Transcript Theo Anagnostopoulos and Sofia Papadimitriou
Communicating Science
A Video competition in STEM for students from Fifth Grade up to Junior High
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Participating in the competition
form a group of 2-4 with their peers - choose a fun name pick a scientific subject that they find attractive research about it find an interesting, inventive and comprehensive way to present it on a short video and upload their video on the School Lab website.
Participants can vote their favorite video, while a judging committee chooses the ten best videos that make it to the finals.
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www. school-lab.org
Online Mentoring: Guiding and supporting
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How do school communities participate?
Pick and narrate theorems, natural phenomena or concepts Simulate situations Execute experiments Represent laws in Physics
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Compose, sing and dance their rap songs Present Short Plays
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School Lab aims at supporting students to:
Develop a critical and thought provoking mindset through innovative and creative activities Gain self confidence Better understand the exciting challenges faced by scientists and researchers
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Enhance skills to present their ideas to a wide audience Value upcoming scientists as role models
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Participation of Schools 2012, 2013, 2014
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183
Schools
611 1895 225 120
Groups Students Teachers Cities
2014
6,313 visits/month 355,190 hits/ month 486,561 hits in April 1st International Conference MARCH - Athens 2014 2014 2013 2012
Strengths
Active participation in groups Using video
inspires & ignites students curiosity.
The platform is simple, friendly and attractive 13/11/14
Interacting with mentors
was helpful and made difficult definitions seem familiar.
Students created fun and inventive videos 1st International Conference MARCH - Athens 2014
Innovative approaches?
mentoring practice
The project supports all 4C super skills The School-Lab brings innovations in learning practices approaching STEM topics in an
alternative way focusing effectively on UGV.
It brings students closer to scientific
research methods in an attractive way.
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“If we teach today as we taught yesterday, we rob our
children of tomorrow” John Dewey
Thank y
u!
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