.
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Free membership for RSC
Tomorrow’s Engineers Activities
Chemnet
RSC Global Experiment 2015: Investigating Hydrogels
Institute of Physics
The Society of Biology
Fat Body Slim
Your Genome
Free membership of the Royal Society of Chemistry for one nominated teacher or technician in each Scottish Secondary School. The free membership will provide the teacher/technician with membership benefits including RSC updates, discounts, information and copies of Education in Chemistry and the Mole. Brand new in-school engineering activities - get a flavour of what will be happening at The Big Bang Fair with three new engineering challenges; Heat Exchange, Cargo Drop and Bath Fizzies were developed as part of National Science & Engineering Week. They introduce real-life engineering principles with curriculum links, and are lots of fun. Plus there are plenty more engineering related activities that you can download for free. The Royal Society of Chemistry would like to introduce 14-18 year olds with a love for Chemistry to Chemnet where they can learn how the latest advances in chemistry could change their world, where chemistry could take them and how to get help with their studies. Membership benefits include: Events based all over UK, including hands on workshops, university visits, industry visits and much more. Exclusive member’s only events. Be part of this year’s Global Experiment – investigate how much water hydrogels absorb, upload your data to the RSC website and compare your findings to schools all over the world. This activity is suitable for KS2 and KS3 students – further details and downloadable resources can be found online. Explore the IOP’s education recourses section to find out about their latest curriculum development initiatives, Affiliated Schools Scheme and professional development courses. The Society of Biology has produced free teaching resources to engage children with the eminent and sometimes unsung heroes of biology. A poster and teaching notes have been produced for lessons with 7-11 years olds and contains information on C B Williams, Beatrix Potter and Mary Anning. The teacher notes have further background information on these individuals, their areas of science and two CLEAPPS-approved practicals. The resources are available to download for free online and hard copies are available by emailing bcwschools@societyofbiology.org Fat Body Slim exhibit are now ‘on the road’ and would like to visit your area to demonstrate the exhibit and get a chance to talk to people who are interested in obesity and its related illnesses. Your Genome – FREE Resources and Curriculum/Club ideas. Find a range of resources from Flash animations to paper and web based activities, which will support the teaching of topics such as DNA, genes and proteins, cancer and the Human Genome Project. 14-19 Years.