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STEAM education in Lithuania

16/12/2015

Like much of Europe, Lithuania faces a declining interest in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) subjects among young people. Giedrius Vaidelis addressed this issue in an interesting presentation at the Eminent event in Barcelona on 20 November 2015, entitled "STEAM education in Lithuania – developing a culture of innovations".
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Preparations for Science on Stage 2017 already underway!

14/12/2015

The next edition of the popular Science on Stage festival, one of the largest educational fairs for science teachers in Europe, takes place from 29 June to 2 July 2017 in the Kölcsey Convention Centre in Debrecen, Hungary, under the motto 'Inventing the Future of Science Education'
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Students making their very own start-up companies

12/12/2015

The StartUP_EU project seeks to motivate secondary school students by replicating the excitement and creative innovation of a new start-up company. One of those initiatives is an international competition for young people that tests their entrepreneurial skills!
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Overcoming Portugal's challenges in STEM education

11/12/2015

"Portugal is a small country with big problems," said João Carlos Sousa at the beginning of his presentation about science education in Portugal at the EMINENT 2015 conference in Barcelona on 20 November 2015. Not only are young people emigrating in the search for work, but the country's population is aging.
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Demonstrate how you use Go-Lab tools and win a prize!

10/12/2015

A new international contest encourages teachers to demonstrate how they use tools developed by the Go-Lab project. Four contributions will be selected for a prize, and the winning teachers invited to a summer school in Greece from 10 to 15 July 2016!
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SAILS project launches new web portal dedicated to Inquiry-Based Learning

08/12/2015

Methods and approaches that assist teachers and schools in adopting Inquiry-Based Learning in Science Education (IBSE) are now available on a new web platform, developed by the SAILS project. Seán Kenny, Member of the European Parliament, hosted the project's final conference on 18 November 2015 and officially announced the new online portal open for traffic.
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Scientix Works a hit campaign at Eminent 2015!

08/12/2015

More than three million impressions were generated on Twitter using the hashtag #ScientixWorks, including 1,350 direct Tweets, plus three million more impressions using #Eminent2015, with 1,605 Tweets, from 15 to 23 November 2015! And a new record for daily web traffic to the Scientix online portal was set on Monday 16 November 2015!
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More innovation in STEM education needed in Europe

07/12/2015

Two keynote speakers at the Eminent event, held in Barcelona on 19 and 20 November 2015, gave some great insights into the European Union's plans and ambitions for science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) education in Europe.
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New strategies and approaches in Portuguese science education

04/12/2015

Around three hundred people gathered for the Scientix National Conference in Portugal on 13 and 14 November 2015. This two-day conference showcased a packed schedule, full of exciting presentations, workshops and interactive experiments in science education.
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Opportunities for teachers and students at CERN

03/12/2015

Many interesting initiatives taking place in Swiss education were presented at the Scientix National Conference in Geneva on 10 and 11 November 2015, including those carried out by the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN). One hundred managers of science projects, teachers and head teachers attended the meeting.
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