Image: Shutterstock/Alexandr III_ In this post I would like to share the experiences I had with my students with who I conducted the Eratosthenes experiment. During the implementation of this experiment I ran guidelines of Inquiry Based Learning (IBL) which are available on the ISE portal. To carry out...
ICT literacy and creative thinking is among the key priorities of the P21’s Framework for 21st Century Learning. Students not only should be able to creatively solve problems but also must have a clear understanding of the principles and practices of computer science. In this direction, new and attractive ways...
In this autumn we started an experimental program for our interested students about numerical models in Physics. The idea came from this article and fortunately we could find some material from Hungary too. Our school is not specialized in IT so the students are not highly skilled in IT....
Reading an article about the Mobizen app I came to an idea that I had thought about when I was a 12 year old boy. As a child, I was interested in astronomy. I remember my first use of a telescope. I didn’t have much knowledge about planets and stars...
As part of the recent curriculum reforms in Scotland there has been an increased emphasis on the development of skills in science. Part of these changes has been the introduction of a Researching Physics unit into the Higher Physics course. Higher courses are normally studied by students aged 16-17...
Physics is not a popular subject in Polish schools. It seems difficult and not interesting for many students. This year only about 9% of them have taken leaving high school (matura) examination in physics. How to change it? How to engage students to learn physics? Physics is an experimental...
Image: Shutterstock/Goodluz For those who nostalgically recall childhood and days when they got their first PC, I am going to tell the story of an idea which was done as a school project by my students… One day, while watching a screen saver that showed a flock of fish,...
A lot of of Polish schools have no data-logging and laboratory equipment. Some of teachers afraid of using ICT and data-logging equipment. Teacher training courses about teaching science withICT is not enough. How to help them? Computer Assisted Education and Information Technology Centre in Warsaw (OEIiZK), Poland, in-service teacher...
How to start? Researchers’ Night initiative in Europe started in 2005. The project was launched first by the European Commission as a Europe-wide educational festival, and repeated annually on the last fourth Friday of September. Since 2006 Hungary has also joined the program with different colorful activities organised in...
Everybody agrees that motivation is a key, perhaps the key factor in learning. It is easy to teach motivated students, the ones who want to learn. In my Science classes there are always a few students who are so interested in learning the secrets of nature that they will...