Highlights from the Science on Stage Festival 2011

Press release: Danish Education Minister opens European Teaching Festival

(Berlin/Copenhagen, 13 April 2011) On 16 April 2011, the Danish education minister Troels Lund Poulsen will welcome 250 science teachers from across Europe at the opening of the Science on Stage teaching festival. Over four days, the teachers present innovative concepts for science lessons in terms of experiments, workshops, science shows and exchange their ideas with European colleagues. The projects address current and socially relevant questions in education. Veronika Gallus, a teacher from Germany, for instance, presents the project 'Radioactivity - curse or blessing?' In class, she discusses hopes, fears and threats caused by the civil use of nuclear energy as well as the application of radioactive substances in technology and research from an interdisciplinary perspective. This includes bending 1000 origami cranes based on a Japanese legend.

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Science on Stage festival 2011: Programme online

Click here: http://science-on-stage.eu/?p=3_5

Commissioner Vasssiliou: Science Teaching: Winning Hearts and Minds for good performance in science

The European Science on Stage celebrates Europe's and Canada's best practices of teaching science.
It is an excellent forum for science teachers to exchange ideas and access teaching resources, and a unique initiative giving real practitioners the chance to showcase and discuss effective methods of teaching in a European context.

We are living at a time when scientific literacy is fast becoming a fundamental skill, in order for people to be able to make sense of our complex, technology-driven world, At the same time we need bright people to push the boundaries of knowledge forward, to make new discoveries and to find new solutions, so we need more young people to take up scientific careers...

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Belgium: Playful Science 2011

Science on Stage Belgium is organising his fifth Science Festival on Saturday the 19th of March 2011
http://www.scienceonstage.be/agenda.html

Science at its Best: Danish Education Minister supports European Teaching Festival

(Berlin/Copenhagen, 07/02/2011) From 16-19 April 2011, the Science on Stage festival will take place in Copenhagen. Danish education minister Tina Nedergaard appreciates the festival's purpose to enhance science education in school. Under the motto "Science Teaching: Winning Hearts and Minds", around 350 teachers from across Europe will present innovative teaching ideas and concepts in the fields of science and engineering in workshops, on-stage performances, speeches, and in a fair. How can interdisciplinary teaching and inquiry-based learning be implemented in class? In which way can new technologies be used in school? Numerous projects and experiments will address these questions and cover topics from kindergarten to secondary school. The aim of exchanging teaching ideas is to improve European science teaching and thus encourage more schoolchildren to consider a career in science or engineering. 

Danish education minister Tina Nedergaard explains: "The Danish Ministry of Education warmly supports the idea and content of this festival. It falls in line with the overall goals in "ET 2020": The European strategy for cooperation within education and training towards 2020." On stage and in the fair, projects shown will include Choco-Science, in which chemistry is presented at its best; a show on hearing the light and seeing the sound; high-voltage in the classroom; and experiments with magic fire. 

As the main sponsor of the festival, the Danish Ministry of Education is contributing to the continuation of a series of European festivals which were launched in 2000 by EIROforum, a partnership of European intergovernmental research organisations, with co-funding by the European Commission until 2008. In 2008, under the guidance of Science on Stage Germany, the 27 European countries involved established the initiative Science on Stage Europe and now strive towards alternative funding. More information on visiting the festival can be found at www.science-on-stage.eu.

100 days left until Science on Stage 2011 opens

Visitors are welcome: please register under: http://science-on-stage.eu/?p=3_3

Where the Science on Stage festival 2011 takes place

24 hours at Ørestad College

OECD to publish results of latest PISA survey on 7 December 2010

How have 15-year old students performed in the 65 economies that took part in the latest OECD PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) tests?
Click here to get to the OECD webpage

Reports from the Science on Stage countries

The selection of the national delegations for the Science on Stage festival 2011 in Copenhagen, Denmark is almost done.
Here you can read some national reports: http://science-on-stage.eu/?p=4_2

National pre-selection event Science on Stage Germany

Slideshow of national event Science on Stage Germany

Science on Stage: sharing teaching ideas across Europe

Originally, Science on Stage was the brainchild of EIROforum, the publisher of Science in School. Since then, the commitment of the national organisers has enabled this network of local, national and international events for teachers to grow and grow. Eleanor Hayes reviews some of the latest activities.Read full article

New issue of Science in School available!

http://www.scienceinschool.org/current

NSC Meeting 2010 Copenhagen

Impressions from the national event of Science on Stage Canada

New school year, new projects

XPLORA news September 2010: http://www.xplora.org/

Fly your experiment to the edge of space!

ESA is inviting students to propose experiments to fly on sounding rockets and stratospheric balloons.
Read more: ESA Education homepage

The conference venue for Science on Stage 2011: Oerestad Gymnasium Copenhagen

The modern building is created to support a flexible usage of the learning rooms. It’s an open  building where all activities are visible to all thus enhancing mutual inspiration and communication.

