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“The attractiveness of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics subjects” report is published!

12/11/2019

Studies funded by the European Commission, private companies and international research organisations highlight the prospect of insufficient supply of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) workforce which may hinder further economic development and reduce the economic competitiveness of European countries.
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Results from the Teaching ICT with Inquiry MOOC are here!

24/10/2019

Started on 9 September 2019, the TIWI - Teaching ICT with Inquiry MOOC aimed at supplying teachers with essential skills and knowledge to teach STEM and ICT with the help of inquiry-based pedagogy. The focus of this online training was for primary and secondary school teachers to familiarize with the programming languages Scratch and Python, as well as knowing how to efficiently use data spreadsheets.
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The first newsletter of STEM School Label is published!

23/10/2019

The STEM School Label is proud to announce that it is now supported by two new associate partners: GSMA and DOREA Educational Institute. As associate partners, they will integrate the STEM School Label framework within some of their activities. We are excited about this development and look forward to involving even more partners in this project.
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The Next-Lab project: what’s to come?

11/10/2019

The Next-Lab project is implemented in the context of the European Union’s Horizon 2020 programme. The philosophy and technology of Next-Lab is based on its previous project Go-Lab and it continues its mission of promoting innovative and interactive methods of teaching science in primary and secondary schools across Europe. The Go-Lab Ecosystem (sharing and authoring platforms) facilitates the use of online laboratories and inquiry-based learning applications for science education in schools.
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Enter the LEGO Education Competition 2019!

11/10/2019

Are you ready to participate in the LEGO Competition and win a full class set of LEGO® Education WeDo 2.0 or LEGO® MINDSTORMS® Education EV3 for your class? This autumn, within the Back to School Campaign 2019 STEM Alliance and LEGO Education invite primary and secondary teachers in the EU to engage in hands-on STEM teaching by applying LEGO Education resources in their STEM projects.
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Present your innovative coding project in the European Code League

01/10/2019

Coding is a skill that is becoming increasingly important, especially for students. It is up to teachers to incorporate this topic into their lessons in order to prepare children and young people for the future. Therefore, Science on Stage is now launching the European Code League, an international competition for STEM teachers from all over Europe to present their unique coding projects for STEM lessons!
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Registration for StarT 2019-2020 is open!

01/10/2019

StarT, organised annually by the LUMA Centre Finland, is an educational initiative in which students carry out projects related to science, technology or mathematics and teachers get support for carrying out interdisciplinary and collaborative project-based learning. In the international competition teachers’ best educational practices and children and youngsters’ innovative projects are celebrated with awards and publicity.
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World Space Week 2019: Excite your students to learn about STEM!

17/09/2019

World Space Week is an international celebration of science and technology and their contribution to the betterment of the human condition. The United Nations General Assembly declared in 1999 that World Space Week would be held each year from October 4-10 and since then it has grown into the largest public space event on Earth.
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Visit the new home of the European Schoolnet Academy!

17/09/2019

The European Schoolnet Academy has a new home: the platform with free online courses for teachers across Europe has upgraded its website with a fresh design and improved features. The most important new features include updated course navigation, more structured peer-to-peer assignments and the possibility of bookmarking content for later.
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Book your spot in the “STEM Education in the 21st Century” course!

02/09/2019

The New York Academy of Sciences has developed an online course that supports K–12 STEM educators through the process of developing an instructional unit aligned to the Academy’s STEM Education Framework. The course will be provided free of charge to a limited number of educators in Fall 2019.
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