The project's main goal is to design activities that foster the involvement of students in scientific research. This will be achieved by combining formal and informal educational approaches to introduce relevant topics (Earth science, Ecology, Energy, Environmental sciences, Geophysics, Meteorology,...
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The Nature Calendar
With the nature calendar scholars investigate how nature reacts to climate change. Natural processes, such as flowering, falling of leaves, start of bird migration, take place every year around the same period. This so called “nature calendar” of species is strongly influenced by temperature, precip...
The Pathway to Inquiry-Based Science Teaching multinational EU project brings together experts in the field of science education research and teachers' communities, scientists, explorers involved in pioneering scientific research and curriculum developers, to promote the use of inquiry and problem-b...
The Sustainability Factory is a powerful collaboration between companies, the educational field and the government. It provides real life education for the new generation of technicians. Inspiration, innovation, sustainability and craftsmanship come together and contribute to the development of th...
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The White
Ruta Puida, a teacher from Daugavpils Centra Secondary School, developed a lesson on substance recognition. Every day at home, we see a member of our family use various ingredients for cooking: salt, sugar, flour, etc. Especially, the three mentioned are similar to each other (they are white powders...
YSE promotes innovative teaching and learning about sustainable development and energy consumption (including renewable energy) through problem-based learning in various scientific fields (Ecology, Energy, Environmental sciences, Information technology, Technology) The project outputs include a new ...
Ingrīda Brizga, a teacher from Cesis Primary School Nr. 2, developed an integrated lesson “Water Droplet”, including mathematics, chemistry, science, physics, and social studies. Students detected water droplet mass and volume using electronic scales and calculator. They computed the amount of water...
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weSPOT
WeSPOT, a European project, aims at propagating scientific inquiry as the approach for science education and teaching. The project focuses on inquiry-based learning which means that learners take on the role of an explorer and a scientist and are thus motivated by their personal curiosity. It lower...