KALIF - Concept outdoor learning in the forest The KALIF-project (out-of school studying in the forest) may be described as a concept to teach students the goals of sustainable development by sustainable learning. Sustainable learning is reached by the way the project is woven into the school curriculum “spirally”: Students may attend KALIF- cou...

Snowman Ingrida Brizga, a teacher from Cesis Primary School Nr. 2, projects PowerPoint presentations and interactive whiteboard materials using Active Inspire programme, including animation, videos for students during the physics and mathematics lessons. Similarly, students prepare PowerPoint presentations,...

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

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 Green Professions Project The project Green Professions on Land was prepared and organised by a Czech NGO Cmelak – Spolecnost pratel prirody and partially run with a German partner. It deals with a decrease of young people’s interest in so-called green fields of study, such as agriculture or forestry. The project aims to rai...

Selected for piloting 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...

Selected for piloting 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...

Water Droplet 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...