Science on Stage: gathering momentum

Many of the national Science on Stage organisations are already beginning to select which teachers from their countries will attend the European teaching festival in 2011. Eleanor Hayes reports on the Austrian and Belgian events.
 http://www.scienceinschool.org/2010/issue15/sons

ESA: Student competition 'in the can'

High school students from different ESA Member States were able to watch their own ‘satellites’ soar into the sky aboard suborbital rockets during the first European CanSat competition, held at the Andøya Rocket Range in Norway.
http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMYUUAO3DG_index_0.html

Fibonacci: European launch conference

21-22 September 2010 in Bayreuth, Germany
http://www.fibonacci-project.eu/

239 days left until Science on Stage 2011 in Copenhagen!

www.science-on-stage.eu

Science on Stage Europe Committees Meeting 11-12 August 2010

The Committees Meeting in Berlin served the preparation of the upcoming International Committee's Meeting 16-17 September 2010 in Copenhagen 2010.
The results will be sent out soon to the National Steering Committees of Science on Stage Europe.

Europeans are more interested in science than sport and want EU research boosted

New Eurobarometer report :
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A SHORT MOVIE INSPIRED ON NUMBERS, GEOMETRY AND NATURE.

Movie by Cristóbal Vila

Nature by Numbers from Cristóbal Vila on Vimeo.

Science on Stage Canada Teacher's Festival

8 - 13 August 2010
http://scienceonstage.ca/

New Scientix newsletter

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Science on Stage Canada 8 - 13 August 2010

Canada's Science Teacher's Festival
http://www.scienceonstage.ca/

Science in School No. 15 available

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16 - 17 September NSC meeting Copenhagen

The representants from the National Stering Committees of Science on Stage Europe meet in Copenhagen. Topic: Preparation of the European Science on Stage festival 16 - 19 April 2011 in Copenhagen, Denmark.

European education links

http://ec.europa.eu/education/

http://www.eu-bildungspolitik.de/

Interesting links (German)

First issue of Scientix newsletter

http://www.scientix.eu/

Slideshow of final event "Teaching Science in Europe 3" by Science on Stage Germany

Friday 11 June 2010: Presentation of new publication "Teaching Science in Europe 3"

From Friday 11 June 2010 the new publication "Teaching Science in Europe 3" in English and German will be available!


To be ordered for free at Science on Stage Germany: info@science-on-stage.de

Listen to the Sound of Science!

http://www.lhcsound.com/

International Year of Chemistry 2011 (IYC 2011)

2011 will be the International Year of Chemistry:
http://www.chemistry2011.org/

See what is happening in other Science on Stage countries!

Webpage Science on Stage Europe www.science-on-stage.eu

Science on Stage Hungary - New webpage!

http://www.szinpadon-a-tudomany.hu/

AthenaWeb on the road to Shanghai

 The latest issue of AthenaWeb's NewsLetter is online! 

http://www.athenaweb.org/editorial.php

Better milk for cats: immobilised lactase used to make lactose-reduced milk

Dean Madden from the National Centre for Biotechnology Education (NCBE), University of Reading, UK, suggests an experiment to make lactose-free milk – useful both for cats and for the 75% of the world’s human population that are intolerant to this type of sugar.

Read full article on www.scienceinschool.org

14-25 June 2010: UK Online science event for teachers and students: "I'm a Scientist, Get Me Out of Here!"

Login - Registrations open 1 June 2010
More information: www.imascientist.org.uk

31 May 2010 Application deadline for National event Czech Republic

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www.science-on-stage.cz

National event 2010 in Belgium

Playful Science 4 in Belgium 27 February 2010 

Find pictures and experiments under: http://www.scienceonstage.be

Science on Stage on Twitter

http://twitter.com/ScienceonStage

Juggling careers: science and teaching in Germany

Jörg Gutschank tells Vienna Leigh how his circus skills inspired him to take up teaching and saw him through his training – and how they help in the classroom.
Read full article on www.scienceinschool.org

National Pre-Selection Event Science on Stage Germany

Application deadline: 30 May 2010!
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Xplora newsletter issue 20

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Impressions from previous Science on Stage Festivals

Science on Stage Festival 2011: Conference venue

Have a look at the conference venue Oerestaden Gymnasium Copenhagen:
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11-12 June 2010: Final event of Teaching Science in Europe 3

Presentation of the new publication "Teaching Science in Europe 3" on 11 June 2010 at the Max Delbrück Communications Center Campus Berlin Buch.
More information Final event Teaching Science in Europe 3

Science in School No. 14

The fourteenth issue of Science in School is available! Check www.scienceinschool.org!

Science on Stage Europe Blog online!

Here you will get all updates from the initiative Science on Stage Europe!