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Live remote courses for teachers
STEM Learning are offering a programme of fully-funded live courses for teachers that can be accessed remotely, allowing teachers to continue their professional development whatever their current circumstances. Each course is led by one of their accredited facilitators and delivered remotely across a series of short live sessions. In between, through structured tasks, teachers explore key resources, develop materials to share with colleagues, and reflect on their own learning.
For information about the courses being offered for secondary teachers and to book, visit the STEM Learning website.
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Remote teaching resources by the Royal Society of Chemistry
The Royal Society of Chemistry has put their resources to support remote teaching together and organised them by age group. They have also included some ideas on how to use them and what to combine them with. They will be updating the content every Wednesday with any new resources they find. To see the resources, visit their remote teaching hub.
Free CPD courses until the end of the summer
The Royal Society of Chemistry have fully-funded all their online CPD courses until the end of August. The deadline for registering for their online CPD courses for free is the end of August but, once it’s active, your subscription to a course will then be valid for a whole year. To see their courses and register, visit their website.
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Book free AXA ArcticLive 2020 live lessons on polar exploration - 4-15 May
EncounterEdu are offering free online live lessons with polar scientists that give pupils the opportunity to learn about life and science in the Arctic. Suitable for all ages, they offer pupils a fresh way to build knowledge, practice working scientifically, inspire STEM careers and develop environmental stewardship.
Broadcasting to homes and schools worldwide, the first week of lessons will focus on life and work in the Arctic, with the second exploring the issues facing this fragile ecosystem. Parents and teachers can book the lessons and pre-submit questions on the EncounterEdu website. Pupils do not need to book if they just wish to watch the live lessons.
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Home learning guides for Practical Action STEM challenges
Practical Action have developed individual home learning guides for their STEM challenges that can be done in the home. They have published them on a new page of their website with a few other useful materials.
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CREST home learning projects
The CREST Awards have selected challenges and project ideas from their library that can be easily used at home with parental support or set as teacher-facilitated distance learning projects. They have published them on a dedicated page on their website.
At secondary level, each project brief has an overall challenge, ideas for getting started and resources you might need. Read the health and safety section carefully. Pupils should create a plan for their project and a risk assessment before they begin any practical activity. You can use the CLEAPSS student safety sheets to help them.
If you need help getting started, check out the CREST at home section of their Help Centre.
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TeenTech online STEM sessions
TeenTech are offering live online City of Tomorrow at Home Design and Build Sessions (suitable for pupils aged 8-13) and Innovation Days at Home (suitable for pupils aged 10-18).
At home design and build sessions
These session are on Tuesdays at 10am, led by a TeenTech workshop leader and some brilliant and engaging expert guests from across very different aspects of STEM. The sessions last an hour and provide the context and inspiration for pupils to participate in the project to develop a building for the ‘safer, smarter, kinder’ city of tomorrow using recycled materials. There are also follow-up sessions on Fridays at 10am where industry experts offer feedback on the pupils' ideas and answer questions submitted to them about their careers.
Parents can register for TeenTech City of Tomorrow at Home Design and Build Sessions. If teachers want a class to do the project in a specific week, ask the parents to sign up for that specific session.
Innovation days at home
These sessions offer pupils insights into different industries such as computer games, music, food, construction, aeronautics etc. Pupils submit questions in advance which shape the opening conversation with industry experts. Pupils are then set a mini-challenge by the industry experts that they submit for feedback on the Friday.
Parents can register for TeenTech Innovation Days at Home. If teachers want a class to do the project in a specific week, ask the parents to sign up for that specific session.
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