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Requests for Help in the West of Scotland
Currently the projects available for STEM Ambassadors in the West of Scotland are as follows:
SCHOOLS AND EVENTS REQUIRING STEM AMBASSADORS

GENERAL REQUESTS
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Westerton Primary, East Dunbartonshire
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Support for P4/5 topic of weather |
Any Monday, Tuesday or Friady afternoon before end of March |
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Whitelees Primary, Cumbernauld
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Healthcare professional to talk about alcohol issues, from a health medical and possibly social impact |
As soon as possible |
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Gleniffer High Shool, Paisley
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Help with Desert Island Survival project including: nutrition and body parts; raft and shelter building; water purification etc |
now until end of January 2013 |
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Holy Cross High School, Hamilton
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Talk on the use of Trigonometry in real life situations for S3 class |
As soon as possible |
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St Patrick's Primary, Troon
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Ideas and input for Science activities and workshops to help implement the Curriculum for Excellence |
As soon as possible |
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Craigholme School, Glasgow
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Ambassadors to provide science activities / workshops |
As soon as possible |
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Our lady of the Missions, Glasgow
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Support for Imagineering Club see
Imagineering Club for details.
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As soon as possible |
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Oxgang Primary, East Dunbartonshire
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Engineer to assist with bridges topic as part of a River Clyde project.
Also help with P6 topic - space including flight
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Up until Easter. |
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Colquhoun Park, Bearsden
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Looking for help with science club working towards CREST Star Investigators Award |
Friday afternoon 2-3pm |
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Glengowan Primary, Larkhall, South Lanarkshire
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Help to set up and run a Science Club. |
As soon as possible |
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Notre Dame High School, Glasgow
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Speakers for Cafe-Sci events on the following topics:
Space (NASA, Aliens, dead stars) : Cosmetics : Neurology : Forensics |
As soon as possible - Wednesdays 3-4pm |
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Whiting Bay Primary, Brodick, Isle of Arran
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Ambassador assistance for Science and Engineering Club |
As soon as possible |
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St Monica's Primary, Glasgow
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Ambassador assistance for Science and Engineering Club |
As soon as possible |
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Westerton Primary, Bearsden
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Help with Science and Engineering Club |
As soon as possible |
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Swinton Primary, Glasgow
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Ambassador input to Science Club. |
As soon as possible |
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Vale of Leven Academy, West Dunbartonshire
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Ambassadors with a science, maths or computing background to attend a "You Can Do Anything" careers event |
17th January |
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Jordanhill School, Glasgow
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Careers Evening, particularly looking for input from Engineers, Life Sciences and NHS lab based jobs, other input welcome |
24th January, 7pm-8.30pm |
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St Xaviers School, Patna, East Ayrshire
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P1-4, Sciences "Push and Pulls", "Forces on toys"
Technologies "Moving objects, design a game"
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January - February |
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St Xaviers School, Patna, East Ayrshire
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P5-7, Science/Food Technology |
January - February |
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Grammar Primary, Ayr
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Help with P4 topic on "Transport" |
January - April |
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Hurlford Primary, East Ayrshire
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P1-Materials-floating and sinking
P2-Toys and Magnets
P4/3-Forces and Friction |
January - April |
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Kirkintilloch High School
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Speakers from an immunology or chemistry background to talk to S2 pupils about careers in these fields |
February |
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Craigholme School, Glasgow
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Ambassadors to run a 6 week 1 hour masterclass in a science or technology related subject for 10 P7-S1 girls
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11am Friday either Febraury to late March or after Easter to late May. |
