During the past month, we have seen a common reality that has been transforming and challenging all sectors. In the Science Education Department at European Schoolnet, we have followed the situation closely as regards to STEM education, teachers and students. And as a team, we also faced many challenges...
Second day at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, “the landing day” or also called “D-Day” for the InSight team, but also for the partners of the project in France (Centre National d’ Etudes Spatiales, Institut physique du Globe de Paris, University of Nantes, SODERM) who had worked...
Scientix has been invited to participate to Mars InSight Landing in NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, on Nov 25 – Nov 26 2018. Selected among 30 social media influencers (from over more than 700 applications) to take part in this tour of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory about the...
On 14-15 June 2018, Scientix participated in the final conference of the PERFORM project, a project on integrating science and performing arts, in Paris. PERFORM is a project funded under the Horizon 2020 programme of the European Union, aiming to bring innovation into science education through performing arts. The...
Evita and I were very happy to participate in a Scientix webinar about the STEM Discovery Week campaign with hundreds of educators in STEM education on 28 February 2018. We enjoyed answering the large number of questions we received from the participants. The main questions were about what kind of...
The Sparks project, dedicated to raising awareness, familiarizing and engaging European citizens with the concept and practice of Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI), recently organized, in Brussels, a Reversed Science Café (RSC) entitled “Post-truth vs. Science engagement”. A Reversed Science Café is a discussion event centred on various ethical...
Image: shutterstock_333593951- Over the last years, both institutions and the public have become increasingly familiar with the topic of Citizen Science. While multiple definitions exist, the term has been generally used to refer to “a series of activities that link the general public with scientific research”. Indeed, participants in citizen...
Image: shutterstock_75642172 Dr Lianne Hoogeveen, developmental psychologist and director of the Radboud Center for the Study of Giftedness (CBO) of the Radboud University in the Netherlands, presented on the 3rd of July 2017 the latest research developments in gifted education, including that by ECHA (European Council for High Ability) to more...
Image: shutterstock_427870633 In today’s consumption-driven and technology-saturated age, we need to focus our attention as well as research and development efforts on clean energy more than ever. Solar power is one of the most abundant sources of energy that can be used across the world. Want to teach your students...
If there is one great thing about working with Scientix Ambassadors, it is keeping up with their amazing activities and restless passion to prove to the future generation how cool STEM subjects are! Each Scientix Ambassador finds many creative and innovative ways to motivate students to learn more about...