ingenious and other european projects on stem education: nanopinion, go-lab and scientix

inGenious and other European projects

on STEM education:

nanOpinion, Go-Lab and Scientix

The work presented in this document is supported by the European

Commission’s FP7 programme – project Scientix 2 (Grant agreement N.

337250). The content of this document is the sole responsibility of the

consortium members and it does not represent the opinion of the European

Commission and the Commission is not responsible for any use that might

be made of information contained herein.

Dr. Àgueda Gras-Velázquez

European Schoolnet’s Science Programme Manager

09/03/2014

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European Schoolnet (EUN)

Promoting the use of ICTand digital technologies in the classroom

Promoting the Europeandimension in schools

Improving the quality ofeducation in Europe

Network of30 Ministries

of Education in Europe

Three areas of interest: services to schools, research and innovation, sharing of learning resources


EUN STEM Projects

• Dissemination• Training / school

activities• Piloting /

Evaluation

ingenious-science.eu

• Collecting practices / activities for schools from industry

• Pilot schools – test + evaluate practices info for new practices

• Workshops, academies, summer schools for teachers

• Webinars/chats: experts answering questions from students

• Online Communities of practice / discussions

• Dissemination / information on careers in industry

• School – industry collaboration needs analysis

• Network of 2000 schools by end 2013, 5000 schools by end October 2014

• Setting up of STEM National Platforms

Ingenious is co-funded by the European

Commission’s FP7 programme. The

document reflects solely the views of its

authors. The European Commission is

not liable for any use that may be made

of the information contained thereininGenious-science.eu

You are now part of the inGenious Extended network

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https://www.wissensfabrik-deutschland.de/portal/fep/de/dt.jsp

nanOpinion

Nanotechnologies materials prepared: experiments, videos, Moodle courses

Using nOp platform and materials in schools: teacher guide + training

Teacher team: 16 confirmed Teachers Coordinators from 15 countries (AU, BG, CZ, DK, FI, GR, HR, IL,IT, LT, TK, SP, RO, CZ, UK)

4 face to face workshops + 12 online workshops: ~150 teachers trained; 90= provided feedback via questionnaire

About NanOpinion

One of the objectives

of the FP7 project

Nanopinion is to

explore how to

connect

nanotechnology

subjects to school

curricula and produce

educational materials

for nanotechnology

teaching and learning

in secondary schools.

Distilled Nanoideas Contest for schools

Get creative and show us your ideas on nanotechnology –

paint a picture, make a video, write a song – and win a

Nano Tool Kit Box worth €200.

Distilled Nanoideas aims at school teachers and their students who have been

working on nanotechnologies in the classroom and who want to share their

experience and results through art. It is open to secondary school and their

teachers from EU countries or from Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland,

Andorra, Israel, Turkey and the Republic of Macedonia.

Entries to the competition should be submitted online via the Nanopinion website.

The deadline is 15 April 2014. You will find more information, including the

Competition guidelines at: http://www.nanopinion.eu/en/competition

nanOpinion

http://www.nanopinion.eu/en/competition

http://www.nanopinion.eu/en/competition

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Go-Lab: Global Online Science Labs for Inquiry

Learning at School

The Members of the Go-Lab Consortium make no warranty of any kind with regard to this document, including, but not limited to, the impliedwarranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. The Members of the Go-Lab Consortium shall not be held liable for errorscontained herein or direct, indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages in connection with the furnishing, performance, or use of thismaterial.The information and views set out in this deliverable are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official opinion of the EuropeanUnion. Neither the European Union institutions and bodies nor any person acting on their behalf may be held responsible for the use which may bemade of the information contained therein.

© Go-Lab Project - Global Online Science Labs for Inquiry Learning at SchoolCo-funded by EU (7th Framework Programme)


About Go-LabWhat is Go-Lab:

The Go-Lab Project wants to provide teachers and students with access to scientificinstruments (remote & virtual laboratories) to help them, respectively, to enrichtheir teaching and have a hands on experience on science. Go-Lab wants to provideteachers with a federation of good quality laboratories to use within theirclassrooms.

