How easy would it be to train a computer to tell the difference between a dolphin and a shark? How does machine learning work? If you have ever wondered, or if you are teaching Higher level students in secondary school, you'll love this set of lessons from School of...
This is a collection of resources for P5-S3 students, aimed at developing problem solving and mathematical thinking. The resources focus on strategy games, and touch on applications of Mathematics to the context of transport systems. They contain a range of games and...
A group of University of Edinburgh students are so enthusiastic about developing tech solutions to help teachers that they spent their Christmas holidays working on a prototype tool to help pupils with exam revision. In collaboration with Katie, a Scottish history...
The Data Education in Schools team brings together leading educational researchers, professional learning and digital skills consultants, and business development expertise working towards a vision of improved data literacy across Scotland. We are part of Moray House...
A stacking rings activity to stimulate conversation around risk & resilience.
Our stacking rings activity was inspired by Dr Jehannine Austin’s jar analogy.
We are born with a certain amount of genetic vulnerability (yellow balls), but over time, we also accumulate stressful experiences (orange triangles), which can tip us over into an active episode of mental ill-health (full jar).
Protective factors such as exercise and good sleep add ‘rings’ to the top of our mental health jar, and expand its capacity.
A ‘paper chain people’ activity to stimulate conversation around stratified medicine
This activity was designed for a family science festival audience.
A card-swiping computer game to explore the complexities of Big Data research.
The premise of the game:
You are the researcher in charge of a Big Data project.
You need to keep Knowledge, Ethics, Money and People in balance (the symbols at the top of the game screen)
Make decisions by swiping each card (scenario) left or right (yes or no), but be warned, every decision has consequences.
Have you got what it takes to keep the world of big data in balance?
Tip: Gently the tip the card to read the possible answers
Here you will find a curated list of free online resources to help you teach neuroscience concepts in the classroom or revise at home. Furthermore, these resources are linked to specific points on your Biology syllabus to assist you in pinpointing exactly where they fit in.
The resource provides a collection of wellbeing tools designed by young Citizen Scientists aged 10-21 years old. Children and young people are invited to test these wellbeing tools as young Citizen Scientists and to use them as self-help tools at their leisure. Children and young people are also invited to submit their own soothing images to the Project Soothe’s database which will be displayed in a gallery on the website.
The Edinburgh Maths Circle is an opportunity for children aged 5 to 16 and their families to join us for an afternoon of fun and stimulating hands-on mathematics. This post gives you instructions to sign up to the mailing list to be notified of future events.
The April Maths Circle has been cancelled due to the current situation.
If you would like to be notified of future Maths Circle events, you can subscribe to the Maths Circle mailing list. To do that, please send an email to sympa@mlist.is.ed.ac.uk with no subject, and text:
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You will then receive an automatic email, asking you to confirm your subscription.
If you need any further information, please contact Francesca Iezzi by phone (0131 650 5842) or email (francesca.iezzi@ed.ac.uk).
A simple “Snap” card game suitable for young children (early or 1st level), but also suitable for older pupils who are still practicing counting and recognising numbers from 0 to 10
Authors: Kate Farrell from Computing at School Scotland and the University of Edinburgh, Professor Judy Robertson from the University of Edinburgh, Professor Quintin Cutts from the University of Glasgow and Professor Richard Connor from the University of Stirling....