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Brush up your STEM with Scientix webinars
21/07/2015
New and interesting Scientix webinars are planned for this autumn. Until then, you can use the Scientix resource repository to view previous webinars and learn more about various initiatives in science, technology, engineering and mathematics education (STEM).
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Few Internet users are digitally literate
20/07/2015
Although 79 per cent of Europeans now make use of the Internet regularly, only 12 per cent of them claim to be highly skilled in the use of it. However, a new Eurostat report shows that digital literacy is generally on the rise in Europe.
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Embedding media and information literacy in societies
17/07/2015
Many teachers are reluctant to use new media and information technologies in their classrooms for reasons of possible embarrassment, fearing that they are unable to operate such equipment in front of students.
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Making museums and science centres work for STEM education
16/07/2015
A session at the annual conference of Ecsite (the European Network of Science Centres and Museums), held in June, invited participants to discuss how they could better attract schools, so that visiting teachers and students would get the best out of their learning experiences.
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Cartoon film to explain weather observations from space
15/07/2015
The European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) has just released a short cartoon film to explain the basics about weather research activities in space.
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Inspiring ideas presented at the Science on Stage festival
14/07/2015
Eleven science teachers received the European Science Teachers Awards at the Science on Stage Festival held in London, UK, from 17 to 20 June.
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Skylight: A Global Science Opera
13/07/2015
Hundreds of students from schools in thirty different countries are expected to perform in the Skylight Opera, a global initiative to write a script for and put on a science opera.
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Fifth round of the Scientix awards announced
13/07/2015
Resources from the Go-Lab, Science in School and PROFILES projects are the winners of the fifth round of the Scientix Resource Awards.
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Teaching to spark students' interest in STEM careers
07/07/2015
Seventy teachers and project representatives were introduced to alternative teaching practices and lesson plans at the seventh Science Projects Workshop in the Future Classroom Lab organised by Scientix.
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Involving third parties in STEM projects
07/07/2015
Representatives from seventeen European and national science education projects gathered in Brussels on Friday 19 June to discuss the challenges and opportunities of involving third parties, organisations and advisers in European projects.
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