Main aim (s):

• Offer students the opportunity to perform personalized scientific experiments with online labs

• Offer teachers the possibility to enrich their classroom activities with demonstrations and access to on-line laboratories

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Searching for a lab or experiment


Hypothesis

Experimentation

Conclusion

Orientation

Following the Inquiry cycle


Teachers (planned)

– 1000 teachers

from 15

countries

– Over 4 years

– Participate in the

testing

– Contribute to the

development

– Contribute to the

distribution

http://www.go-lab-project.eu/


EUN STEM Projects


European science and maths projects

Scientix 2 | Agueda Gras

09/03/2014 | Stockholm

inGenious academy for HoS (ac3)

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http://scientix.eu

Primary and Secondary (4 – 21 years old)

&

maths &

engineering & technology




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Scientix: 2011 - 2015

Conference 2014Portal (disseminate projects)

Workshops

Scientix

observatory

Collaboration

between projectsNational Contact

Points &

teachers’ panel




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scientix.eu• Navigation: 8 languages (en,

fr, de, pl, it, es, ro, nl)

• Sections:o Projectso Resourceso Newso Eventso Communityo Conferenceo Scientix Liveo In your countryo Observatoryo Newsletter + Email

digest every second Tuesday

o Social Media




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Projects: e.g. Creative little scientists

http://www.creative-little-scientists.eu/




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Translation on demand




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Scientix European Conference6-8 May 2011, Brussels

• Key note speech – Sir John Holman, UK• Posters session• 46 talks• 2 Round tables• 25 stands presenting EU funded projects • 10 mini-workshops• 379 participants from 37 countries




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Scientix 2 European Conference24- 26 October 2014, Brussels

• Key note speech • Posters session• Talks• Round tables• 25 stands presenting EU funded projects • Workshops• BUT this time…

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Scientix 2 European Conference24- 26 October 2014, Brussels

• Key note speech • Posters session• Talks• Round tables• 25 stands presenting EU funded projects • Workshops• BUT this time… 550 participants• AND EUN will be covering:

• hotel accommodation for all • 200 flights for teachers

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…and Scientix workshops

http://fcl.eun.org

Future Classroom Lab

A flexible learning space to experiment with different styles of learning, facilitated by technology, furniture and design.

A space to promote discussion on future learning strategies with teachers, students and policy makers.

Six different zonesSupported by industry:

Microsoft, Acer, Panasonic, Promethean, Smart, Dymo-Mimio, RM Education, Planet PC, Fourier

Six zones

INTERACT PRESENT

INVESTIGATE

CREATEEXCHANGE

DEVELOP




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Scientix National Contact Points




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Scientix

Ambassadors

(Teachers!)

Country Teachers Ambassadors Deputy Ambassadors Missing1 Austria 3 1 22 Belgium 3 1 23 Bulgaria 3 1 24 Croatia 2 1 15 Cyprus 2 0 26 Czech Republic 3 1 27 Denmark 3 1 28 Estonia 3 1 2 19 Finland 3 1 2

10 France 3 1 211 Germany 3 1 212 Greece 3 1 213 Hungary 3 1 214 Iceland 3 1 215 Ireland 3 1 216 Israel 2 1 117 Italy 3 1 218 Latvia 2 1 119 Lithuania 3 1 220 Luxembourg 1 0 1 121 Malta 2 0 2 122 Netherlands 3 1 223 Norway 3 1 224 Poland 3 1 225 Portugal 3 1 226 Romania 3 1 227 Slovakia 3 1 228 Slovenia 2 1 129 Spain 3 1 230 Sweden 3 1 231 Switzerland 3 1 2 232 Turkey 2 1 133 United Kingdom 3 1 2

TOTAL 90 30 60

1st kick-off29 Nov – 1 Dec 2013

2nd kick-off6 Dec – 8 Dec 2013

3rd kick-off14 Feb – 16 Feb 2014




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@scientix_eu

• Request translations of teaching materials.

• Participate in forums.

• Join teachers directory.




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European Schoolnet Science Programme Manager // Scientix project manager

Àgueda Gras-Velázquez, European Schoolnet, Brussels, BE

([email protected])

More information

European Schoolnet - Web Editor // Scientix portal manager

Přemysl Velek, European Schoolnet, Brussels, BE

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ingenious and other european projects on stem education: nanopinion, go-lab and scientix

Education

school teachers

secondary schools

summer schools

industry pilot schools

school curricula

teachers webinarschats

online workshops

fp7 project nanopinion