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Scientix Awards are dedicated to celebrating outstanding achievements of educators in science education across various educational themes and domains, fostering innovation and promoting excellence in teaching and learning.

The following awards were granted during the 2024 STEM Discovery Campaign:

Scientix Terra Mission Award

The Scientix Terra Mission Award honoured teachers and educators (students aged 4 to 19) organizing environmental education activities that inspire students to take climate action. Activities could have been a) Trees Planting Events organized using the Life Terra School Planting Guide, b) classroom implementations of the Terra Mission Educational Pack. Check out the Terra Mission MOOC Rerun for more inspiration for your activities and share your experience with your peers.

Prizes: Winners (x2) will receive an invitation to join a Life Terra planting event in Spain, with flight and accommodation paid by the project. In addition, they will be invited to join a Life Terra online dedicated event where they will have the chance to present their experience to a large international audience, gaining this way immense visibility for themselves and their schools.

Scientix Bioeconomy Award

The Scientix Bioeconomy Award supported by GenB honoured teachers and educators (students aged 4 to 19) working on raising awareness among new generations about the importance of transitioning to bioeconomy, circular economy, and a more sustainable lifestyle. Activities could have been a) hands-on classroom actions, b) Bio-Art galleries, or c) promote careers in bioeconomy (e.g. through role-playing games). Check out and use one or more materials provided on the link  or explore the GenB virtual library and share the implementation process with their peers. 

Prizes: Winners (x4) will receive a set of GenB project merchandise for the most effective use of materials. In addition, one (x1) winner will receive an invitation to the 2024 Science Project Workshop in Brussels for the best use of all three bioeconomy activities.

Scientix Nature-Based Solutions in Education Award

The “Scientix: Nature-Based Solutions in Education” Award, supported by NBS EduWORLD, looked at educators that showcase their commitment to sustainability education through nature-based solutions (NBS) activities. NBS EduWORLD looked at a) new Learning Scenarios on NBS using the NBS EduWORLD template; b) good examples of using an existing NBS Learning Scenario shared by video or through an NBS EduWORLD story of implementation; c) new creative NBS activities for non-formal education shared as a video, presentation, or short article detailing how the NBS activity was conducted in non-formal education settings (e.g., sports clubs, youth centres, etc.).

NBS activities should have been linked to at least one GreenComp area and at least one of the 12 societal challenge areas, and must had addressed at least one of the following topics: air quality; land regeneration; new economic opportunities and green jobs; social justice and social cohesion; water management; biodiversity enhancement; natural and climate hazards. 

Prizes: Winners (x2) will be invited to the 2024 Science Project Workshop in Brussels. In addition, all runner ups will be invited to participate in key activities, educational initiatives, training opportunities and dissemination campaigns organized by NBS EduWORLD. 

Scientix Digital Cultural Heritage Award

The Scientix Digital Cultural Heritage Award is supported by the Deployment of a Common European Data Space for Cultural Heritage (Europeana DS) project. The award honoured teachers in primary, secondary and post-secondary education, VET and special education of any subject, museum educators, and other CHI professionals (like librarians, archivists, curators and other non-formal educators) who implemented a learning scenario from the Teaching with Europeana blog in their educational activity and shared the implementation process with their peers, for example with the official Europeana Story of Implementation template.

Prizes: Winners (x21) will be invited to the 2024 Europeana workshop in Brussels.

Scientix Particle Accelerators Award

The Scientix Particle Accelerators Award honoured teachers and educators (students aged 4 to 19) implementing classroom activities related to particle accelerators. Activities could have been inspired by the content of the Accelerate Your Teaching MOOC.

Prizes: Winners (x4) will be invited to the Science Project Workshop in Brussels.

Scientix School EdTech Innovation Award 

The Scientix School EdTech Innovation Award supported by Huawei invited educators to engage their students in creating projects that leverage ICTs to tackle real-world challenges. It was an opportunity to bridge what has been learned in school with real-life situations, and explore technology’s potential, learn through hands-on experiences, as well as collaborate to create solutions that genuinely matter in our world.  
Prizes: Winners (x2) will be invited to the 2024 Science Project Workshop in Brussels.

Scientix Techie Award 

The Scientix Techie Award supported by Microsoft and Aurora Publishing Ltd. called for educators to carry out classroom activities with their students integrating different technologies into their classrooms, such as Microsoft Learning Accelerators and other resources and products available, allowing them to provide students with an enriched learning experience. 
Prizes: Winners (x3) will receive a physical copy of the book ‘50 women in Technology’ by G.Ferry, I. Almeida and B. Greenwood and an invitation to the 2024 Science Project Workshop in Brussels.

Scientix Panorama Award

The Panorama Award, supported by GSMA, awarded the educators who provided the most thoughtful responses to the questionnaire, encouraging them to critically elaborate on their experiences, address critical issues in science education, identify progresses, and highlight areas that demand attention.

Prizes: Winners (x3) will be invited to the 2024 Science Project Workshop in Brussels.

Scientix Skills for Innovation Educator Award

The Scientix Skills for Innovation Educator Award, supported by Intel celebrated teachers and educators who excelled in integrating technology and fostering innovation in classroom activities. Craft an exciting lesson plan, spanning diverse domains like STEM, Humanities, Lenguage and arts, align it with your curriculum and implement it in the classroom for bonus points. Get inspired by the incredible educational resources provided by Intel, such as the professional development course "How to Create Your Own Starter Pack" and many more, on the Intel SFI platform. Register using the code EUNSFI24.

Prizes: Winners (x4) will be invited to the 2024Science Project Workshop in Brussels.

Scientix STEM Enthusiasts Award

For participants who had the largest number of good quality entries to the 2024 STEM Discovery Map, whether as organisers or participants. 

Prizes: Winners (x2) will be invited to the 2024 Science Project Workshop in Brussels.

Scientix STEM Providers Award

For the participants who submitted entries with the clearest descriptions of their activities to the 2024 STEM Discovery Map. 

Prizes: Winners (x2) will be invited to the 2024 Science Project Workshop in Brussels.

Scientix STEM Influencers Award

Scientix STEM influencers Award, supported by OneStream, was intended for the participants whose activities had the greatest impact, e.g., involved the greatest number of people. 
Prizes: Winners (x2) will be invited to the 2024 Science Project Workshop in Brussels.

Scientix STEM Contributors Award

Scientix STEM Contributors Award supported by Twinscience, called for the participants who did not have time or means to organize their own activity but took part in other STEM-related activities including participating in trainings, events, MOOCs, providing feedback to surveys, commenting to STEM related videos, etc. Prizes: Winners (x2) will receive an invitation to the 2024 Science Project Workshop in Brussels and the runner ups (x3) will receive a Robotics and Coding Pack by Twinscience.