Glasgow Science Centre – Future Transport
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to design your own transport of the future. What will it look like? How will it be powered?
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Glasgow Science Centre – Make your own wind turbine
In this Powering the Future video from #GSCAtHome, learn about renewable energy by making your own simple model wind turbine.
Glasgow Science Centre- Interview with Renfrewshire Council’s Team Up to Clean Up.
Image Credit: Team Up to Clean Up, Renfrewshire Council. Join Glasgow Science Centre as we learn about Renfrewshire Council’s exciting environmental improvement campaign ‘Team Up to Clean Up’ which is on a mission tackle the problem of litter in our local communities, one litter pick…
Glasgow Science Centre – Interview with Keep Scotland Beautiful’s Upstream Battle
Image Credit: Upstream Battle, Keep Scotland Beautiful 80% of marine litter comes from land. Join Heather from Keep Scotland Beautiful as we learn about their exciting citizen science campaign ‘Upstream Battle’ which aims to tackle marine litter from its source. Discover how you can get…
Water Power: Make a Water Turbine – Dundee Science Centre
Dundee Science Centre – Water Power: The power of H2O! Hydropower is energy from the movement of water and is a renewable source of energy. Being able to harness this energy is a very ancient skill. Converting the energy from flowing water into electricity is…
Make your own Compost – Dundee Science Centre
Dundee Science Centre – Composting Have a go at making your own compost at home! Did you know that you can actually regrow a lot of your kitchen scraps? Have a look on our website to find our what you can regrow and use your…
Endangered Species: Make An Insect Hotel – Dundee Science Centre
Dundee Science Centre – Endangered Species Unfortunately, some of Scotland’s varied wildlife are endangered as a result of human impacts like the destruction of habitat, pollution, hunting and fishing. One of our threatened species is the Scottish Honeybee, this is a worry because we NEED…
Dynamic Earth – What is COP26?
In 2021, Glasgow is set to hold the biggest and most important climate summit in the world, COP26. But what will happen at the summit, what do we hope to achieve and why is it in Glasgow? Download our information sheet to find out exactly…
Dynamic Earth – The Albedo Effect
Our planet’s ice and snow covered regions play an important role in regulating our global temperatures. Light surfaces reflect a lot more of the sun’s energy back into space than dark surfaces and this means that the loss of snow and ice contributes to the…
Dynamic Earth – The Albedo Effect
Our planet’s ice and snow covered regions play an important role in regulating our global temperatures. Light surfaces reflect a lot more of the sun’s energy back into space than dark surfaces and this means that the loss of snow and ice contributes to the…