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Astronomy camp for secondary school students

28/07/2015

Up to fifty-six secondary school students are invited to participate in the third ESO Astronomy Camp from 26 December 2015 to 1 January 2016. The camp is hosted by the Astronomical Observatory of the Autonomous Region of the Aosta Valley, in Saint-Barthélemy, Nus, Italy.
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The high value of cross-border collaboration

27/07/2015

Two recent reports underline the importance of cross-border collaboration in research and science, such as that supported by the Scientix community. Sharing ideas, best practices and lessons learned are all integral components of Scientix.
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Two new projects to enhance ocean literacy

24/07/2015

The SEA CHANGE and RESPONSEABLE projects want to bring about change in the way that people view oceanic environments. Social innovation is used to support a number of actions that mobilise people in discussions on sustainable healthy seas, connected to Lifelong Learning and the Blue Schools Network.
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Design apps or tools to fight bullying!

22/07/2015

ENABLE Hackathon is looking for young people, aged nine to seventeen, to work in teams with a mentor to design an app or tool that can help reduce bullying. Teams are ideally composed of three to four individuals who are invited to meet their mentors in July.
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Competency-based education: towards a new curriculum in science and maths

21/07/2015

About one hundred science and mathematics teachers joined the Scientix National Conference in Latvia, entitled "Towards a New Curriculum in Science and Maths: Competency-Based Education".
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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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