Primary Science Education Conference: Full Schedule

1:15pm BST

Family learning - STEM bags

Limited Capacity seats available

Find out about the Family Learning STEM Bags project in Moray. These STEM bags not only engage parents and children in fun STEM activities, but also help to improve the children’s overall STEM enthusiasm with the aim of raising attainment and achievement and building Science Capital within families.

Speakers

Janey Irving

Education Officer - STEM, Education Scotland

Thursday June 6, 2019 1:15pm - 2:00pm BST
A28 - Cromdale Hall

Practical Pick & Mix

1:15pm BST

Practical STEM ideas

Limited Capacity seats available

A selection of practical ideas, activities, photographs and planning guides to support the exploration of STEM related concepts that relate to real life. Come and gather ideas, including the use of STEM ambassadors and training opportunities

Speakers

Gillian Reilly

Thursday June 6, 2019 1:15pm - 2:00pm BST
A28 - Cromdale Hall

Practical Pick & Mix

1:15pm BST

Rubbish Science

Limited Capacity seats available

Linda and Lesley will share a selection of practical STEM activities suitable for all schools, including those with a limited science budget. Take away a raft of simple, practical and effective ideas to take back for immediate use in any classroom. Easy to resource, easy to make, easy to use ……

Speakers

Lesley Hunter

primary science consultant, PSTT

LINDA McKEE

Thursday June 6, 2019 1:15pm - 2:00pm BST
A28 - Cromdale Hall

Practical Pick & Mix

1:15pm BST

Up-cycled Science

Limited Capacity seats available

Are you concerned about the environment we live in? Do you struggle to fund science projects in school? We may have a solution for you! Concerns about the use of plastics and the damage they are causing to our environment - particularly in the Oceans and the impact on wildlife - has caused us to look at ways to recycle plastic bottles for a scientific purpose. Debbie will show you innovative ways to up-cycle materials which are difficult to dispose of and turn them into something you can use in science lessons.

Speakers

Debbie Jones

Primary Science Teaching Trust

Thursday June 6, 2019 1:15pm - 2:00pm BST
A28 - Cromdale Hall

Practical Pick & Mix

12:30pm BST

Milk - and all the good things milk is "responsible" for

Limited Capacity seats available

Come and find out how to make butter, buttermilk, curd cheese and whey quickly and easily in a way that is highly fascinating for children? Leena will show you how children can learn how versatile milk is, what products are made from it and that it can be found in many foods -- even in those where you would not expect it at first glance. Using special work sheets without text, means that the project can be done in the early years.

Speakers

Leena Bröell

Friday June 7, 2019 12:30pm - 1:30pm BST
A28 - Cromdale Hall

Practical Pick & Mix

12:30pm BST

Origami Science

Limited Capacity seats available

Teach science with minimal resources! All schools have paper, so why not put it to good use and teach science through origami? Come and have a go at creating a penguin, fly, food chain, fortune teller, or samurai helmet and learn more about how using nothing more than folded paper can support children’s learning in a variety of programmes of study, such as identifying animals, food chains, animal offspring, functions of flowering plants, and grouping and classifying living things and objects.

Speakers

Anthony Artist

Primary science subject leader, ACS Cobham International School

I love teaching science! I endeavour to include a hands-on element in every lesson, and aim to make the activities engaging, relevant and connected to student interests. In my spare time, I enjoy writing and contributing science articles for the European Council of International... Read More →

Friday June 7, 2019 12:30pm - 1:30pm BST
A28 - Cromdale Hall

Practical Pick & Mix

12:30pm BST

Practical ideas for EYFS

Limited Capacity seats available

Come and find out more about using stories in EYFS as a basis for practical, adult-led activities that encourage children to investigate, work scientifically and use simple scientific vocabulary.

Speakers

Chris Lawson

Friday June 7, 2019 12:30pm - 1:30pm BST
A28 - Cromdale Hall

Practical Pick & Mix

12:30pm BST

STEMaStory

Limited Capacity seats available

STEMaStory uses books and texts as a context to deliver practical interdisciplinary STEM activities which develop scientific enquiry skills all whilst being easy to resource and aligned to the curriculum. Come and see some practical activities, supported by task cards, which can be used in a variety of ways in the classroom.

Speakers

Alex McLaughlin

Friday June 7, 2019 12:30pm - 1:30pm BST
A28 - Cromdale Hall

Practical Pick & Mix

1:15pm BST

Fizz Pop

Mhairi will share some fun activities to explain a range of scientific concepts. All the activities are based around simple chemical reactions using everyday chemicals found around the home. Come and see ‘Foaming Lemon Juice’,‘Exploding Bags’ and ‘Bath Bombs’. These experiments are simple and use only a few chemicals, but they create a big bang.

Speakers

Mhairi Scullion

Principal Teacher Clackmannanshire Council

Saturday June 8, 2019 1:15pm - 2:00pm BST
A28 - Cromdale Hall

Practical Pick & Mix

1:15pm BST

Investigation station ideas for early years

Want to set up an investigation station for early years? Come and see some ideas for activities that you can put out on a table for children to explore independently.

Speakers

Jane Catto

Briar Hill Infant School

Saturday June 8, 2019 1:15pm - 2:00pm BST
A28 - Cromdale Hall

Practical Pick & Mix

1:15pm BST

Makers’ Space – tinkering with STEAM

Limited Capacity seats available

Come and find out about Tracey’s journey of creating a makers’ space in her school, the impact this has had on the children and practical examples of how you can implement this in your own school.

Speakers

Tracey Ellicott

Primary Science Teacher, Fife Education

Saturday June 8, 2019 1:15pm - 2:00pm BST
A28 - Cromdale Hall

Practical Pick & Mix

1:15pm BST

Modelling scientific ideas with foil

Come and see how using foil as a modelling material can support exploration and understanding of scientific concepts, e.g food chains, relative sizes of planets.

Speakers

Amy Woolgar

Saturday June 8, 2019 1:15pm - 2:00pm BST
A28 - Cromdale Hall

Practical Pick & Mix