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Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology. The Royal Institution: Science Lives Here. Lecture One looks at how we gained the remarkable instrument that is the human voice.

The Royal Institution: Science Lives Here

Sophie Scott: Why we laugh. We need to talk about Physics. Helen Czerski: Oceanographer, Physicist & Bubble Enthusiast.

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#DrawWithRob — Rob Biddulph. When the coronavirus pandemic quarantine period began in Spring/Summer 2020, I realised that lots of people were going to find themselves at home with their children for several weeks/months looking for things to do.

#DrawWithRob — Rob Biddulph

So I decided to post a draw-along video every Tuesday and Thursday that parents could watch with their kids and, hopefully, make some nice pictures. They have proved very popular, garnering millions of views across the world. On 21 May 2020 we broke the Guinness World Record for the largest online art lesson when 45,611 participants drew a whale with me. From September 2020 lockdown gradually began to ease and kids started going back to school, so I decided to move the #DrawWithRob video slot to Saturdays at 10am BST/GMT so that kids can join in with my Saturday Art Club. The Infinite Pattern That Never Repeats. How Kodak Exposed The Atomic Bomb.

Meet Luca: TU Eindhoven's car made from recycled waste. Members of Eindhoven University of Technology's TU/ecomotive student team have unveiled Luca - an electric car made almost entirely out of recycled waste, a significant amount of which was fished out of our oceans.

Meet Luca: TU Eindhoven's car made from recycled waste

Luca the “waste car” As a planet, we produce around 2,1 billion tonnes of waste per year, and members of the TU/ecomotive team wanted to demonstrate a way that this waste could be reused in a new and useful manner, and prove that, in project manager Lisa van Etten’s own words, sustainable technology can be sexy. The team started working on Luca in February 2019, presenting the designs and plans they had for the car in December. Now, less than a year later, the team has built a revolutionary car. Creating a Braille-Rich Environment at Home. It is important to me that my 5-year-old son Liam, who is deafblind, have access to braille.

Creating a Braille-Rich Environment at Home

Functionally labeling our home in braille is one way I accomplish this. Labeling your home with braille is important for many reasons: Shows that braille has meaning and is importantIncludes your son/daughter (makes your home accessible)Familiarity with braille in the environment is an important pre-braille experience I chose to label our home functionally. I labeled things that "do something", for example, microwave buttons and the toaster. Note: Another approach is to label EVERYTHING in the home: table, TV, chairs, toys, window, door etc… It just depends on what your purpose and goal is.

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Distance learning. Hi i'm johnathan bird... Primary. Science. BBC Radio 4 - The Learning Revolution. BBC Four - Rebuilding Notre-Dame: Inside the Great Cathedral Rescue. Museums You Can Visit Online With Virtual Tours. Veggie Trumps – The Worlds Best Fruit and Veg based card game. Children's Museum of Pittsburgh. This innovative artist residency program challenges artists and audiences to rethink their ideas of interactive museum experiences in one of the toughest venues – a children’s museum.

Children's Museum of Pittsburgh

Participating artists learn how their artworks connect with visitors outside of the typical museum environment, and what it takes to create artwork that can sustain the rigors of a hands-on environment. Lake Light Mechanical Masterpieces The Museum would like to congratulate the following artists on being selected for the 2019 residency: · Ryder Henry- Pittsburgh, PA. FAIRWIND - how to make windmill blades from plastic bottles. Brain Pickings – An inventory of the meaningful life. Veritasium. Home - Company Chameleon. A history of music and technology. Yorkshire Tea launches AR experience to teach environmental sustainability - IPM Bitesize. Lucky Generals and Goodstuff have teamed up with virtual technology specialist Zappar to create an augmented reality (AR) mobile experience that educates young families about environmental sustainability and brings to life Yorkshire Tea’s passion for trees.

Yorkshire Tea launches AR experience to teach environmental sustainability - IPM Bitesize

This campaign also features a partnership with Guardian Labs, aiming to drive a deeper understanding of the project through longer form content. The introduction of the AR experience comes during year four of Yorkshire Tea’s five-year pledge to plant one million trees across the UK and Kenya. Aimed at families with young children, the campaign looks to increase understanding of why trees are important in a fun and engaging way.

