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Ask, learn and blog during the World Space Week 2018

14/09/2018

Scientix is organising various activities in support of the World Space Week from 4 to 10 October 2018 and you are invited! This is your time to shine as a star, because you can have your articles featured on the Scientix blog, participate in an interactice Scientix webinar and have your questions about space science answered by an expert from the European Space Agency (ESA), in a Facebook Live video session with Euronews.
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Scientix facilitates research into the classroom

14/09/2018

There is a growing need for innovation in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education to raise students‘ interest in STEM. Thirty experts, researchers, project managers, policy makers and teachers in STEM education met in Athens, Greece, on 5 September 2018, to discuss ways of addressing this challenge, as part of the 14th Scientix Projects Networking Event.
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Scientix wants to hear more about your experiences!

04/09/2018

You have a unique opportunity to contribute to a large-scale European survey on teaching and learning practices in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). Your participation is essential to the success of this research activity, which can shed new light on the current state of affairs in STEM education.
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A new online course by Scientix starts in October 2018

03/09/2018

“STEM Is Everywhere” is the first Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) fully designed and carried out as part of the Scientix project, the community for science education in Europe. It is now possible to register for this course, which starts on 29 October 2018 and is completely free of charge.
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Call for papers for New Perspectives in Science Education 2019

21/08/2018

The eighth edition of the international conference New Perspectives in Science Education is held in Florence, Italy, on 21 and 22 March 2019. Anyone who wishes to contribute to the conference can submit abstracts for papers to the organisers in English before 23 October 2018.
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Evolution and other science subjects in schools

20/08/2018

For the past twelve years, Science in School has brought teachers useful tips and knowledge that can easily be applied directly in any lesson and learning process. The latest edition of this interesting quarterly journal features a front-page article on the subject of evolution, explaining how birds evolved from dinosaurs.
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Turn local litter into models of satellites

02/08/2018

The European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) invites eleven-to-eighteen-year-olds to participate in an exciting new competition that promotes recycling and environmental awareness.
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Mobile technologies and the Internet of things in education

01/08/2018

Educators and administrators can now express their interest in attending new five-day courses on the use of mobile technologies and the Internet of things in education. The courses are planned for November 2018, March 2019 and July 2019 in Patras, Greece.
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Classroom experiments that can enrich your lessons

24/07/2018

A banana, like all parts of living organisms, contains deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) that is easy to extract. This, and many other things, can be turned into an exciting classroom experiment, as the 23 teachers discovered who attended a Scientix course, from 25 to 29 June 2018, at the Future Classroom Lab of European Schoolnet, dedicated to Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) in primary education.
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Gender and innovation in STE(A)M education

23/07/2018

Scientix has published a new observatory paper on gender and innovation in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics – STE(A)M – education. This paper is the outcome of the 12th Scientix Projects Networking Event, which was organised by Scientix in collaboration with the PERFORM and GEDII projects, funded by the Horizon 2020 framework of the European Union for research and innovation.
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