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juliette wrote a new post, Science Education in the Early Years, on the site EdLab MMU 2 years, 4 months ago

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This year we made an international connection with academics and students at UManresa in Spain. Associate professor Dr. Gabriel Lemkow-Tovías from UManresa was my guide, and is a key member of staff w […]

juliette wrote a new post, EdLab Pupils review Science Books for the Royal Society, on the site EdLab MMU 3 years, 3 months ago

Year 5 pupils from Rolls Crescent working with EdLab were asked by the Royal Society to review six children’s science books. Working in pairs pupils took the books home in order to give them an in-depth […]

juliette wrote a new post, “Brave Ideas”: Facilitating Year 9 Girls Tinkering with Code Bugs, on the site EdLab MMU 3 years, 3 months ago

As a result of an earlier project aimed at widening the participation of girls in science, engineering, technology and maths (STEM) subjects EdLab facilitated a follow up tinkering session at Whalley Range High […]

juliette wrote a new post, EdLab Spark: Support Mixed-Race Primary School Children, on the site EdLab MMU 3 years, 4 months ago

Mix-d is an organisation which works with young people who are mixed race to give voice to this underrepresented group. Mix-d have worked with this group over a number of years to hear and understand the […]

juliette wrote a new post, EdLab Spark: Conduct a Consultation with LGBT Youth on Virtual Community groups, on the site EdLab MMU 3 years, 4 months ago

The Proud Trust supports lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans young people in the UK. In 2013 Manchester’s LGBT youth group said there was a ‘gap’ in how they get and need support. The Proud Trust would therefore […]

juliette wrote a new post, EdLab Spark: Support the Educational Work of Street-Child in Sierra Leone, on the site EdLab MMU 3 years, 5 months ago

In Sierra Leone there is a dangerously worrying fact facing vulnerable young girls looking for a fair start in life: they’re simply not being given the opportunity to stay in school.

UNICEF research s […]

juliette wrote a new post, EdLab Challenge: Raise Awareness of Educational Inequality with Street-Child, on the site EdLab MMU 3 years, 5 months ago

In Sierra Leone there is a dangerously worrying fact facing vulnerable young girls looking for a fair start in life: they’re simply not being given the opportunity to stay in school.

UNICEF research shows t […]

juliette wrote a new post, Featured Partner: Street-Child Supporting Education in Sierra Leone, on the site EdLab MMU 3 years, 5 months ago

Today EdLab met with Juliet Appleby from Street-Child to discuss their important and exciting educational projects in one of the world’s poorest countries, Sierra Leone. As a result of this meeting EdLab students […]

juliette wrote a new post, EdLab Spark: Create a 1-minute creative learning video for ‘Bear Hunt, Chocolate Cake and Bad Things’, on the site EdLab MMU 3 years, 5 months ago

Z-arts are a creative space for young people in Hulme promoting and delivering creative learning in all its forms. Between 17th September and 17th December 2016, Z-arts are hosting ‘Bear Hunt, Chocolate Cake and […]

juliette wrote a new post, EdLab Spark: Augmented Reality, on the site EdLab MMU 3 years, 5 months ago

Aurasma is a free ap which enables users to create simple augmented reality resources. Augmented reality is a way to make images come to life through the use of tablets and phones which are triggered by images to […]

juliette wrote a new post, EdLab Challenge: Deliver an Interdisciplinary Project with Primary Pupils, on the site EdLab MMU 3 years, 5 months ago

This is an EdLab challenge created by our Science Communication Lecturer Dr Sam Illingworth. It is delivered with the help of EdLab students to primary school pupils from local schools. The basis of the project is […]

juliette wrote a new post, EdLab Challenge: Support Sessions for Gifted & Talented Primary Pupils, on the site EdLab MMU 3 years, 5 months ago

This is a challenge from a local primary school, Rolls Crescent, to work on an afternoon club for their gifted and talented students. The aim of the sessions is to provide enriching activities for those pupils […]

juliette wrote a new post, EdLab Spark: Open Learning Resource Creation, on the site EdLab MMU 3 years, 5 months ago

The internet has sparked an abundance of sharing of resources freely. From primary school teachers, to professors and undergraduate students sharing happens at all levels.
By the end of this project you will have […]

juliette wrote a new post, EdLab Student Feedback on Science Poetry, on the site EdLab MMU 3 years, 6 months ago

Science Poetry is an EdLab project created by our Science Communication Lecturer Dr Sam Illingworth, and delivered to primary school pupils with EdLab students. The basis of the project is to mix the disciplines […]

juliette wrote a new post, Augmented Reality Funologists Networking Event, on the site EdLab MMU 3 years, 6 months ago

This week EdLab collected people from the Funologists network together to share ideas around augmented reality. Dee Vyas came along from MMU’s digital innovation to share their work on augmented reality. They use […]

juliette wrote a new post, Dr Who Time-Traveller Primary School Project, on the site EdLab MMU 3 years, 6 months ago

A group of EdLab students planned and delivered a Time-Traveller Project to take the students of Broadoak Primary School on a historical journey through time. Students travelled back to Ancient Greece, took a tour […]

juliette wrote a new post, EdLab Students Support Poetry Together Trailblazer Event, on the site EdLab MMU 3 years, 6 months ago

EdLab students helped to create and deliver a poetry writing workshop for young and old. The initial challenge was to develop a workshop which could be delivered to the community in order to promote the […]

juliette wrote a new post, EdLab Spark: Create STEM-based activities for KEY Stage 3, on the site EdLab MMU 3 years, 7 months ago

Manchester Young Lives is a Pupil Referral Unit which deliver education to those excluded from mainstream school. They do this in their independent schools around Manchester. They think their students would really […]

juliette wrote a new post, EdLab Challenge: Develop and Deliver Primary School Activities, on the site EdLab MMU 3 years, 7 months ago

A local primary school has asked if we could develop some math-based activities to deliver at their school during a Math Week. They would like something accessible to children from year 1 to 5. This could be great […]

juliette wrote a new post, EdLab Spark: Create an activity for ‘Exceeding’ Early Years children, on the site EdLab MMU 3 years, 7 months ago

A school in the local area has a diverse mix of students from around the world, and they would like students to develop some activities for their Early Years provision:
‘We have some opportunities for stud […]