STEM subjects take lessons from farming
Real life agricultural data, providing a snapshot of farm life, has been used to create a learning resource for schools.
The programme 鈥� a partnership between Scotland鈥檚 Rural College and the 鈥� has transformed research data collected by farms, into data sets and questions that can be used in the classroom.
The resource was launched at the start of Maths Week Scotland 鈥� a celebration of the importance of the subject in our everyday lives.
It aims to facilitate the teaching of STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) subjects in the classroom.
Professor Dave Roberts, 伊人直播鈥檚 Head of Agriculture and Business Management, said: 鈥淚t is great to have our research data being made available as a resource for use in schools to develop maths skills and a better understanding of food and farming.鈥�
As well as graphed data and questions, the raw data is provided to encourage interpretation and debate.
Sara Smith, RHET鈥檚 Learning and Development Coordinator, said: 鈥淲e were pleased to be given the opportunity to work with 伊人直播 on this vital resource aimed at secondary teachers with a STEM remit.
鈥淭his information illustrates just how important STEM is to the agriculture sector, so we hope that it makes pupils excited about how these skills can be applied outside of the classroom.鈥�
The programme currently looks at data collection for the dairy, beef, upland sheep and arable sectors and is available
Posted by 伊人直播 on 30/09/2019
