Secret messages or ciphers have been used throughout history to disguise communications for many different reasons. In this bulletin we will explore a variety of ways in which you can encrypt and decode messages and outline the links to Curriculum for Excellence.
Five reasons to start the Young STEM Leader Programme in your centre
Explorify, the award-winning, free digital resource for science teachers from the Wellcome Trust is here to help during this difficult period of school closures..
Starters for Science & Whistlestop Science Weeks
Starters for Science is a series of five-minute videos to support teachers to get started with practical science enquiry: while Whistlestop Science Weeks are: ready-made themed daily suggestions for short science activities, questions and challenges that children can do at home or in school
SSERC is delighted to be one of the Great Science Share for Schools Regional Champions for Scotland in 2021 – and we want you to get involved.
STEM Ambassadors in Scotland Week
STEM Ambassadors in Scotland Week – a celebration of STEM in Scotland – took place 1–5 February 2021 and involved over 60 STEM Ambassadors from across the country.
Treehouse is a fun digital solution to support the mental health & wellbeing needs of staff and pupils
VEXcode VR is a free coding tool that lets students program a virtual robot using both a blockbased coding environment powered by Scratch and/or a text-based environment using Python.
It has been a very challenging 18 months for all involved in education and training, but there is light at the end of the tunnel.
The Early Years and Primary STEM Bulletin
The early years and primary STEM bulletins are full of brilliant activities, Health and Safety advice and packed full of useful resources for use in school, at extra-curricular clubs or to support STEM learning at home.
Showcasing the Tree of Knowledge and Marty the Robot.
The Primary Science Teaching Trust
PSTT has a wealth of free resources to support teaching, learning, assessment and subject leadership in primary science. Here are details of some of them.
Digital Leadership & the Young Stem Leader Programme
Two years ago, I was tasked with STEM development at my school and was told that the Young STEM Leader Programme was something worth being involved in.
Sphero introduce their new robot ‘indi’ aimed at primary 1-3 to help teach the importance of computational thinking.
Maths Week Scotland took place in the week beginning 27th September 2021. Of course every day is a maths day and you can still access lots of wonderful resources.