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

www.europeanschoolnet.org - www.eun.org
European Schoolnet (EUN)
Promoting the use of ICT
and digital technologies
in the classroom
Promoting the European
dimension in schools
Improving the quality of
education in Europe
Network of
30 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 therein
inGenious-science.eu
You are now part of the inGenious Extended network

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

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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 implied
warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. The Members of the Go-Lab Consortium shall not be held liable for errors
contained herein or direct, indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages in connection with the furnishing, performance, or use of this
material.
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 European
Union. Neither the European Union institutions and bodies nor any person acting on their behalf may be held responsible for the use which may be
made of the information contained therein.
© Go-Lab Project - Global Online Science Labs for Inquiry Learning at School
Co-funded by EU (7th Framework Programme)

About Go-Lab
What is Go-Lab:
The Go-Lab Project wants to provide teachers and students with access to scientific
instruments (remote & virtual laboratories) to help them, respectively, to enrich
their teaching and have a hands on experience on science. Go-Lab wants to provide
teachers with a federation of good quality laboratories to use within their
classrooms.
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

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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 projects
National Contact
Points &
teachers’ panel

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scientix.eu
• Navigation: 8 languages (en,
fr, de, pl, it, es, ro, nl)
• Sections:
o Projects
o Resources
o News
o Events
o Community
o Conference
o Scientix Live
o In your country
o Observatory
o 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 Conference
6-8 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 Conference
24- 26 October 2014, Brussels
• Key note speech
• Posters session
• Talks
• Round tables
• Workshops
• BUT this time…
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Scientix 2 European Conference
24- 26 October 2014, Brussels
• Key note speech
• Posters session
• Talks
• Round tables
• Workshops
• BUT this time… 550 participants
• AND EUN will be covering:
• hotel accommodation for all
• 200 flights for teachers
http://scientix.eu
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Online training…

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…and Scientix workshops

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 zones
Supported 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

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Scientix National Contact Points

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Scientix
Ambassadors
(Teachers!)
Country Teachers Ambassadors Deputy Ambassadors Missing
1 Austria 3 1 2
2 Belgium 3 1 2
3 Bulgaria 3 1 2
4 Croatia 2 1 1
5 Cyprus 2 0 2
6 Czech Republic 3 1 2
7 Denmark 3 1 2
8 Estonia 3 1 2 1
9 Finland 3 1 2
10 France 3 1 2
11 Germany 3 1 2
12 Greece 3 1 2
13 Hungary 3 1 2
14 Iceland 3 1 2
15 Ireland 3 1 2
16 Israel 2 1 1
17 Italy 3 1 2
18 Latvia 2 1 1
19 Lithuania 3 1 2
20 Luxembourg 1 0 1 1
21 Malta 2 0 2 1
22 Netherlands 3 1 2
23 Norway 3 1 2
24 Poland 3 1 2
25 Portugal 3 1 2
26 Romania 3 1 2
27 Slovakia 3 1 2
28 Slovenia 2 1 1
29 Spain 3 1 2
30 Sweden 3 1 2
31 Switzerland 3 1 2 2
32 Turkey 2 1 1
33 United Kingdom 3 1 2
1st kick-off
29 Nov – 1 Dec 2013
2nd kick-off
6 Dec – 8 Dec 2013
3rd kick-off
14 Feb – 16 Feb 2014

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http://scientix.eu
@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
(agueda.gras@eun.org)
More information
European Schoolnet - Web Editor // Scientix portal manager
Přemysl Velek, European Schoolnet, Brussels, BE
(premysl.velek@eun.org)

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