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Broadcast on Monday evenings, the %3Ca%20href="/programmes/b00lywwy">entire series will be available on iPlayer until mid October. This new series aims to discover and challenge the scientific principles that shape our world, with experiments to try at home and answers to your science queries on the %3Ca%20href="/bang/">accompanying website.

Have a look at what %3Ca%20href="/breathingplaces/greenballoonclub/">family-friendly events are happening near you as part of %3Ca%20href="/cbeebies/greenballoonclub">Green Balloon Club's week of activities for under 6s.

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Following the %3Ca%20href="/breathingplaces/">Breathing Places theme of %3Ca%20href="/breathingplaces/doonething/">do one thing for nature, there's plenty to learn about nature and chance to pick up a free Nature Tales story book.

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You can also print off an activity pack and spot sheets to get your under 6s on the trail of nature, or visit the %3Ca%20href="/cbeebies/greenballoonclub/make/">Green Balloon Club Make and Do page for more ideas.

If you're in Glasgow this weekend pop down beside the Clyde and see what's happening as part of the %3Ca%20href="https://www.itsglasgowfestivaltime.com/grf.html">Glasgow River Festival.

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Pirates will join the jet-skis and Zapcats on the Clyde while the onshore events include teams from the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ hosting activities for all family ages and interests.

The %3Ca%20href="/bang/handson/roadshow.shtml">Bang Goes the Theory roadshow is running live science shows with a chance to get hands-on and ask questions of the team from the new ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ One series starting on Monday.

The %3Ca%20href="/scotland/history/events/">Scotland's History events include the chance to be an historical newsreader, produce and star in a radio history drama and make an animation with %3Ca%20href="/scotland/learning/lab/">the LAB team, as well as taking part in games run by %3Ca%20href="/scotland/history/events/">C³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ's Raven - for a flavour of what to expect have a look at %3Ca%20href="/scotland/history/article/stirlingevent/">the event from May at Stirling Castle.

And if you're in town shopping the %3Ca%20href="/digin/on_tour.shtml">Dig In team will be outside the Buchanan Galleries on Sunday showing how you can get the best out of your home-grown vegetables with free recipes and cooking activities. They'll be stopping off first in Edinburgh on Saturday by the Big Screen in Festival Square.

Hello all, and welcome to the new-look, shiny Learning Blog.

We've been waiting for quite a while to get this tool up and running, and we think it'll make the blog much easier to use. Firstly, you'll now be able to subscribe to our posts on your blog reader. If you're not sure about how to use blog readers, here's a neat video from %3Ca%20href="https://www.commoncraft.com/rss_plain_english">Commoncraft about how they work - I am a recent convert and it's changed the way I use the internet. The ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ has also made %3Ca%20href="https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/help/3223484.stm">this helpful page about what RSS is - so please do subscribe and keep reading our posts.

We'll still be reminding you about posts on Twitter of course - I'm %3Ca%20href="https://twitter.com/clara_og">@clara_og, if you'd like to follow me. The new blog makes it easier too for you to leave comments, I'm still waiting with anticipation for the first really heated debate!

On 20th July 1969 Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon. Well, technically in the wee hours of 21st July in UK time, the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ marks the 40th anniversary with a range of programmes and reports.

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%3Ca%20href="/apps/ifl/scotland/learning/learningzone/queryengine?ContentType=text/html;charset=utf-8;oper_1=eq;attrib_1=SCHOOL_LEVEL_NAME;val_1_1=;bool_1=AND;oper_2=eq;attrib_2=SUBJECT_NAME;val_2_1=;bool_2=AND;oper_3=eq;attrib_3=TOPIC;val_3_1=;attrib_4=SearchText;oper_4=eq;val_4_1=moon;level=;subject=;topic=;config=results;results=search;format=grid;page=1;pagesize=36;">Clips about the moon from Learning Zone Scotland

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Get ready to put science to the test with %3Ca%20href="/bang/">Bang Goes The Theory, a new website and prime time science series.

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See how the team got on with a %3Ca%20href="/bang/">live challenge to launch the series, and get hands-on for yourself with %3Ca%20href="/bang/handson/">safe science activities to try at home, or come along to the %3Ca%20href="/bang/handson/roadshow.shtml">roadshow at the upcoming Glasgow River Festival.

A team of experts will %3Ca%20href="/bang/ask_yan/">answer a selection of your science queries, or you can help answer questions by sending your text, video or picture explanations.

And take a look at the %3Ca%20href="https://www.open2.net/banggoesthetheory/">Open University site which includes links to %3Ca%20href="https://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=094E4639E1D3D020">behind the scenes videos and .

Sign up for %3Ca%20href="https://www.mysqa.org.uk/">MySQA to receive your exam results by email or text before the post on Wednesday 5th August.

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Be quick, you have to sign up by 5pm on Thursday 16th July. And don't forget to activate your account!

As part of Radio Scotland's %3Ca%20href="/radioscotland/60s/">1960s season, Billy Kay explores the effects of the American Civil Rights Movement on Scottish society, music and politics in the 1960s and 70s.

