Children’s Future Academy The main goal of this project is to equalize educational opportunities for primary school students by extending the educational offer of schools with additional extra-curricular activities aimed at key competencies development. This project is also intending to counteract violence and aggression phe...

Selected for piloting Green Classroom - Pulheimer Bach The “Green Classroom Pulheimer Bach” is an interdisciplinary integrative teaching concept which employs a gradual competence building approach by utilizing an outdoor learning and teaching environment in the close vicinity of participating schools. The project was developed against the background of...

Hejny’s mathematics The Hejny Method is a unique way of teaching mathematics. It is based on 12 principles which work with children’s natural knowledge and which develop it further. The key principle is building of patterns natural for each of us. The Hejny Method strengthens the patterns and draws conclusions from the...

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...

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’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 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...

Vizualisation Aija Staskevica from Vecumnieki Primary School thinks that science books usually contain too much text. Some students have bad reading skills and simply do not understand a topic because they cannot read the entire text. To involve these children and help them understand, she makes presentations wit...