Updating Resources

I never have sorted out these resources, so with our Third Roads Policing Inspector in the last 5 years, it is time for a sort out. Welcome aboard Inspector McHallum. S2 Road Safety Resources Basically we cover speed, distance, and time, but with a road safety spin.  Road Safety Links speed is the main cause of...

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Extracurricular Activities in STEM

This is a video of an IoP Coaching Session that I took part in on 27th October 2020 trying to inspire teachers to grasp the opportunities that are available for them and their students. https://www.britishscienceassociation.org/ https://www.crestawards.org/ https://www.britishscienceweek.org/about-us/grants/ https://www.stem.org.uk/enrichment/competitions-challenges http://www.flamsteed.org/fasjbrown.htm https://www.britishscienceweek.org/find-a-presenter/ https://www.mrsphysics.co.uk/bge/category/heat/ https://www.mrsphysics.co.uk/bge/category/s1electricitytopic/ https://royalsociety.org/grants-schemes-awards/grants/partnership-grants/application-process/ https://www.science-on-stage.eu/page/display/4/111/0/festival-2022 Faulkes https://observe.lco.global/ https://www.strath.ac.uk/engineering/scottishspaceschool/ https://www.sqa.org.uk/sqa/83016.html

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S3 Transport

I think these notes need a bit of an update, so here goes Need to Know Various Need to Know sheets have been made as we’ve both tried to put something together. Check with your teacher what you’ve managed to cover. Drat and here is one I made earlier! The first sheet is the brief...

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What’s in the Police Van?

1st September 2019 and it is the canal festival, which started as Cops on the Canal. It was potentially our 8th visit, but we missed a few, especially last year as we were trapped at the Kelpies. The Police part of the festival is really growing and this year I took some photos in the...

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What’s in the Police Van?

1st September 2019 and it is the canal festival, which started as Cops on the Canal. It was potentially our 8th visit, but we missed a few, especially last year as we were trapped at the Kelpies. The Police part of the festival is really growing and this year I took some photos in the...

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Tart Ma Cart

This is the start of the Tart Ma Cart material put together by Gregor Steele from SSERC and spread by Brian Redman. Thanks guys. The pupil instructions are given in the sheet and are copied below. Tart Ma Cart2 Tart Ma Cart Pupil Instructions Style and Safety You have probably seen TV shows where an...

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Updated materials

Thanks to Pete Monteith of Police Scotland a.k.a. Calculator Pete (as he still has his calculator from school, and in those days there was no direct algebraic logic) for these updated pdf files of the plans. He’s done so much behind the scenes for this project and so many people owe him so much. THANKS...

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2019 where did we go?

This post was titled 2017… It’s now 2019 and I’m heading to Brussels on Wednesday to celebrate 15th anniversary of the ERSC. In 2018 I had the privilege of presenting our work at the Scottish Parliament. I am a little out of date, so ought to spend sometime catching up on where we’ve been with...

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S2 Transport -from 2018

S2 Lockerbie Academy Road Safety & Transport Notes from 2020 Here is the updated materials Need to Know sheet speed-distance-time word speed-distance-time pdf Get some practice at speed distance and time questions If the above are still a little too hard try the sheet below. Here I am not asking you to calculate speed distance or...

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BGE Transport Materials

Here is the start of the TRANSPORT materials for lower school. You could choose to use this as an applications based upper school science course. I have uploaded the powerpoint presentations and the corresponding pdf versions. Please note most of these files are very big! The file we are working on is highlighted in red....

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