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
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
Resources and gadgets for ‘No Smoking Day’
Posted by Admin on 13th March 2012
No Smoking Day takes place on Wednesday 14 March 2012. On the day more than a million smokers are expected to make a quit attempt.
Since the first No Smoking Day in 1984 many schools across the UK have taken part in the campaign. No Smoking Day is an ideal time to remind pupils, staff and parents of the huge risks of taking up smoking and of the help and support available for quitters. This year's striking theme Take the Leap aims to urge smokers to put their health first by placing emphasis on the energy they may gain from giving up.
The No Smoking Day website contains a variety of free resources to download including: Read more