“Glow Science captivates the imagination”
The statement above comes from Katy Sowden, a teacher from Williamston Primary School in Livingston. Katy and pupils from her Primary 7 class were recently asked about the impact that Glow Science has had in their classroom. You can watch what they had to say in a video clip later on in this cookbook.
Overview
Glow Science is an online resource featuring over five hundred video clips aimed at enhancing pupils’ understanding of science in the modern world. Developed in partnership between Twig and Education Scotland, Glow Science is for teachers and for learners from age 8 to 14 and is mapped to Curriculum for Excellence experiences and outcomes. The video content and associated learning materials, quizzes, diagrams and downloadable PDF documents cover all four science disciplines: Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Earth Science; and present key learning points within engaging real-life contexts.
Watch a short excerpt from a featured video. 
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Drawing on the highest quality film footage from around the world, researched and written by teachers and scientists and produced by television writers and film editors, Glow Science offers Scottish Education a unique and dynamic learning resource that brings science to life through engaging visuals, music and graphics.
Williamston Primary School
In the video clip below, Katy and her pupils tell us how Glow Science has impacted on the learning and teaching of Science in class. While the pupils are keen to comment on the quality of the videos and the associated support material, Katy highlights how the real world content raises engagement levels, how the videos link directly to Curriculum for Excellence and the potential for continuing professional development offered by the Glow Science resource.
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Accessing Glow Science 
For information on accessing the Glow Science resource and adding a shortcut to the resource from Glow Light, please see the video clip below.
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As we heard in the clip from Katy, Glow Science has been developed to aid teachers with their planning and implementation of Curriculum for Excellence. Videos and associated support materials are currently categorised into four broad modules – Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Earth Science. On their web site, the Scottish Association of Geography Teachers (SAGT) highlight the value of the Earth Science module to the teaching of Geography. A new module, Healthy Living, is planned for August 2011 and will include videos and materials to support the topics of Nutrition, Fitness, Health and Disease and Substance Misuse.
To view the Glow Science resource, click the link below to log into Glow (Glow login required), then navigate to the National Site and locate the link to Glow Science. Log in to Glow.
July 25, 2011 - 8:41 am
It’s great to hear from Katy that learners are so inspired by the Glow Science resource. Glow itself provides so much potential for building a community of users who can “swap” films and list their favourites, make recommendations etc. Once the interest in Science has been stimulated, Glow provides a great platform on which to build, develop and sustain this interest. Glow Science also provides a very useful bridge to help pupils transition from P7 to S1 Science. It might be something that school clusters could discuss – every school in Scotland has access to Glow Science, and it would be good to see it used across collaboratively across sectors.
Many teachers have told us that they find Glow Science superb for teaching Sex Education as the films are comprehensive in their coverage, very up to date edge and brillliantly produced.
There will be additional films added to the resource in August. These films will cover Satellites, Extinction, and a new Healthy Living module will be launched that includes films on Nutrition, Fitness, Health and Disease, Substance Misuse – all very useful for teaching Health and Wellbeing, which is the responsibility of all practitioners under Curriculum for Excellence.
Please don’t hesitate to send comments and suggestions using the feedback tab (in red) on the Glow Science website.
August 3, 2011 - 2:08 pm
This is the kind of thing I remember almost dreaming about when Glow was but a baby of a network: the ability to stream the highest quality video learning resources to every kid in Scotland. It’s a delight to see that’s certainly delivering with these Science resources.