CC-BY, Unsplash Introduction Endangered ecosystems, including air, water, soil and forests, are threatened by human consumerism. In Armenia, rich in minerals but grappling with environmental pollution from mining, these issues are especially prominent. Pollution causes water contamination, deforestation, and loss of biodiversity. Efforts to protect and restore resources are...
Student engagement is an important indicator measuring students’ performance and learning process, and largely determines what they have accumulated from their classes overall. It is also one of the most important sources of feedback for teachers reflecting the results of their practice, but also highly relevant for researchers, curriculum...
Between 25 March and 30 April 2019, the participants of the “Boosting Bioeconomy Knowledge in Schools” Massive Open Online Course were invited to submit their learning scenarios to the BLOOM “Teach bioeconomy!” competition. The subject? Teaching bioeconomy in STEM lessons. The 36 eligible submissions were evaluated in a two-stage...
Have you ever thought about the number of moons in our Solar System? Which moon is the largest? Are there any active volcanoes on any of them? Which gas is Titan’s atmosphere mostly comprised of? Your students can find out the answers to these questions, and much more spectacular...
Teaching space science in secondary school can be challenging, while on the other hand, students feel a special attraction towards hands-on activities; they find it empowering when causing a reaction in an experiment or suddenly grasping a science concept. It gives students confidence as learners and is, at the...
Experimentation, whether it is structured or not, is a fundamental aspect of learning Physics, not only because of the role it plays in the scientific research itself that we must present to our students, but also because of its cognitive importance as it is linked to carrying out experiments...
Image: shutterstock_470580716 On the 12th of May 2017 we have given a Scientix Webinar on our research study about gender stereotypes in STEM education resources. Here you can read the summary of the study and you can find the link to the published article at the bottom of the blog....
Engaging your students in the classroom has never been easier with easy access to affordable technology resources. These tool will help you create new and captivating lesson plans for your curriculum and help students apply the lessons in ways not available in the educational environment before. These following resources...
Loads of exciting space news lately – from the Rosetta landing in November, 2014 to Stephen Hawking’s planned voyage to the nearest stars, there’s a lot of things to catch up with in the vicinity of our planet! Space news can be a great way to catch children’s attention,...
I am a teacher from the Czech Republic. I have taught for 20 years at primary school and I am an ambassador for the project Scientix for the Czech Republic. Our main task is, among others, to disseminate information about the project among teachers and to acquaint them withthe...