Regional Research Projects: virtual field trips The main goal of this project was to elaborate a set of educational paths by teachers participating in GLOBE Program. For this purpose, workshops were carried out for teachers – special training module (training for regional coaches). Teachers using Google Earth tool got the task to mark out the edu...

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...

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,...

Studying the Food Relations The specific learning material is organized in three stages which include Scenario, Inquiry and Decision-making. Stage 1: Scenario Article taken from the Newspaper "Eyes on the world" The eradication of the Muflon population could cause major consequences for the entire ecosystem. Since 1994, th...

Tablets in Science Education – New Trend in the Czech Republic With expansion of modern technologies also the number of schools that use tablets for teaching grows. „Despite all the demands and difficulties, we cannot imagine returning to the classic way of teaching with a blackboard. Education results clearly show that the influence of digital learning is posi...

The Digital-Earth Network The digital-earth.eu multinational network aims at providing broad access to resources, promoting innovation and best practice in the implementation of geographic (geo-)media as a digital learning environment for school learning and teaching in several scientific fields (Earth science, Environmental...

Selected for piloting The EnvKids The project aims at students' understanding of the concept of environmental sustainability. It consists of educational activities that are designed as a series of simple steps that children can follow easily, of building critical thinking and developing understanding of the above mentioned concept. ...

The Gisas Introduction of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) to the teaching of geography and environmental sciences in European schools. The partners developed an integrated Web-based learning environment to collect, visualise, manage and share local GIS data on water and river basins. The materials deve...