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Embracing Failure: Building a Growth Mindset Through the Arts
Edutopia article on how to teach your students the recipe for success: taking risks, making mistakes, and integrating critical feedback...
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Silver of the Stars creative learning resource
An online tool that uses Scotland’s most exciting contemporary collection of silver, Silver of the Stars, as the inspiration for creative learning...
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Rock Operator
A collaboration between geologists, teachers, and artists that explores the igneous rock and geology of Arthur's Seat and Salisbury Crags - including an 8 minute animation, lesson activities, an online game and geological information for pupils...
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Expressive Arts National Network Centre
A new professional learning community for expressive arts has been set up within glow...
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Paint like Jackson Pollock
Voted amongst the top 50 "coolest websites" by TIME Magazine - try your hand at painting like Jackson Pollock...
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“"The Creative Industries consistently punch well above their weight, outperforming all the other main industry sectors, and are a powerhouse within the UK economy...”
—Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Maria Miller
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Art Project
Explore museums from around the world, discover and view hundreds of artworks at incredible zoom levels, and even create and share your own collection of masterpieces...
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Young Engineers and Science Clubs
A network of over 430 science, engineering and technology clubs throughout Scotland, with a membership of more than 5,000 young people engaging in practical hands-on science and engineering activities to enthuse them to pursue a career in science...
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Back to School: STEM Skills and Creativity with Dynamic Earth
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TED - The Creative Spark
Over 300 filmed talks on a broad range of creative themes by some of the leading speakers and innovators...
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What is Graphic Design Poster Competition
A collection of posters on Flickr submitted to a contest: come up with something creative or witty that visualises the question 'What is Graphic Design...
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Digital art: Strange Hill High-style animation inspired by Mozart's 4th Horn Concerto
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Creativity through dance at Pilrig Park School
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Five top tips to run a successful design workshop
Based on the information in seperate guides for teaching design in primary and secondary settings, this article summarises the top five tips that will help to inform the quality of teaching when leading a design workshop, across all levels and settings...
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“Using our imagination, being ourselves, expressing our opinions - creativity challenges and develops the mind...”
—macrobert Young Consultant
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“Creativity is a new: purpose, process, procedure, thought, action, style, content...”
—Professor George G. Youngson, Consultant Paediatric Surgeon, Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital
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“Creativity is the freedom to explore, rejuvenate and affirm...”
—Hayley Durward, Citymoves Dance Agency
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5 Questions For... Scottish composer Paul Leonard-Morgan
Creative Scotland catches up with Scottish composer Paul Leonard-Morgan whose latest work can be found soundtracking the music for the new Judge Dredd film...
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Rainstorms and Symphonies: Performing Arts Bring Abstract Concepts to Life
Edutopia article on what happens when early elementary teachers integrate music and theatre - student learning improves in reading, math, and science as they become better critical thinkers and problem solvers...
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The John Byrne Award - Edinburgh only
The John Byrne Award presents sixth-year pupils with a unique challenge...