Make a spider web!
Autumn is the time to spot spider webs. Why not make your own? Muddy Faces show how to make a String Spiders Web.
Countdown to COP – One month to go: check out these resources!
The United Nations COP26 Climate Summit starts on 01 Nov 2021. Education Scotland has been working with key partner organisations to provide support and resources to help education settings and learners engage in the five key climate education themes of the COP26 Conference: nature, clean transport, energy transition, finance, adaptation [...]
University branches out with outdoor learning for future teachers
STV news (17 September 2021) shares how first year teaching student are gaining skills in delivering with outdoor lessons, at Queen Margaret University’s new outdoor learning hub. The university is revising the way it teaches life lessons and is looking to impart the skills it takes to teach outside.
Scotland’s Tree Champion schools – can you join up?
The Tree Council have a programme ‘Young Tree Champions’ which includes a campaign ‘#ForceForNature’. Tree champion schools in Scotland include Pitlochry High School, Perth Academy, St Dominic’s RCPS, Crieff, St Ninians Primary, Stirling, Rosneath Primary, Willamsburgh ELCC, Paisley, St Paul’s High School, Glasgow, Hutchesons’ Grammar School, Glasgow, Braidbar Primary School, [...]
Young people call for support to get into environmental jobs
Our Bright Future shares this call for policy makers to fund a new scheme. This would allow the environmental sector to support young people into green jobs.
Education with a Porpoise
Bek Trehern is the Engagement and Training Assistant for Field Studies Council (FSC), and has a background in marine biology and engaging people with the marine environment. This blog was shared in the FSC newsletter July 2021.
Calling young green volunteers
Are you aged 18-24 years old? Be one of 200 volunteers to take action on Re:Green in the Western Highlands of Scotland. The 2 or 4 week projects aim to protect the Scottish rainforest and ancient woodland, as Raleigh International’s first-ever UK programme.
Developing skills on a National Nature Reserve
In this continuing blog post How to build a board walk at Caerlaverock (30 June 2021) Countryside Management graduate Fraser Wilson shares his experience of being part of NatureScot’s student placement scheme. This work experience puts new skills into practice. Don’t fall in the mud!