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Barrhead Academy, East Renfrewshire
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Help with "I can do anything" careers event. |
1st February - morning only |
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Ardrossan Academy, North Ayrshire
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Ambassador to promote STEM related careers to S2, S4 and S5 pupils at Subject Options evening. |
2nd February, 4-7pm. |
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St Andrews and St Brides High School, East Kilbride
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Ambassadors to provide workshops for a "So You Wanna Be a Brainiac?" event |
7th February, 7-9pm |
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Knightswood Secondary School, Glasgow
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Engineering Ambassador to talk to S4 pupils about their career at a Careers Carousel |
21st February 7-9pm |
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St Thomas Aquinas, Glasgow
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Assistance with Mock Interview Techniques for S4-S6 pupils. |
8th, 9th March, 9.30am to 12.30pm |
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Hermitage Academy, Helensburgh
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Business Dynamics Core Skills Programme for S3. |
12th - 15th March |
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Holy Family Primary, Bellshill
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Ambassadors to give fun science presentations/workshops during NSEW. |
12th - 16th March |
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Moorpark Primary, Kilbirnie
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Ambassadors to provide activities during school science week for any level from nursery to P7. |
12th - 16th March |
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St Patrick's Primary, Kilsyth
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Ambassadors to give 2 presentations around the theme "our world in motion" one for P1-P3 one for P4-P7 |
12th - 16th March |
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Doon Academy, East Ayrshire
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Assistance at a Careers Morning for P7 pupils from associated primaries. |
13th March |
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The Tall Ship Family Science Day, Glasgow
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Ambassadors to assist with prepared experiments |
15th March |
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St Xaviers School, Patna, East Ayrshire
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P1-4, Sciences "biological systems"
Technologies "3D pbjects with moving parts"
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March - April |
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St Xaviers School, Patna, East Ayrshire
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P5-7, Space |
March - April |
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Lennoxtown Primary, East Dunbartonshire
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Ambassador to work with P3 on the theme of "World in Motion" |
12th - 16th March |
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Battlefield Primary, Glasgow
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Any available help during School Science Week |
12th - 16th March |
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Udston Primary, Hamilton
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Ambassador to give a talk or present a workshop during School Science Week |
12th - 16th March |
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Glengowan Primary, Larkhall
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Ambassador to carry out science activities for a day across all stages during school science week |
14th - 16th March |
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King's Park Secondary, Glasgow
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Support for World of Work Carousel demonstrating how maths, science etc. are relevant in the world of work |
22nd March |
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Gleniffer High School, Renfrewshire
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Ambassadors to assist with a Skills for Work event |
27th March - morning |
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Hurlford Primary, East Ayrshire
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Help and ideas for school "Eco Week" |
w/c 17th April |
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Bearsden Primary, East Dunbartonshire
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Ambassadors to provide fun science, technology or engineering activities for school science day |
21st April |
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Hurlford Primary, East Ayrshire
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P6-Forces and Friction |
April - June |
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Clober Primary, Milngavie
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P6/7 Ambassador assistance with Science and Engineering Club |
April - June |
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Troon Primary
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Nursery & P1: Living and Growing
P2: The Senses
P3: Mini-beasts
P4: Light and Shadow
P5: Materials from Earth
P6: Conservation and Pollution
P7: Renewable Energy |
8th to 11th May - Science Week |
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Creative Industries Conference, Hamilton Town Hall
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Architect to design and run 20 minute workshops for S3 pupils |
31st May, 10.30am-12.45pm |
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Glendale Primary, Glasgow
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Engineering and science ambassador to talk to P7 pupils about their career paths at a Careers Carousel |
21st June, afternoon only |

