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Are you suited to space? Take NASA Astronaut Test!

23/07/2019

Do you have what it takes to stay in the zone in zero gravity, problem-solve in high-pressure scenarios or keep your cool in the cosmos? NASA’s new interactive quiz, Astronaut Aptitude Assessment, asks a series of questions based on NASA’s Astronaut Candidate requirements to determine your suitability for space. Find out whether you’ve got what it takes to be an astronaut!
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Six new bioeconomy teaching resources available in the BLOOM School Box!

23/07/2019

As a result of the BLOOM “Teach bioeconomy!” competition, launched as part of the STEM Discovery Week 2019, six new additional bioeconomy teaching resources are now available in the BLOOM School Box! The topics? Bioeconomy awareness; biotechnology techniques; bioenergy and our lives; the benefits of composting; and biofuel production from fruit waste.
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Teaching with Europeana: new inspiring learning scenarios every week!

05/07/2019

Are you looking for a diverse, open and regularly updated catalogue of learning scenarios? Teaching with the Europeana blog is made for you! Created as a part of the Europeana DSI-4 project, the blog provides a space for teachers to share their experience in implementing digital cultural heritage in their classroom. The blog is updated every week with two new learning scenarios and two stories of implementation, including STEM-related ones!
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Can you be “literate” in astronomy? Astronomy Literacy Booklet released by IAU

05/07/2019

The motto of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) Office for Astronomy Outreach is “Astronomy for All”. To make it happen, societies and citizens should be astronomically literate. But what does it mean for a person to be “literate” in astronomy? After years of discussions and debates over the essential things that an astronomically literate person should know, the “Big Ideas in Astronomy: A Proposed Definition of Astronomy Literacy” booklet has finally been released!
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Scientists of the future unveiled at the BP Ultimate STEM Challenge 2019!

24/06/2019

Sophia Rochfort and Freya Gillard, young scientists from Blundell’s School, UK, have won the BP Ultimate STEM Challenge, a competition that invites students aged 11-14 to put their STEM skills to the test by developing a solution to a real-world problem. They presented a measuring device designed for coffee machines which checks the cup size before pouring, cutting down on plastic pollution and one-use cups.
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Careers in STEM? Read Scientix feature in FUTURUM career guides!

20/06/2019

FUTURUM, a free magazine and online platform that seeks to encourage 11-19-year-olds worldwide to pursue careers in STEM, interviewed Scientix Project Manager, Dr Agueda Gras-Velazquez, as a part of their career guide series.
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New widget available to access Scientix Resources from any website!

11/06/2019

We are proud to share with you the Scientix Resources widget, a new tool which allows anyone to search for resources from the Scientix Resource Repository from any Web page. Now you can integrate a simple HTML code into your website and give visitors to your page the means of finding exactly the Scientix resource they need!
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Winners of the STEM Discovery Week 2019 competitions announced!

11/06/2019

This year, in the framework of the STEM Discovery Week 2019, numerous projects hosted their competitions for teachers, educators and pupils. As a result, we received over 800 submissions in 7 different competitions that took place from the beginning of March until the end of April. After evaluating all of them, we are proud to share with you the list of lucky winners!
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Over 800 schools on the STEM School Label platform

24/05/2019

Only one month after the official launch of the STEM School Label, there are already more than 800 schools from Europe registered on the platform! They will all be able evaluate themselves via an online self-assessment tool according to the criteria defining a STEM School. Also, the STEM School Label community is growing quickly and actively sharing experiences, providing feedback and advice in more than 180 forum threads.
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3Rs project: Call for Pilot Teachers

20/05/2019

European Schoolnet is looking for 12 secondary school Life Science (Biology) teachers to join the 3Rs project (June 2019 – February 2020). The 3Rs project aims to build learning activities to teach secondary school students about the welfare of laboratory animals and the 3Rs legislation (Replacement, Reduction and Refinement) for laboratory animal experimentation.
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