Using Zappar’s augmented reality platform, ZapWorks, the experience is accessed by scanning full page press adverts using the camera feature on Shazam. AR technology then transports users into the forests of the UK and Kenya. CuriosityStream - On-Demand Videos for the Incurably Curious. UK Youth Parliament is run by young people for young people « UK Youth Parliament. FYI: FOR YOUR INFO. MythBusters - MythBusters Jr. Trailer #2. Exploring Structures - Buckyballs (NanoDays 08, 09, 10) 5-Minute Crafts. GCSE Bitesize: Measuring the impact of carbon dioxide on the environment.

Forget environmental doom and gloom – young people draw alternative visions of nature's future. Cold War – Crazy Facts. Ride on a U2 spy plane. SUNSCREEN in UV. The World in UV. Veritasium. The tragic myth of Orpheus and Eurydice - Brendan Pelsue. The fascinating reason that children write letters backwards. Maya Sariahmed Common sense suggests that learning consists of acquiring new knowledge.

The fascinating reason that children write letters backwards

Socrates, though, proposed that it involved reorganizing and recalling knowledge we already have. Curious Kids: how do the clouds stay up in the sky? This is an article from Curious Kids, a series for children of all ages.

Curious Kids: how do the clouds stay up in the sky?

The Conversation is asking young people to send in questions they’d like an expert to answer. All questions are welcome. Skip to the bottom to see how to enter. How do the clouds stay up in the sky? – Samson, age four, London, UK. Thanks for the question, Samson. Eight ways to keep your kids smart over the summer break. The school holidays are looming, and so too is the apparently inevitable summer “learning slide” – where children lose knowledge and academic skills over the long summer break.

Eight ways to keep your kids smart over the summer break

This is where parents can help out by helping their offspring carry on that learning during the summer holidays. Of course, learning at home is different from learning at school, but our new findings highlight how parents can act as “scaffolders” for children when learning from home. The idea is that parents should offer just as much support as children need to complete a task – but not too much. And then crucially, remove that support as the child builds their own knowledge. How culture influences children's development. From educational toys to governmental guidelines and detailed nursery progress reports, there are lots of resources available to help parents track and facilitate their children’s development.

How culture influences children's development

But while there are tricks we can use to teach children to talk, count, draw or respect others, a surprisingly big part of how they develop is determined by the culture they grow up in. Child development is a dynamic, interactive process. Every child is unique in interacting with the world around them, and what they invoke and receive from others and the environment also shapes how they think and behave. Children growing up in different cultures receive specific inputs from their environment. Week 7: Schadenfreude in Reality Television. According to Dictionary.com, schadenfreude is defined as the “satisfaction of pleasure felt at someone else’s misfortune” (“Schadenfreude | Define Schadenfreude at Dictionary.com”).

I personally believe that humiliation plays a huge role in reality television. I think that most viewers watch reality shows to laugh at other people’s misfortune. Shows like The Bachelor, Survivor, and Fear Factor always make me grateful that I do not have to compete in humiliating challenges or be dumped in front of thousands of viewers in America. But then again, these television programs would not be so addicting if the viewers did not find them funny. Many popular reality programs are also humiliating to the participants because the viewers at home know more about what is going on than the people actually competing on the show. Reality shows might also be so popular in more recent times because of the economic downturn. Works Cited: MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Schools must equip students to navigate alt-right websites that push fake news. More than 60 percent of America’s middle and high school students rely on alt-right internet sites as credible sources for their research papers. The students are using alt-right sites to write papers on topics that range from free speech and the Second Amendment to citizenship, immigration and the Holocaust. These were among the key findings of a preliminary survey of 200 teachers I conducted recently to develop a snapshot of how common it was for middle and high school students to turn to alt-right websites.

