Outdoor Learning
An outdoor learning activity to promote the health benefits of using green spaces. It includes a visitor questionnaire, health diary and drawing and interpreting graphs.
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Fertilisers in Food Production – The Baked Beans Project
The project involves growing baked beans ingredients and includes different recipes for having a baked bean “bake-off”.
Read moreFood Production and Insects
This resource is a set of 5 lesson plans with slides, an experiment (with worksheets for analysing the results) and assessment items. The target audience for this resource is for learners aged between 14 and 16 years.
Read moreExploring Escher – Mathematics Printmaking Workshop
Workshop about Escher’s printmaking, exploring the artist, his process and the mathematics underlying his work.
Read moreThe Story of the Woolly Mammoth
Three lessons covering, adaptation, survival characteristics and the extinction of the woolly mammoth with comparison to living elephants. Includes presentation slides and student worksheet with solutions. Aimed at Level 2.
Read moreThinking Detectives Game: The Alps and Climate Change
A card game to develop HOTS (Higher Order Thinking Skills) using climate change in the alps. Learners discuss whether a fictional ski instructor should exchange his skis for bicycle wheels. Included in this guide is ‘Meet the Scientists’, revealing the real climate scientists. Aimed at Level 2 to 3.
Read moreVolcanic Eruptions: an interdisciplinary approach
Four lessons giving an introduction to volcanoes and various aspects of geology: Volcano Experiments, “The Debate to Save Heimaey”, Volcanic Eruption Research, and a Field Trip. Aimed at Level 2 to 3.
Read moreThe Sea-Level Story – GeoScience
An eight-part project about sea level change since the ice age. Covers glaciation, global warming and isostasy. Includes lesson plans, presentations, workbooks and a template for a timeline poster to illustrate the content of the eight sessions. Aimed at Level 3 and 4.
Read moreSow it, Grow it, Taste it – GeoScience
A project in growing and tasting vegetables. Encourages young learners to grow plants from seed, fruit and vegetable scraps and develop science skills. SCQF Level 0.
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