February 2010 email update

Contents

• Distribution of resources
• Resources spotlight
• Popular resources
• Website of the month
• Latest news
• Professional development
• Subscription information

Distribution of resources

One copy of each of the resources listed below has been sent out to all secondary schools from the week ending 5 February 2010: 

• ESOL: Reading - All contexts (H)

• ESOL: Writing - All contexts (H)

• History: A Guide to the New Higher History (H)

• Personal Development: Self and Work (Int 2)

• Personal Development : Self Evaluation (H)

Further copies of any of these resources can be obtained at the purchase price of £5.00 per item.

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Resources spotlight

The subjects we have chosen for you this month are among the most popular viewed on NQ online.

History:

• Higher Scottish History: Learning and Teaching Guide
  One of the most helpful and informative web pages on the NQ History site is the Learning and Teaching Guide. It offers practitioners and learners the opportunity to see and hear the principal assessor, Mr Simon Wood, in a series of short video clips. Mr Wood gives an in-depth account of the compulsory Paper 2 unit and explains the composition of Paper 2, including the provision of sources and the expectations of examiners with regard to answering questions. He also gives specific advice on how to answer source comparison, source contextualisation and source evaluation questions.

For more information, resources and web links visit NQ subjects: History.

Biology

• Health and Technology: Support Materials for Access 3 and Intermediate 1
  This teaching pack contains concepts, definitions and exercises for the Health and Technology unit. The four main topics covered are:
  • What is health and technology?
  • A healthy heart
  • Healthy lungs
  • A healthy body

For more information, resources and web links visit NQ subjects: Biology.

Physics

• Unit 1: Telecommunications for Access 3 and Intermediate 1
  This resource consists of 13 lessons with many added activities for pupils. One example of a fun activity is in lesson one – this lesson in communication asks pupils to break the code using a number of different techniques using words, symbols and figures.

For more information, resources and web links visit NQ subjects: Physics.

Study Skills

• www.ltscotland.org.uk/studyskills
  This webpage gives detailed notes for teachers on how to encourage you people to study. In addition there is a page specifically geared towards 15 to 18 year-olds with essential information on study skills.
• Exam preparation
  
  This comprehensive resource for students provides exam information, preparation tips, revision resources and links to past exam papers.

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Popular resources

Sunday Herald: Exam Past Paper - Questions and Answers
Exam Guide 2008
PowerPoint presentations to support the teaching of Int 2 Mathematics
Core Skills: Numeracy for Intermediate 1
Music: Learn Listening Online

View more of the current popular resources.

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Website of the month - engineeringthefuture.info

This project aims to promote and increase awareness of contemporary engineering with young people in the UK. The project is currently in a pilot stage, developing a model for Electronic and Electrical Engineering with the intention of adapting it to all engineering disciplines.

This website would be of particular value to those teachers involved in guiding learners through their choices from S4 onwards. It gives examples of schools in Scotland that have developed Curriculum for Excellence inserts in specific year groups, with such applications as bat monitoring, Martian exploration, radio communication and renewable energy.

NQ: latest added educational websites

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Latest news

The NQ news page has full details of the stories listed below:

Internet safety competition
SQA launches Big Experiment competition for science students
School Term Dates 2010/11
Breathing Space Day - Monday 1 February 2010
Curriculum for Excellence Parent Toolkit launched
‘Positive About Science’ invention competition

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Professional development

Upcoming NQ events:

No events currently in the schedule.

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