Digital Resources for STEM Learning from Home:

1. Glasgow Science Centre at Home

   1. Daily Live Video Clips from Glasgow Science Centre, broadcast live via Social Media

   2. All previous videos can be found on their channels and listed on their website if you are looking for something in particular to fit in with topics, etc.

2. SSERC TV

   1. Scottish Schools Education Research Center (SSERC) are making weekly video clips of STEDM activities that can be completed at home with household resources

3. Topical Science Updates from Paul Tyler, Primary Science Teaching Trust Fellow

   1. This is a downloadable doc of each week’s science news. Great for sharing with pupils for reading for information and STEM learning.

4. SSA Newton Room STEM Challenges-

   1. Short Video Tutorials and Follow-up activities for STEM Learning at home

   2. Follow @SSASTEM on twitter to keep up to date with each new activity

5. Edinburgh Science Festival Kids Lab

   1. Lots of fantastic easy to follow PDFs with instruction for STEM activities that can be carried out at home.

6. 2020 Great Bug Hunt

   1. Our challenge is pretty simple - get your primary-age children to a safe outside space, equip them with magnifying glasses and notepads, and point them at the nearest hedges, flower beds, trees, long grass, logs, stones, rocks (well, you get the picture)... and let them explore and report back what they find. Please be sure, however, to follow government advice and do not leave your property. To do this, stay 2 metres away from people not in your household and do not put yourself or others at risk.

7. Digilearn Scotland Curriculum Wakelets

   1. Education Scotland @digilearnscot collection of resources from a variety of sources to support digital remote learning. www.digilearn.scot

8. Science Fun at Home

   1. The Primary Science Teaching Trust is working with Science Sparks to create activities for children to have some fun with science at home

      1. Each two page sheet has activities that are:

• clear and simple, using household resources

• accessible and manageable for all

• fun for children and their families to do

• linked to follow up activities

We will send out a new Science Fun at Home every Wednesday and we will also be posting them on all of our social media accounts. Please share these resources with other schools, parents, guardians and carers, and encourage them to pass them on to other families.

Engineering Our World - 8 engineering challenges and fact sheets which introduce famous scientists, engineers and artists.

Challenge Chasers - 8 science activities presented as challenges to solve for older primary children (ages 7-11 years).

1. Royal Society of Chemistry Website

   1. This website has great ideas and resources for teaching science at primary level, demonstration videos, and a new remote teaching support section

2. Tigtag Primary

   1. Highland Council Chrome books have Tigtag primary app installed.

   2. This app has videos, questions, and activities for a wide range of science Es&0s, a great resource for independent research to teaching new concepts

Hello to all our superhero teachers!!

Great news – Your FIRST LEGO League Jr. Kit will be despatched in the next few days so you should receive them at the end of next week!

To get started, why not check out our Team Resources page on the website. Here you will find all the digital content you will need for this season including the BOOMTOWN BUILD Challenge document and Build Instructions (which can also be found inside your Inspire Set). It may be a good time to bookmark this page if you haven’t done so already for easy reference going forward!

I’ve attached a digital copy of the Engineering Notebook so you can print out extra copies if you want to run the programme with additional children. I’ve also attached a BOOMTOWN BUILD participation Certificate which can also be printed out and given to each child that participates in the challenge!

Each BOOMTOWN BUILD Inspire set will consist of the following:

• 1 x Inspire Set (box of LEGO based around the annual theme)

• 6 x Engineering Notebooks (one for each child to record their ideas) Virtual copies will be available if more than 6 children will be taking part

• 1 x Team Meeting Guide (consisting of 12 session plans to help the coach deliver the challenge)

• 6 x LEGO Medals (one for each child, to be given out once the challenge has been completed)

We will also provide you with a LEGO® Education WeDo 2.0 to complete the challenge – you’ll just need a suitable tablet in order to download the free software to program your WeDo 2.0. For any queries related to your LEGO WeDo, or help with programming, please visit the Raising Robots website!

Finally, as you may have already noticed, we are unable to run any physical Expos due to Covid-19. However, we’re exploring the possibility of online engagement with the schools, either through videos on our social media, live streamed events or video conferencing and will of course keep you posted. In the meantime, get in touch! Send a message to @FLLUK, or post on the FIRST LEGO League UK and Ireland’s Facebook page and we’ll do our best to send traffic your way.

We hope you enjoy taking part in this seasons challenge and can’t wait to see all your amazing builds!

Thanks once again for all your help in this crazy time!

Best wishes,

Demi Cornell

FIRST® LEGO® League Jr. Coordinator

N.B. You will notice that your delivery also includes several LEGO Medals – if you need any extra medals please email firstlegoleaguejr@theiet.org