Clober Primary School, Milngavie, East Dunbartonshire
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Class
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Science |
Time |
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P3a and b Could double up for visit
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Heating and Cooling, Light and Sound |
Preferably Term 1 - if not anytime |
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P5
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Friction, Growing Plants |
Any Time |
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P7
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Energy Conservation, Sustainability, Gravitational Forces
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Any Term |
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Class
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Technology |
Time |
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P4
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3D Shape - buildings |
Term 2 - PM |
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P5
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Moving Heavy Objects |
Term 3 |
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Class
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Mathematics |
Time |
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P4
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2D & 3D Shape Project |
Term 2 - PM |
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P5
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Fractions |
Term 3 |
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P6
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Fractions |
Term 2 or 3 |
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P7
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Decimals & Percentages |
Term 3 or any time |

AMBASSADOR ASSISTANCE REQUIRED
EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY'S - CANSAT COMPETITION
This competition is a unique opportunity for senior pupils to take part in a European Wide competition run by the
European Space Agency (ESA).
ESA is holding a competition for schools to create a working satellite within the confines of a soft drinks can.
Chosen projects will compete in the final in Norway in April 2012 when the selected 10 satellites from all over Europe will be launched by
rocket to the height of about 1 Km and will carry out some real science.
ESA have allocated one guaranteed launch slot to the winners of the Scottish Cansat Competition to be held for Scottish schools.
The following schools have now entered the competition:
Greenfaulds - North Lanarkshire
Lomond School - Argyll and Bute
Dollar Academy - Clackmannanshire
Largs Academy - North Ayrshire
Vale of Leven - West Dunbartonshire
Dumbarton Academy - West Dunbartonshire
Carrick Academy - South Ayrshire
Hutchesons' Grammar - Glasgow
The schools are now seeking Ambassador expertise, they are particularly looking for people with knowledge of any of the following:
microelectronics, C programming, 12C and SPI serial interfacing for VLSI components or mechanical/aeronautical engineering.
The competition timescale is now until mid March 2012.
If you can help please contact Gail at
stem-ambassadors@glasgow.ac.uk

LAB IN A LORRY
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The Gordon Schools, Huntly, Aberdeenshire
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6th, 7th February
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Bucksburn Academy, Aberdeen
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8th, 9th February
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Lathallan School, Johnshaven by Montrose, Angus
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10th February
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Balfron High School, Stirlingshire
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22nd, 23rd, 24th February
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St Maurice's High School, Cumbernauld
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29th February, 1st, 2nd March
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Preston Lodge High School, Prestonpans, Edinburgh
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5th, 6th, 7th March
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Garnock Academy, Kilbirnie, Ayrshire
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8th, 9th March
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St Joseph's Academy, Kilmarnock
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12th, 13th, 14th March
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Cults Academy, Cults, Aberdeen
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19th, 20th March
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Kemnay Academy, Kemnay, Aberdeenshire
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21st, 22nd, 23rd March
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Keith Grammar School, Morayshire
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27th, 28th March
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For details about volunteering to help with Lab in a Lorry, what's involved and what you'd be expected to do, look at the
attached word document.

INDUCTION TRAINING FOR AMBASSADORS
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New Ambassador Induction Training
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21st February, 3:00pm
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Induction Training at University of Glasgow
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New Ambassador Induction Training
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29th March, 3:00pm
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Induction Training at University of Glasgow
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IET Education Fund
The IET Education Fund provides support for local education projects which are endorsed by IET Local Networks.
The IET is committed to encouraging students toward studying science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) subjects and
considering engineering and technology based courses and careers.
Any organisation capable of developing and delivering UK-based projects which promote STEM subjects to school children can apply
for funding, including schools, IET Local Networks and IET TPNs. Awards of up to £5000 can be offered.
Applications for funding must be endorsed by the IET Local Network in which the project will be carried out, and applicants require
a referee who can confirm their ability to deliver the project.
2012 funding round
Bids for funding will be accepted from 1 January 2012 to 9 March 2012 for projects taking place 1 May 2012 to 30 April 2013. Bids
submitted after 9 March cannot be considered.
A formal judging process will take place, with judges' decisions expected 25 April 2012.
For application criteria please visit
the website .

Spectroscopy in a Suitcase
The Royal Society of Chemistry's Spectroscopy in a Suitcase scheme is an outreach activity which gives school students the chance to learn about spectroscopy
through hands-on experience. As well as covering the principles of spectroscopic techniques, the activities use real-life contexts to
demonstrate the applications of the Spectroscopy in a Suitcase Scotland.
The use of the instruments might be of interest to STEM
ambassadors who work with spectroscopy.
The equipment may also be available on a short-term loan basis.
To enquire about booking a session for your local school, please contact:
N.G.A.Bell@sms.ed.ac.uk
For more information about the scheme, please visit
the website.

