Presented at the SMEC & SAILS Conference “Thinking Assessment in Science & Mathematics” which was held on 24-25 June 2014 in the Dublin City University in Ireland Poster: Biothechnology, Millions that can generate billions: Teacher perspectives on students' assessment IBSE is a great challenge and requires substantial investment from both teachers and students. The activity underlying this discussion was set up under the 1st SAILS Portuguese workshop for teachers: “Why is there so much talk about INQUIRY across Europe? A proposal to work with the science curriculum in the classroom” on May 2013 and implemented last school year (2013‐14) with lower secondary students. Watch the interview: http://www.sails-project.eu/portal/resource/interview-ana-vic%C3%AAncio-biothechnology-millions-can-generate-billions