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  SSERC can offer free advice to all members. Within these pages you will find.
  
  Health & Safety information and model risk assessments.
  
  Guidance on appropriate equipment and laboratory design.
  
  Information on troubleshooting practical activities.
  
  You can also find much other useful advice in our various STEM Bulletins which you can access from HERE.
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Professional Learning
- Professional Learning
  
  SSERC offers a vast portfolio of professional learning (PL) programmes for STEM educators in Scotland. Our curricular based PL is offered to everyone: childminders, early years workers, primary and secondary staff as well as lecturers, technicians and those who work with young people in non-formal settings such as youth workers and in the CLD sector.
  
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STEM Engagement
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  SSERC offers a wide range of STEM engagement and enrichment programmes to further increase access to, and participation in STEM, well beyond the classroom setting. There are leadership opportunities for young people with the Young STEM Leader Programme as well as programmes to link educators in all sectors with industry partners and STEM Ambassadors to create enhanced STEM learning events for young people in Scotland.
  
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Resources
- Resources
  
  Within this section you can find a large selection of teaching resources covering a range of Science and Technology areas. The vast majority of these involve hands-on practical work and range from simple experiments for early years through to Advanced Higher project ideas and teacher demonstrations.
  
  You can also find much useful information in our various STEM Bulletins which you can access from HERE.
  
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Early Years & Primary Resources

SSERC has produced a range of useful Early Years & Primary STEM resources to support teaching and learning:

Early Years & Primary Bulletins , packed with ideas and advice
STEM by the Book resources, linking STEM activities to well-known books
STEM Context Planners - linking a range of topics to STEM activities across Early, First and Second Level (in collaboration with RAiSE)

You may also be interested in:

Health & Safety advice pages to support you to plan safe practical work and learning opportunities
Professional Learning for Early Years and Primary educators (including our very popular SSERC Meets)

Some areas of our website may prompt you to log in or set up a free registration with SSERC.

If you already have a registration for the SSERC website, log in using the padlock symbol at the top of the webpage.

If you do not currently have registration for the SSERC website, please register here. All Local Authority educational settings in Scotland, as well as many independent settings, are members of SSERC. Staff are eligible for free registration. Once your registration has been approved by SSERC, you can log in using the padlock symbol.

If you are outside Scotland and are interested in finding out more about membership, contact us on enquiries@sserc.scot

Alternatively, you can purchase some of these resources online at the SSERC Store.

Please contact primary@sserc.scot if you have any questions about safe, engaging practical work to support Early Years and Primary STEM.

More Content

STEM by the Book

Bulletins linked to CfE

STEM Context Planners

Other STEM Activities

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