Scientix connects STEM education with global challenges, helping teachers contextualise their practice and shape future generations of mindful citizens. Scientix engages in a range of EU funded initiatives that promote green and blue education They also help achieve a range of international goals around sustainability and education.
Check out the range of initiatives and connect with the projects via the Scientix repository of projects.
BlueLightS
BlueLightS is committed to protecting marine and aquatic ecosystems and promoting sustainability. To do this, the project is supporting exciting co-built blue challenge projects in schools, facilitating a conversation at different scales between the “blue” and education communities and experimenting with adaptations in education systems that enhance the focus on rivers and seas.
Carbon Act
In the face of climate change, education is one of our most important tools. Carbon Act will guide educators across Europe on how to tackle this critical issue, helping students develop proactive behaviours that support sustainability and resilience.
COOLSCHOOLS
Nature-based climate shelters in education (or simply “green schoolyards”) offer many advantages for the schools, students, educators and the general public. Building on this, COOLSCHOOLS drives urban transformation through research and advising various stakeholders how to support the process, while putting children’s and youth’s needs at the forefront.
CROPS
Despite notable progress, citizen science still faces obstacles in moving from local to transnational initiatives. Many initiatives lack the tools, expertise and support to make this leap. CROPS aims to overcome these barriers by identifying and supporting promising citizen science initiatives, enabling them to grow and address wider societal challenges in line with the EU’s five missions.
GenB
Bioeconomy is a fast-growing field that aims to make our society more efficient and sustainable. The GenB project is achieving this by showing both our Generation Bioeconomy teachers and students how to reach circularity, tackle environmental issues and make our society more sustainable.
Life Terra
Trees are a highly accessible and cost-effective way of capturing carbon. With this in mind, Life Terra aims to encourage individuals to take climate action through tree planting and monitoring, community involvement and sustainability education.
LOESS
Although the state of the soil has a significant impact on humanity and the planet, it is not in a healthy enough condition. LOESS aims to raise awareness of this issue through a comprehensive educational programme and group participation.
NBS Academy
To address a gap in education where teachers lack the skills and resources to embrace nature-based solutions (NBS) in their lessons, NBS Academy establishes a European Community of Practice for integrating nature-based solutions in teacher training.
NBS EduWORLD
NBS EduWORLD provides a much-needed space for nature-based solutions (NBS) in European educational systems, raising their visibility through its wide community of formal and non-formal educators, Ministries of Education, public authorities, NBS professionals, organisations, youth (representatives), and other interested groups.
OUTSTEAM
Children are mistakenly seen as too young to understand STE(A)M, which means teachers don’t get the training and resources they need. OUTSTE(A)M seeks to change this reality and give STE(A)M education the attention it deserves in Early Childhood Education and Care and in the initial years of Primary Education.
ProBleu
ProBleu promotes marine and water education in schools in many ways. This includes funding, promoting new school projects, using existing useful tools and encouraging schools to work together. All by sharing resources related to citizen science and the sea.
SpicE
SpicE represents a significant step forward in the field of special education. The project includes the creation of a comprehensive STEAM (STEM + Arts) framework and the development of an innovative adapted educational programme, as well as a training programme delivered in four countries.
STE(A)M Learning Ecologies
The STE(A)M Learning Ecologies (SLEs) project is an EU-funded initiative to promote open science learning for all, bringing together a diverse group of stakeholders with the dual mission of fostering collaboration and stimulating action.
STEAMbrace
The STEAMbrace project is an initiative with one clear objective: to reduce the gender gap in STEAM (STEM and Arts) education. It will provide a boost to future European innovators, with a particular focus on encouraging greater participation from women.
The SEER
STEM education is essential for tackling today’s problems in Europe, but schools are facing some obstacles trying to implement it. Through desk research and exchange activities, the SEER intends to identify such issues and propose a roadmap which leads to the streamlining of STE(A)M education.
TINKER
TINKER helps the European Union achieve its digital literacy goals and overcome gender biases in the field of informatics by creating and adopting an evidence-based learning framework for upper primary and lower secondary informatics teaching.