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Our STEM Central website provides high-quality resources, teaching ideas, videos and interactive
activities to develop learning experiences relating to sciences, technologies, engineering and
mathematics (STEM). http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/stemcentral/
Education Scotland’s website provides practitioners with
excellent resources and guidance to help develop learning
and teaching within the sciences.
http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/sciences
Visit our sciences site for:
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Assessing progress and achievement resources
Resources
Concept Development
Sciences 3-18 Curriculum Impact Report.
See the award-winning resources on the national Launchpad in Glow. Twig contains over
1000 videos for sciences, social studies and mathematics. Tigtag supports primary science
and ReachOut CPD supports professional learning for teachers in primary science.
Glow – Join the most successful community on the new Glow. Over 3000
classroom resources for sciences are available – shared by teachers for
teachers: http://bit.ly/scienceshome . Check out the community for STEM
too at http://bit.ly/glowstem
Our Journey to Excellence website contains
many examples of interesting and innovative
practice. Check out our new suite of videos for the
sciences – just enter ‘science’ into the search
facility.
http://www.journeytoexcellence.org.uk/
Websites
Giant Pandas
http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/pandas/index.asp
Use the pandas as a great context for learning in the sciences
Weather and Climate Change
http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/weatherandclimatechange/
Resources, background information and videos for practitioners
Exploring Climate Change
http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/exploringclimatechange/
More climate resources and information for secondary schools
Schools Global Footprint
http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/schoolsglobalfootprint/
Calculate your school’s ecological and carbon footprint
Ready for Emergencies
http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/readyforemergencies/
Help learners and their communities prepare for emergencies
Useful links
Scottish Environment Website – http://www.environment.scotland.gov.uk/citizen_science.aspx
Scottish Schools Education Research Centre – http://www.sserc.org.uk/
STEM Scotland/STEM Ambassadors – http://www.stemscotland.com/
Young Engineers and Science Clubs – http://www.yecscotland.co.uk/resourceskits.html
Science Centres and Generation Science – http://bit.ly/18FiyJU