If you are looking for that spark of inspiration, or for more great ways to engage your students, PlaybackSchools is a new service from the National STEM Centre which gives you free access to the 3500 videos produced by Teachers TV. I’ve chosen a selection of the most popular primary and secondary videos in the archive.
Inspirations is a series of 90 short films highlighting exciting projects… Read more
Inspiration from PlaybackSchools
Posted by Karen Hornby on 17th May 2012
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ESERO-UK visit to Jodrell Bank
Posted by Alice Coates on 16th May 2012
This week Tom Lyons, ESERO-UK Teacher Fellow, and myself visited Jodrell Bank and marvelled at the giant Lovell Telescope. Since 2003 there have only been intermittent visitor facilities at Jodrell Bank since sections were demolished, however the new visitor centre includes a Planet Pavilion and a Space Pavilion. The Space Pavilion provides visitors with hands on interactive activities, based around… Read more
Balloons and paradoxes
Posted by Tom Lyons on 9th May 2012
Last week I was standing on a freezing cold airfield with a latex balloon in my hands. Later that day, I was searching the roadside for a polystyrene box. This is not an average day at the office – it was all part of “Reach for the Sky – Using Weather Balloons”, a course run by the National Science Learning Centre. Our tutors were Rob Harrison and Steve Hugill. Rob is a pioneer… Read more
International Children’s Book Day
Posted by Andrew Jones on 29th March 2012
Children’s book illustrator John Burningham has been selected as the UK Author Nomination for the Hans Christian Andersen Awards 2012 as part of the ICBD celebrations. John Burningham is well-known for such children’s classics as the highly popular book “Oi! Get Off Our Train”, which deals with the issue of endangered animals as they try to board a train in order to escape extinction.… Read more
Save the Date: 21st June 2012
Posted by Lydia Showan on 19th March 2012
The National STEM Centre is holding its annual Secondary Mathematics Conference on 21st June 2012. I am really excited to be able to announce that Malcolm Swan will be our key note speaker; I can’t wait to hear his latest thoughts and research on mathematics teaching and learning.
Malcolm Swan is Professor of Mathematics Education at the University of Nottingham. He played the principal role… Read more
Angry Birds Space
Posted by Tom Lyons on 15th March 2012
I remember the first time I heard about Angry Birds was when a student referred to it in class and I had no idea what she was talking about. The class was amazed...not having heard of Angry Birds was like not having heard of Tetris, in my youth. Since then, I have played it on a friends phone – so I am no longer completely ignorant. Now the creators of Angry Birds have designed Angry Birds Space,… Read more