Science Council
Scientists Needed to Reveal Hidden Science
Science Council - STEM Ambassadors needed to volunteer for "Hidden Science" project.
The Science Council is working with a major mobile phone company on a mobile phone app entitled "Hidden Science", which
is enabling people to have their burning science questions answered directly by scientists.
The app invites questions related to 12 monthly themes including Water, Medical Science, Fashion & Textiles, Travel &
Tourism, Sport, Food, Imagining Different Tomorrows, Disaster, Space, Earth Science, Wealth & Luxury, and Computers and IT.
All questions and answers are posted on the
Future Morph website
where we are giving it a careers information twist by showing the jobs of those answering and we will be developing
supporting materials for each topic.
We are hoping to get a mixture of factual (How much water does the average household use?) and careers-based
(Where can I study marine biology?) questions for each theme and you can sign up to any or all of the themes and answer
questions via the online interface.
If you're interested in taking part and helping to reveal the hidden science of the world around us to young people, please email Holly at
H.Margerison@scincecouncil.org
stating your name, contact details and the themes you're interested in.

"S" Cubes - Solar Science Kits
for Ambassadors to use in schools
Renewable Energy is a favourite topic for schools to ask Ambassador help with. The topic of Planet Earth in the
Curriculum for Excellence Sciences area includes "Energy Sources and Sustainability" and teachers are starting to
request more and more visits from Ambassadors to help pupils gain a better understanding of this topic
To help Ambassadors work with pupils , we have a set of resources available for Ambassadors to borrow.
These are "S" Cubes, manufactured by Solar & Wind Applications.
We have 8 Cubes which is a big enough set for a class of 30 pupils to use at the same time.
The "S" Cube is a "hands-on" approach to helping P4-7 and S1 pupils understand how renewable energy works.
The "S" Cube contains a solar panel and allows pupils to power a torch or thermometer, hook up a capacitor and
voltmeter to learn more about the energy of the sun. Worksheets are provided for the pupils to work through and there
is a CD of additional material.
If you are interested in taking "S" Cubes into schools to cover renewable energy areas, please get in touch with us.
You are welcome to take an "S" Cube home to experiment with before committing to taking a set to a class!
Visit
www.solarwindapplications.com for more information.
Contact Gail, email
Gail.Penny@glasgow.ac.uk
to arrange to borrow the "S" Cube resource.

Primary Secondary and Advanced
Leaders Awards for STEM
The Leader's award for STEM was designed to give students between the ages of 5 and 19 an opportunity to gather
personalised careers awareness. Students research, meet and interview professionals from a range of backgrounds about
their career, career paths, asking questions that are important to them.
Information on the award and how STEM Ambassadors can support this is contained in the website at
www.leadersaward.com

Maths Activities - FunMaths Roadshow
Are you interested in taking Maths activities into schools? One of our Ambassadors, who held Maths related workshops
at the recent STEM Ambassador Celebration Event has activities that you can be trained in and take to schools.
The FunMaths Roadshow is a collection of 350 mathematical activities suitable for use with school pupils, college students,
and university undergraduates, overall between the ages of 5 and 20. The first 100 were developed to celebrate the
centenary of the Liverpool Mathematical Society in 1999 and the further 250 have been developed subsequently.
Our Ambassador is willing to train other Ambassadors in the use of these activities.
If you would like to attend a training session on these Maths activities please contact Gail at
stem-ambassadors@glasgow.ac.uk
and we will organise a date once there is sufficient interest.

RedR (Register of Engineers for Disaster Relief)
A regional group has been set up in Glasgow. The group aim to provide support and training to individuals
(not solely engineers) who may be interested in disaster relief and supporting the work RedR do.
They are currently looking for new members, if interested please visit the website at
www.redr.org.uk

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