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A new project wants to boost teachers' use of ICT
26/06/2015
An online self-assessment tool for teachers is being developed as part of the new MENtoring Technology-Enhanced Pedagogy (MENTEP) project, coordinated by the European Schoolnet.
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Integrating coding into schools' curricula
23/06/2015
Projects that stimulate students' and teachers' interest in computer coding and science were showcased at the European Coding Initiative workshop in Brussels on 9 June.
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Video competition for students on nanotechnology
22/06/2015
Students, aged eleven to eighteen, are invited to produce and submit short videos where they investigate the need for nanotechnologies in the future. Five of these videos will be showcased as part of the EU-funded project Nanodiode, and the producers of the best one invited to visit a nanotechnology laboratory.
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Sustain European Professional Development Sessions
19/06/2015
The SUSTAIN network is organising three European professional development sessions from September to December 2015. Participants are invited to share their knowledge in Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) and Inquiry-Based Science Education (IBSE).
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Space awareness in European schools mapped
17/06/2015
How much emphasis is placed on space and astronomy in European curricula? The Space Awareness initiative, in which European Schoolnet is a partner, plans to shed light on that subject, by collecting information about countries' curricula and entry-points for space-related topics.
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University programme to get students "hooked" on science
16/06/2015
Queensland University of Technology opens its doors to trainee teachers and visiting students to get them excited about science and maths from an early stage. The university's programme, called Step Up, responds to a foreseeable shortage of teachers with a background in science-related subjects or mathematics.
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Send your out-of-this-world pictures into space
15/06/2015
Get your pupils excited about space travel with an artistic initiative to etch up to 3,000 pictures onto two plaques, which will blast off into space inside the Cheops satellite at the end of 2017.
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Students introduced to the magic of science
14/06/2015
Sixty Greek students – twenty from the European School in Brussels and forty from Aristoteleio, Science and Culture Centre from Volos, Greece – visited the Future Classroom Lab on 26 May.
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A national conference held in Finland
12/06/2015
Almost three hundred STEM teachers, project managers and industry representatives met in Joensuu, Finland, for the LUMA – Scientix days from 1 to 3 June 2015.
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Scientix conference outcomes summarised in one publication
09/06/2015
A very successful conference, organised as part of the Scientix project, put STEM education at the top of the discussion agenda. The outcomes of this event, which six hundred people attended, are now summarised in a new sixty-page publication.
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