How does a dog help a whole school? - Dogs for Good. Dogs Helping Kids. Community Dogs for Schools - Dogs for Good. BrightSci. Let the music tell you what to do! Big History Project. How does caffeine keep us awake? - Hanan Qasim. Thumbs Are Handy Digits. Hold your hand out in front of you and look at it carefully. The human hand is made up of four fingers and one thumb. Have you ever thought about how much you use your thumb? This month’s Home Connections activity will help you understand the importance of your thumb for doing simple, everyday activities.

Examine your hand again. Why dance class is just as important as math class. Stocksy. Develop an Alexa Skill in under 5 minutes - Alexa Skills Kit. Join 50,000 Girls Who Code today! Building your world of LEGO. News, reviews and builds. Can education become truly egalitarian worldwide? The recent Dakar (Senegal) international summit on education concluded on February 3 with the hope to raise $3.1 billion “over the next three years for programmes to support basic education in 65 developing countries”. World leaders and experts attended and discussed how to make quality education accessible to all children. Postgraduate - SCI-Arc.

Join.skillshare. Spoken word workshops and performance poetry for young people in Manchester. Librarianship - Courses - PGT degrees - Information School. The Information School has an international reputation for teaching and research in library management, and the latest ideas are fed directly into the MA Librarianship programme. A variety of teaching methods are used, combining lectures from academic staff and professional practitioners with seminars, tutorials, small-group work and computer laboratory sessions, as well as visits to library and information services. There is strong emphasis on problem-solving and individual aspects of learning, with the expectation that you will engage in independent study, reading and research in support of your coursework. Assessments vary depending on the modules you choose but may include essays, in-class tests, briefing papers and literature reviews, and creation of a website or database, or production of a library design, plus presentations.

Kahoot! The Week Junior Magazine. Global Partnership for Education. BBC Radio 2 - 500 Words. V&A Museum of Childhood Victoria and Albert Museum. How To Make Fire With A LEMON. Lemon Powered Fan Driven Car - Flair Loop - April 1st 2015. Live Science: The Most Interesting Articles, Mysteries & Discoveries. 23 Cool Sculptures You Won't Believe Actually Exist. Program Marketing. An Anvil Plus Paint Cans Equals a Kick-ass Rainbow Explosion. Turn an Exercise Bike Into an Energy Bike: 7 Steps (with Pictures) Vic Reeves' Rogues Gallery - Blackbeard 1/2. First Aid in Schools - St John Ambulance. First aid, fire safety and health and safety training in schools. TEENS REACT TO THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. Maddie Moate, Presenter & YouTuber. (Technology, Wildlife, Science) Secrets of Silicon Valley. iWonder - James Clerk Maxwell: Scotland’s forgotten Einstein. Aperture: Science Time: Potato Science.

Escape the 9-5 and build the life you have always wanted. Book now Ever spend Sunday evening dreading Monday morning? Always wanted to be your own boss or have more freedom? Yet, leaving the security of a job or making a big career change is scary. This day of talks will help you understand how to take your career in directions that will bring you greater purpose and autonomy. Chess in Schools & Communities. Siggraph17 obama. How to Build Robots While Learning How to Code. Primary school children lose marks in Sats tests for misshapen commas. The Problem - Two Bit Circus Foundation. STEM and STEAM education have been consistently cited by politicians, academics, and educators alike as a primary focus for national discussion. Former President Obama articulated the need for increasing the number of students and teachers who are skilled in the vital STEM fields, and has initiated several key investments designed to improve teaching and learning STEM subjects as a way to ignite innovation resulting in economic advancement ( House Resolution 319, introduced by Representative Jim Langevin (D-RI) further “expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that adding art and design into federal programs that target Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) fields, encourages innovation and economic growth in the United States.”

While fundamentally vital, the education community cannot make these proposed changes alone. Global Learning XPRIZE Home Page. The Oil Age. Teach For America. Places - QI - Series 10 Episode 5 - BBC Two. How to talk to children about terrorism. Claire Cousins on the Red Planet. 25 Of The Best Resources For Teaching Critical Thinking - Narratio. LITTLE BIG PLANET 3. Nautilus Live.