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Inspiring Science Education Project

Brussels, Belgium, 24-26 October 2014

Mission

• Providing digital resources and opportunities for teachers

helping them to make science education more attractive and relevant to students’ lives.

• Helping students to make their own scientific discoveries

through access to the latest, interactive tools and digital resources from within their classrooms.

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Partners 3

30 partners in 15 countries including many experts in the field of Science Education

Key outcomes

Strong support network for teachers

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Access to worldwide online, interactive tools and digital resources for more exciting, fun and

relevant science teaching

Teacher and student platform taking science

teaching into the realms of extra-curricular learning

eTools and digital resources for students to

collaborate with each other across Europe

Student involvement in scientific research

activities

Invitation to teachers

Opportunity to enter competitions and win awards, participate in summer and winter

schools

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Join a lively ISE community, consisting of thousands of teachers,

learners and researchers

Participate in educational sessions and practical workshops on popular

science, technology and maths subjects

Receive expert support to implement information and

communication technologies in classroom

practice

Have unique opportunities to collaborate directly with

scientists and research centres

Cooperate with other schools and colleagues

from project partner countries

E-Learning Tools on the Portal6

http://portal.opendiscoveryspace.eu/ise

E-Learning Tools on the Portal7

A selection of those available.

E-Learning Tools on the ISE Portal8

A selection of those available.

ISE Community on the ISE Portal 9

Access to a community of teachers also running exciting and innovative science classes

Information about tools and resources that you can use in your school

Connecting you with the ISE national contact in your country to support your ISE activities and find partners in other countries

Inspiring Science Education Teachers Academy where you can find self-contained modules for flexible individual learning paths

Website for general news and views

Website www.inspiringscience.eu

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http://www.inspiringscience.eu/news/cosmic-light-2015-video-trailer-celebrate-cosmic-light-coming-down-earth

Social Media

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Like ISE on Facebook Follow us on Twitter

Join our LinkedIn GroupSubscribe to YouTube Channel

News

Events

Videos

Tools

Competitions

Become part of our community!

Showcases

2014-2015 Competition

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www.inspiringscience.eu/competition

This competition is all about recognising and rewarding inspirational science teaching practice.

2015 is the International Year of Light so we are particularly keen to attract entries which are focused on the topic of light.

Playing with LIGHT

2014-2015 Competition

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• Involve teachers and students in 2 or more different countries – one has to be in Europe

• Use some of the resources and tools made available in the ISE portal• Projects based on inquiry and which are innovative, creative and engaging• All entries need to be submitted online using the ready-to-fill in worksheet by

March 31, 2015

HOW to participate

2014-2015 Competition

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Finalists will be invited to take part in the award ceremony on 19 June 2015 that will be part of the Science on Stage Festival in London!

Winners will receive prizes from Vernier, a pioneer for scientific data collection

PRIZES

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The Inspiring Science Education project aims to popularise science subjects in schools across Europe using information and communication technologies

Take advantage of the Inspiring Science Education Project opportunities, outcomes and activities www.inspiringscience.eu/participate

How to become an ISE school- Step 1

Language URL English http://e-mature.ea.gr/Greek http://greece.e-mature.ea.gr/Dutch http://dutch.e-mature.ea.gr/Finnish http://finland.e-mature.ea.gr/French http://france.e-mature.ea.gr/German http://german.e-mature.ea.gr/Italian http://italy.e-mature.ea.gr/Portuguese http://portugal.e-mature.ea.gr/Estonian http://estonia.e-mature.ea.gr/Lithuanian http://lithuania.e-mature.ea.gr/Gaelic http://ireland.e-mature.ea.gr/Spanish http://spain.e-mature.ea.gr/Croatian http://croatia.e-mature.ea.gr/Bulgarian http://bulgaria.e-mature.ea.gr/

Greenlandic http://greenlandic.e-mature.ea.gr/

Romanian http://romania.e-mature.ea.gr/Serbian http://serbia.e-mature.ea.gr/

Based on the tool introduced by Digital

Schools, Ireland

Available in 17 languages

How to become an ISE school- Step 2

Register on ISE portal http://portal.opendiscoveryspace.eu/

…and set-up the community of your

school!

How to become an ISE school- Step 3

Set goals and objectives for the STEM development of

your school

Connect with schools from across Europe Plan an activity

More Information19

Website & Portal

Social media

Contact

www.inspiringscience.eu http://portal.opendiscoveryspace.eu/ise

www.twitter.com/InspiringScienc

www.facebook.com/InspiringScienceEducation

www.youtube.com/channel/InspiringScienceEducation

www.linkedin.com/groups/Inspiring-Science-Education

Information@inspiringscience.eu