faculty of science & the environment stewarton academy

Faculty of Science & the EnvironmentStewarton Academy

Science is Scottish!

Alexander Graham Bell:Telephone

Charles Macintosh:Waterproof fabrics

Alexander Fleming:Antibiotics

Ian Donald:Ultrasound diagnosis

John Boyd Dunlop:Pneumatic tyre

James Clerk Maxwell:Colour photography

Why study Science?• Over 20% of the Scottish workforce is employed in a role that

uses STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths)• The Scottish government announced last week that over

£5million pounds is being invested in the teaching of STEM subjects in 2015/16

• This will also be used to encourage girls to get involved more with STEM

• Studying science at school can lead to further study at University or College

• It can also take pupils forward into apprenticeships with multinational companies based in Scotland like GSK and BAe.

What will my child be studying?

LivingWorld

MaterialWorld

PhysicalWorld

What topics will this involve?

What skills do I want my child to learn?• Communication• Listening• Independence• Collaboration• Health & Safety• Organisation• Problem Solving• Evaluation• Higher order thinking• Literacy• Numeracyo

What techniques do we use to deliver the course?• Traditional ‘chalk and talk’ – not so much!!• Experiments, experiments, experiments!!!• Group work, presentations and peer assessment• Investigations and scientific write-up• Research, Topical Issues and ‘Scottish’ Identity• Literacy, Numeracy and Health & Well-being• ICT (inc. GLOW)• Lots of support e.g. Edmodo• Clubs and extra-curricular activities e.g. S1 Science club

Is Science fun?