Audiovisual Aids in Science Education Teachers use modern technologies to attract students to science and give them better understanding of it. Through technology, students can explore science content in a way that would not otherwise be accessible. “As a part of my lesson on the Universe, I showed a video that presents celestial obj...

Selected for piloting EduGIS Academy EduGIS Academy was aimed at popularizing use of information and communication technologies (ICT) as well as geoinformation (GIS) in the fields of science and environmental education in junior high schools and high schools in Poland. The project based on professional experience exchange (meetings...

Selected for piloting Flora - Decision on the New Road The specific learning material is organized in three stages which include Scenario, Inquiry and Decision-making. Stage 1 - Scenario The village of Iliaktida is located in a beautiful valley between two mountains. Recently, a very important issue raised the concern of the people who live in the vil...

Selected for piloting Natural Gas_A Curse or a Blessing The specific learning material is organized in three stages which include Scenario, Inquiry and Decision-making. Stage 1: Scenario In the past few months, the Republic of Cyprus has begun a very important process: a search to discover and extract natural gas. As a result of this, a convention will...

Nitrite Water Analysis: a practical approach to dye synthesis The project described here is embedded in the frame of a regular school lesson conducted in senior classes in high school. To address issues of the chemical field of dye synthesis and especially the azo dye substances, this lessons setup starts with a problem definition. This is done by introducing ...

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 and Smartphones in Science This is a classroom practice from Vecumnieku Secondary School, teacher Anda Kuzma. Teacher lets students use smartphones to search for pictures of plants, lichens, insects etc. because students are accustomed to do this every day. She uses tablets for practical work in biology (particularly outside ...