Dear all,
If you are encouraging schools to bring London 2012 into the classroom, you may be interested in Nuffield's cross curricular STEM project 'Games'. Our two STEM projects encourage pupils to explore problems in depth through science, mathematics and design & technology. Games is suitable for year 7/8, and develops learning skills in addition to STEM content in the context of fitness, fairness, and the design of games and sports equipment. It comprises 16 hours of activities that can be used flexibly within the timetable, or run as an off-timetable project culminating in individual pupil projects. Freely available at http://www.nuffieldfoundation.org/nuffield-stem-games
Nuffield STEM Futures is a more extensive project, more suitable for years 8/9. It has been piloted, revised and evaluated in schools, with enthusiastic reception. Based on designing for the future using what we know about the closed loop economy used in natural systems, it represents 28 hours of teaching time culminating in pupil inquiry projects.
The website provides some video case studies of how schools have used this resource. The materials are also free from http://www.nuffieldfoundation.org/nuffield-stem-futures or email [log in to unmask] for a free disk with a SCORM compatible version to upload to schools' virtual learning environments.
There are some CPD units to use with STEM departments in preparation for running this project at http://www.nuffieldfoundation.org/futures-teacher-support-cpd
Best wishes
Angela
Angela Hall,
Director,
Nuffield Foundation Science and Mathematics Education,
28, Bedford Square,
London WC1B 3JS
Sarah Botting
Senior Administrator
Science Bursaries & Oliver Bird Rheumatism Programme
The Nuffield Foundation
Tel: 020 7681 9626
28 Bedford Square
London WC1B 3JS
Find us on Facebook!
facebook.com/NuffieldUndergraduateResearchBursaries
facebook.com/NuffieldScienceBursaries
**********************************************************************
Further information about the psci-com discussion list, including list archive, can be found at the list web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/psci-com.html
You may also change your settings and subscribe/unsubscribe to psci-com from the web site.
Psci-com is part of the National Academic Mailing List Service, known as 'JISCMail'.
It adheres to the JISCMail Acceptable Use Policy: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/policyandsecurity/acceptableuse.html
and to the JISCMail guidelines for etiquette: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/policyandsecurity/etiquette.html
Email commands:
1. To suspend yourself from the list, whilst on leave, for example,
send an email to mailto:[log in to unmask] with the following message:
set psci-com nomail -- [include hyphens]
2. To resume email from the list, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the message:
set psci-com mail -- [include hyphens]
3. To leave psci-com, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the message:
leave psci-com -- [include hyphens]
Please allow up to 24 hours for these commands to activate.
Remember that you will need to send commands using the same email address that you used to register on psci-com.
To contact the Psci-com list owner, please send an email to: [log in to unmask]
**********************************************************************
|