Casa das Ciências is an online portal in Portugal that provides open educational resources for science teachers. The portal aims to collect and share materials developed by teachers and researchers to support science education in primary and secondary schools. All registered users can access, use, and discuss the shared materials. They can also upload their own developed classroom resources to share with other teachers. The portal is supported by the Calouste Gulbenkian foundation and measures the impact of shared materials based on frequency of use and user comments, similar to citations in academic research. The goal is for the portal to become a national reference for science education resources in Portugal.

1. Template Sections for completion:
Case Study Title:
Casa das Ciências
Case Study Country:
Portugal
Type of organisation described by the case study, address of organisation,
hyperlink to organisation, hyperlink to case study source
http://www.casadasciencias.org
Case Study Contributed by:
UCP
Sections 1
1. Mandatory - A brief summary of the institution to be used as a case study
About 500 words please on a description of the institution, its OER history
and approach.
The purpose of the portal is to provide a collection of materials for science
teachers in primary and secondary. It is a platform for teachers and
researchers who have developed materials. Held a scientific assessment and
teaching before publishing. All registered users can:
• Use the materials deposited
• Find addresses of other relevant portals, once analyzed, selected and
commented
• Store materials they developed for their classes so they can share its
use with other teachers
• To discuss specific educational issues
• Pour your experiences in a wider debate
• Find instruments of self training
This project is supported by the Calouste Gulbenkian foundation. Frequency
of use by peers, and their comments posted give a measure of the impact of
materials accepted and published similar to the count of citations in science.
These mechanisms will be found during the operation of the portal, have
naturally expected impact on the curriculum of the authors are obviously
prestigious and long-term, it is estimated that will be a national reference in
the field of sport.