Outdoors Many teachers in a research pointed out that students usually like lessons outdoors. That is why they go outdoors very often. In this good practice, the experience of biology and natural science teacher Lienite Iesalniece from Dundaga secondary school is described. Beaver dam. Students went outdoor...

Selected for piloting Researching the Ecological Pyramids_Who is the Unknown Organism X Consists of material regarding the ecological pyramids which is organized in 3 stages: scenario, inquiry, decision-making. Stage 1: Scenario It was approaching nightfall when the guard of the state library was doing his routine check on all the bookshelves before it was time for him to go home. Al...

Science Picnics Science Picnic is the largest open-air event aimed at popularizing science in Europe. For 17 years science institutes, universities, student organizations and cultural institutions has been presenting their latest research, sharing knowledge and enthusiasm among the event participants. It is a cycl...

Student/ teacher Teacher's experience: Aija Bruna from Dzerve Primary School sometimes uses the “student/teacher” method. She splits up students in pairs in which one is a teacher and the other is a student. For example, she teaches co-ordinates this way. While “the teacher” names the coordinates of a place, “the s...

Student’s Local Projects There are many projects that offer students the opportunity to actively participate in the improvement of place they live in. Students participate in field research and plan it in cooperation with their teacher, classmates, fellow citizens, local enterprises, etc. They work together on the project a...

The COSMOS project The project aimed to give students more challenging and authentic learning experiences by creating a new experimental science laboratory and expanding the existing teaching resources. Main objectives of the COSMOS project were to develop a user-friendly online repository of both scientific and educa...

The Explorers Project - Low Achievers The Explorers Project is a result of a two-year long cooperation of the TEREZA Association and a team of teachers. They worked together to create a methodology that would help implement Inquiry Based Science Education into Czech primary schools. The core of Inquiry Based Science Education (IBSE) lie...

The GEOschools The Project aimed to provide advice, teaching aids, instruments and other support for teaching geoscience in secondary schools. The GEOschools project brought together geoscientists from universities, teaching training institutions, schools, museums and geoparks. Its objectives are: (a) to bridge th...