Kids and Science - Ostrava CZ 2012

Teaching Innovation

Ostrava, February 2012

KidsKids andand ScienceScience

• Kids

10 – 18 years old Netherlands, Czech Republic

China, Russia...

• Science

Life - Life/Natural Sciences -Engineering/IT- Electronics -Nanotechnology - Materials

www.kidsandscience.org

Kids are Kids are creative!creative!

they see, feel, think, hear and look in their own special way

… a way we have long forgotten

they are a wasted resource


Method Method

Put the kids in the middle

Active role – not passive

Treat kids like grown-ups

Teach them responsibilities

Teamwork = working together


KidsKids andand Science Science programsprograms

• InventorClass

Invent something that makes your world a better place to be

• You@18 Start solving tomorrow’s

problems now


InventorInventorClassClass

Look around you – how does everything work?

What can we make it better?

Innovate! Think of new, better things

Develop your idea with expert help

Your choice! Let your fantasy loose!


InventorInventorClass Ideas Class Ideas

• Recharge the battery of your mobile phone using your bicycle

• Wheelchair/Rollator (“Oggy”) combination

• Illuminated Street Name signs

• Teabags with sticky labels

• EpiAlert – for people with epilepsy


YouYou@18@18When you are 18, what will your world look like?

Choose a Life Theme and look at the problems there

What will happenif no-one doesanything?

Make a plan to stop this happening

It’s your future and your responsibility


YouYou@18 @18 ThemeTheme Circle Circle

Education Education & jobs& jobs

TransportTransport

Free-time Free-time & leisure& leisure

HealthHealth

WasteWaste

SafetySafety

EnvironmentEnvironment

The App to end traffic jamsThe App to end traffic jams


How the App works

1.Start your own competition account2.Get all your friends to join in3.Get the App for your i-Phone4.Start cycling – the App measures everyone’s speed, distance and more... and says who wins5.When you win, you can choose your special prize

Kids Global Network (KGN)Kids Global Network (KGN)


Kid +

idea

Studentbuddy

Expert(s) Company

EpiAlertEpiAlert

EpiAlert – Sascha Offerhaus (13)


KGN ... prototypeKGN ... prototype


KGN websiteKGN website


local situations

problems & opportunities

IDEAS!

project teams

experts

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Kids are Kids are creative!creative!

they see, feel, think, hear and look in their own special way

… a way we have long forgotten

we cannot afford to ignore them
