Learning about 'Green Energy' at the Glasgow Science Centre

Learning all about energy!

ALN Glasgow Science Centre Visit 31 January 2013 

We were all happy to arrive and escape the elements on a very wet and windy day! 

We had a very interesting morning at the Science Centre, learning about types of renewable & non-renewable energy and thinking about how much energy we use in our own homes.  We discussed ways that we could save energy and become more “Green”.

After a lovely lunch, we went to see some of the exhibits including the Tower of Power!  We saw how much manual power was needed to power every day appliances. It was good fun with surprising results!

Tower of Power

We saw some more exhibits most of which were interactive and related to energy such as a mini tornado and a plasma ball.

Giant snails & cockroaches!

 

Mini tornado 

It was a fantastic day and we thank WEA and the Glasgow Science Centre and look forward to our next session!

Diary of a Healthy Bake and Learn Group

Healthy Bake and Learn – 1^st February 2013 

The final day of the Bake and Learn course!  It has been a wonderful course and we have learned loads.  Our teacher, Claire was not going to let us off lightly today.  We worked very hard and produced 4 different things!

             

                  First of all a rustic Irish Soda Bread

 

Then an oatie honey scone/cake followed by healthier scones using vegetable oil instead of butter

                Lastly, in preparation for Shrove Tuesday, we made pancakes.

 

Mmmmm......... delicious!! 

We all thoroughly enjoyed the course.  We had a lot of fun and learned about healthy eating and how we can adjust our diet and recipes to be more healthy, but sill have some of the things we enjoy!