Between 2016-2019, five European schools worked together on an ERASMUS+ project to develop a virtual curriculum for science subjects. The project aimed to create a common methodology for developing curriculums more flexibly using technology. Based on a model from Cockermouth School in the UK, the virtual curriculum provides students access to lesson content online, including videos of practical experiments and assessments. This is intended to improve learning outcomes by allowing students to better prepare for lessons and review material independently. The project partners collaborated to design virtual curriculum websites for their schools that map to each country's science standards and support flipped classroom learning.

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SCIENCE TRILOGY
Biology
Chemistry
Physics
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3. Between 2016-2019, five European
schools – UK, Romania, Spain, Czech
Republic and Italy – have worked
together to develop a virtual
curriculum for Sciences as one of the
core objectives of the ERASMUS + KA2
project „
”.
Based on the Cockermouth School
virtual curriculum, we wanted to
elaborate a common methodology on
how curriculum development can be
made more agilely, flexibly and
responsively with the support of
technology.
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School must lead
futuristic science
teaching

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provide teachers with trainings and
useful recourses;
provide students with the most
authentic learning experiences;
investigate national curricula in
each country and create a set of
curricular components needed to
develop and implement appropriate
integrated Science curriculum;
identify the characteristics that set
integrated STEM education curriculum create programs with a narrow
for different subjects apart from educational focus that includes a
single-discipline curricula; collection of activities and specific
products that may not be developed
using traditional pedagogical practices
;
discuss whether a virtual bring together stakeholders
curriculum should be referred to teachers, curriculum experts,
separate subjects or to be considered universities, Software developers to
as interdisciplinary STEM curriculum; create, integrate, testing and sharing
virtual curriculum models.
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We have
taking into
account to:

5. Head of science from Cockermouth Concerning the methodology, every
School, UK – Mrs. Sally Carruthers has lesson web pages can be viewed at home
created a virtual curriculum model. It prior to the lesson so the student knows
has been such a success in the UK exactly what will happen before they
school as she is hoping it will be come to school. This method will have
implemented in many other schools, the next advantages:
not only from the UK. 1. the lesson timing will be much more
effective used
2. long periods of the teacher talking
are eliminated
3. students can be active for as much of
the lesson as possible.
4. the paper textbooks and extensive
note taking (that students find boring
and are not an effective way to study)
will be left behind.
5. students will not experience anxiety
about science, being a lot more secure
when they can see what is going to
happen in the next day's lesson and can
reload videos as many times as theyto learning
wish;means every lesson in the Science
6. empower parents to help the kids andcurriculum should have a webpage on
allows students to share their sciencewhich there are videos of practicals -
lessons with their parents like neverincluding explanations by teachers,
before.podcasts, classwork, animations,
evaluations and homeworks.
The new approach
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VIRTUAL
CURRICULUM
MODEL

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Every child has the right to a high-
quality education that provides the
skills, knowledge, and confidence they'll
need to move forward in life. However,
not every student succeeds in a
traditional school setting.
Some students move more quickly than
their peers. Others need extra attention.
VIRTUAL CURRICULUM uses digital
technology to provide a rigorous,
interactive curriculum and high-
quality educational experiences
that give students an opportunity to
succeed.
“The virtual curriculum is
unique to Cockermouth
School and is potentially a
sea change in how science is
taught.”
said Mrs. Caruthers
Student Kieran McBride is in no doubt
about the benefits of the new approach to
learning.
“It's much easier than learning out of
books because you can actually see it
happening. And it sticks to the stuff you
need to know for exams instead of the
waffle.”
“It's also good if you need to catch up if
you miss a lesson due to illness.”
What is A Virtual Curriculum?
• The virtual curriculum is
specifically structured to mirror
examination content to give
students a curriculum they can
• Every topic has its own explore and interact with at home.
webpage including videos from all • The virtual curriculum
practical activities, all theory empowers independent learning
exercises, worked solution and and flipped learning in advance of
explanation. lessons

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How will a Virtual Curriculum Help Our
Students?
• A curriculum that physically exists,
you can take it home
• Efficient use of Lesson Time
• Metacognitive Benefits
• Establishing sky high expectations
• Guiding effective revision
• Facilitating efficient marking and
feedback
A student will be able to:
?Reflect on the lessons and improve my work
?Review things I didn't understand
?Ask his/her teachers questions
?Do the homework
?Show his/her family what he/she did in Science
?Work independently to improve his/her understanding
?Find information about how his/her work
will be assessed so he/she can prepare properly
@
THE IMPLEMENTATION
Create a website/ on line environment password protected platform
Train teachers
Make the entire school year planning (specification) for Biology, Chemistry
and Physics – scan own curricula, list all the lessons and prepare a general
template with lesson objectives/ competencies, strategy, the required
practical activities & lab, evaluations.

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1. WhatwillIstudy?
2.Whatobjectives/competenciesshouldIaccomplish?
3.WhichEvaluationsWillIHave?
Every student
Eachlesson
planning
should know the school year planning (specification) for Biology,
Chemistry and Physics. All the lessons are listed with everything they will need to
know for evaluations. The sooner you can use an online planning, the sooner you
canworkindependentlytobeginpreparingforyourlessonsorexams.
musthavewelldefinedobjectivesandastrategyaswell;
There must be a of the evaluations or exams with clear objectives, tasks
andmodelsoftests.
How can a facilitate efficient marking and feedback?
How Does a Appeal to Parents?
How Does a Help A Department?
Virtual Curriculum
• Explicit success criteria and mark schemes for self assessment increases the
value of tasks for students
• Students can pose questions for the marker
• The marker can focus on specific questions from the student.
• Communication of curriculum content
• What does effective independent study look like?
• Making clear expectation
• Sharing of best practice
• Practical training
• Schemes of work delivered as envisaged by the writer
• Establishment of high expectations in terms of lesson content and quality
• Potentially saleable product
• Enabling the technician team to work efficiently
Virtual Curriculum
Virtual Curriculum

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SAMPLES of Virtual Curriculum

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SAMPLES of Virtual Curriculum

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Project partners
Liceul Teoretic "Dimitrie Cantemir",
Iasi - Romania - coordinator
I.I.S. Gobetti Marvhesini-Casale,
Torino - Italy
Cockermouth School,
Cockermouth - UK
Gymnázium Vysoké Mýto,
Instituto de Enseñanza Secundaria "La Madraza",
Granada - Spain
Vysoké Mýto - Czech Republic

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