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Listen to %3Ca%20href="/programmes/b00lnbyw">Fiery Cross and learn more about race relations in the USA with our %3Ca%20href="/scotland/education/hist/freeatlast/">Free At Last? website and %3Ca%20href="/apps/ifl/scotland/learning/learningzone/queryengine?ContentType=text/html;charset=utf-8;oper_1=eq;attrib_1=SCHOOL_LEVEL_NAME;val_1_1=;bool_1=AND;oper_2=eq;attrib_2=SUBJECT_NAME;val_2_1=;bool_2=AND;oper_3=eq;attrib_3=TOPIC;val_3_1=;attrib_4=SearchText;oper_4=eq;val_4_1=%2BCivil%20%2BRights;level=;subject=;topic=;config=results;results=search;format=grid;page=1;pagesize=48;">clips about civil rights and more.

%3Ca%20href="https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/question_time/8138215.stm">Pupils from four schools are helping to produce this week's special %3Ca%20href="https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/question_time/schools_question_time/default.stm">Schools edition of Question Time, which will be shown live on ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Three at 8pm tonight.

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The show will be repeated at its usual time of 10.35pm on ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ One and will be %3Ca%20href="/iplayer/episode/b00lp1wj/Question_Time_Schools_Edition/">available on iPlayer. David Dimbleby will be joined in Salford by Andy Burnham MP, Jeremy Hunt MP, Sarah Teather MP, Shami Chakrabarti and a young %3Ca%20href="https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/question_time/8105773.stm">people's panellist to be announced on the night.

For more about Schools Question Time and free Citizenship resources see %3Ca%20href="https://www.schoolsquestiontime.org/index.html">schoolsquestiontime.org. Applications for Schools Question Time 09/10 will open in September.

³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Scotland Learning is making a short film about the Stornoway Black Pudding and what makes it special.

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Do you have a story to tell, a memory to share or a comment to make about the Stornoway Black Pudding? If so %3Ca%20href="/scotland/learning/home/contact/index.shtml">we'd love to hear from you.

Is the black pudding the best thing about Stornoway? Or do you know a great place or upcoming event? Add your content to the %3Ca%20href="/highlandsandislands/content/articles/2008/04/07/stornoway_feature.shtml">³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Highlands and Islands page for Stornoway.

Radio Scotland is spending its %3Ca%20href="/radioscotland/60s/">summer in the 60s with ten days of programming celebrating the decade when man first walked on the moon.

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Take a look at the Hillman Imp and the %3Ca%20href="/apps/ifl/scotland/learning/learningzone/showrecord?Id=4252">Scottish car industry in the 1960s in our %3Ca%20href="/scotland/learning/learningzone/">Learning Zone library. And get a taste of what life was like at home, at school, in the city and in the country in %3Ca%20href="/scotland/education/as/sixties/">Scotland in the Sixties.

Ten years ago today, the Scottish Parliament was officially opened. Celebrate %3Ca%20href="https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/scotland/2009/devolution_decade/">a decade of devolution with the following range of programmes and links.

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%3Ca%20href="https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/scotland/2009/devolution_decade/">³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ News reports on a decade of devolution, including ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Scotland Political Editor %3Ca%20href="/blogs/thereporters/briantaylor/2009/07/the_queen.html">Brian Taylor's blog.

%3Ca%20href="/iplayer/episode/b00lknr0/Scottish_Parliament_The_Tenth_Anniversary/">Scottish Parliament - The Tenth Anniversary - Recorded live coverage of the visit by the Queen to the Scottish Parliament at Holyrood.

%3Ca%20href="/programmes/b00lf0q2"/>A Decade of Devolution - Recorded live discussion and debate hosted by Brian Taylor.

%3Ca%20href="/iplayer/episode/b00lh2rj/The_Big_Debate_Devolution_10_Years_On/"/>The Big Debate - Devolution 10 Years On - Glenn Campbell hosts a debate on the future of Scotland with leading politicians in front of a live audience.

%3Ca%20href="/programmes/b00lk6zb"/>Holyrood and the Search for Scotland's Soul - Brian Taylor argues that the parliament came about to recognise a separate Scottish identity; that Scots felt different to the rest of the country, and wanted that reflected in their politics. But has Holyrood satisfied that need, or is more change needed? Including interviews with Alex Salmond, David Cameron, Gordon Brown and Tony Blair.

%3Ca%20href="/programmes/b00l5hz2"/>There Shall Be a Scottish Parliament - a 3-part programme where Colin Mackay explores the process of devolution in Scotland.

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Graham Stewart on this morning's %3Ca%20href="/programmes/b00lf0pm">Morning Extra asked %3Ca%20href="/blogs/grahamstewart/2009/07/have_we_fallen_out_of_love_wit.shtml"/>have we fallen out of love with our Parliament?. %3Ca%20href="%3Ca%20href="/programmes/b00lf0pm">Listen to what people had to say and %3Ca%20href="/blogs/grahamstewart/2009/07/have_we_fallen_out_of_love_wit.shtml"/>have your say on his blog.

%3Ca%20href="https://news.bbc.co.uk/panorama/hi/">Panorama also asked %3Ca%20href="/iplayer/episode/b00ldhjd/Panorama_Will_the_Scots_Ever_Be_Happy/"/>will the Scots ever be happy?

%3Ca%20href="https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/8114814.stm">Scottish devolution quiz - ten years, ten questions.

%3Ca%20href="/scotland/education/int/ms/lawmakers/">The Lawmakers - game based on the workings of the Scottish Parliament.

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