Teacher's Newsletter No. 119
Dear Colleagues,
this month we have some very good opportunities to participate in European projects - not only for teachers of science and mathematics. 26 March 2007 is the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome - the birthday of the EU. Reason enough to join in the celebrations, learn about the history of the EU and think about our common future.
|
European Schoolnet |
Science Projects | ||||
|
Spring Day for Europe 2007 is now running!
Spring Day for Europe is an annual citizen-driven initiative aimed to encourage young people to debate, reflect, learn and make their voices heard on European issues. Spring Day, which has already proved to be a success over the past four years, is already a fully-integrated event in the European school calendar.
Set up to stimulate interest and debate about the principles, achievements and future of the EU, Spring Day for Europe is a unique opportunity for pupils to meet, exchange ideas and share their hopes and concerns with EU experts and political leaders.
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Treaties of Rome. For this reason, “Together since 1957” is the chosen theme for Spring Day 2007.
This anniversary is an opportunity to communicate about what the EU has achieved so far and to intensify the debate on the future of Europe, a future matching the needs and expectations of young generations.
The new edition of Spring Day for Europe is will be held from 26 March - celebrating the 50th anniversary of the signature of the Rome Treaties - to 9 May 2007, which is Europe Day. These dates are the two highlights of the event intended to all schools in the EU, as well as accessing and candidate countries.
A wide-range of events will take place in schools across Europe such as competitions, exhibitions, debates, conferences and online chats between students from different countries and political leaders at European, national and local level. Primary and secondary schools are invited to take part in their own way, in line with their own resources.
In order to facilitate and encourage schools to participate, a website provides teachers and students with ideas and suggestions to organise events, as well as pedagogical resources, activities in the classroom, pedagogical games and educational tools.
By taking part in Spring Day for Europe 2007, you will contribute to celebrating Europe!
Read more
2007 eTwinning Prize Winners and Runners-up
The eTwinning Prize winners and runners-up for 2007 were announced at the eTwinning Conference in Brussels on 23 February by Ján Figel, Member of the European Commission in charge of education, training, culture and youth. Have a look at the winning projects and get inspired yourself! |
Four Seasons Project Science and culture are brought together in this project. For the scientific part, students are invited to note the exact time and compass direction of the sunset, but they must take their measurements on special astronomic dates – the equinoxes and the solstices. Sharing measurements with other schools will help your group to make interesting scientific conclusions. The participating schools will keep in touch through e-mail Hands-on & Brains-on Survey During the last decades, science centres and museums have been leading the way with hands-on learning and teaching in Europe. The multidisciplinary contents of modern science centre exhibitions are large and unique forming a reliable learning source. In the Hands-On & Brains-On project, a network of eight institutions (science centres and museums) is now developing educational programmes for primary schools in co-operation with school authorities, teacher education institutes and schools. Science teachers of primary schools are invited to participate in the project and contribute to its validation. Take part in the "Start-up/ Mid-Time or End-Time Survey" and tell us your expectations or your practical experiences about the project.
Xplora, the European Science Education Gateway manages the DECIDE game within the WONDERS2007 project. The project of the 2nd EUROPEAN SCIENCE FESTIVAL 2007, title WONDERS, uses the strengths, experiences and capacities of the existing major European networks EUSCEA and EUN, the European Schoolnet, in the field of Science Communication Events like science weeks, science festivals, science days in cooperation with the European science journalists from EUSJA2 to stimulate Europeans for greater awareness for science, technology and the humanities and for dialogues between science and society. Contact: Karl Sarnow Astronomy in the online-classroom The course looks at a range of useful ICT-related skills which are immediately applicable in the classroom. Participants will learn about various approaches to using technology in the classroom and have the opportunity to put them into practice over the duration of the course itself. Deadline for applications: 10 March 2007 Contact: Bernat Martinez | ||||
| International Programmes and Conferences | Competitions | ||||
|
CERN Programme for Physics Teachers - last chance to apply for 2007 session ! CERN is organizing a residential programme for Physics High School Teachers over a period of 3 weeks during the month of July. The programme is open to Physics High School Teachers from all CERN member and observer States, as well as from other countries subject to funding availability, and will take place at CERN, Geneva, Switzerland, from 1 to 21 July 2007. Successful candidates will receive a grant to cover basic travel, accommodation and living expenses. The deadline for applications is 15th March 2007. Find out more about the programme and how to apply
PENCIL Science Teachers Conference in Technopolis Xplora invites all science teachers to participate in the PENCIL science teachers conference in Technopolis, Mechelen (Belgium) from 14-16 June 2007. The conference is organized within the PENCIL project (Permanent EuropeaN resource Centre for Informal Learning), a large scale European project, supported by the European Commission's Directorate General for Research as part of Science and Society, to develop and test innovative methods for science teaching via a number of pilot projects. Contact: Michael Creek Xplora supports Discovery Days The aim of Discovery Days is to present the vision for the future operation of museums, science centres and thematic parks and to give to the wider public the opportunity to experience the new technological achievements during their visits in those places. A rich collection of examples of futuristic scenarios and visions will be presented and discussed in detail. These will offer a glimpse of a future in which visitors could explore worlds and cultures beyond their own, both in distance and time, as if they were there. The Discovery Days project intends to introduce several pan-European escalating science and cultural celebration initiatives, which will reach their peak during the European Science Week 2007. contact. Menelaos Sotiriou Free Your River - Comenius Contact Seminar The SOCRATES/MINERVA project “Free Your River”/FYR is very pleased to inform you about a COMENIUS Contact seminar which will take place in |
Energy is our Future: School competition
European Schoolnet invites students ages 11-18 to take part in the “Energy is our Future” poster and slogan competition. Competition entries should represent individual student’s views on energy saving and renewable energy solutions. The top three winners of each category, a total of 12, together with their coordinating teachers, will be rewarded with a trip to Brussels to attend the “Energy is our Future” Awards ceremony.
Read more Safer Internet Day: Six schools win prizes
The participants to the Safer Internet Day 2007 Competition crossed geographical boundaries with the help of Information and Communication technologies (ICT). For 3 months, 200 schools worked together in partnerships on e-privacy, netiquette or power of image to highlight bad and good communication practices. | ||||
| Celebrate Europe German Presidency | |||||
|
In 1957 the Treaty of Rome was signed and all over Europe people take this opportunity of being together for 50 years. On the official website of the European Commission you find a lot of information on how Europe celebrates the 50th anniversary. From this link you can choose information in 22 European languages. What has Europe ever done for us? The campaign Speak up Europe has begun and aims to ignite a lively debate about the European Union (EU) and its future. We want to know what you think the EU should do and not do, where it should engage itself and how it should do it... Have your say, join the debate! Read more |
Here you find a reference book offering all sorts of up-to-date and reliable information about Germany. In the course of ten chapters, renowned authors offer insights covering all aspects of modern life in Germany – be it business, culture, or politics. The keynote articles are rounded out by numbers and facts. | ||||
| European Schoolnet | |||||
|
European Schoolnet (EUN) is a unique not-for-profit consortium of 28 ministries of education in Europe created in 1997. EUN provides major European education portals for teaching, learning and collaboration and leads the way in bringing about change in schooling through the use of new technology. |
Contribute to the EUN teachers newsletter and send a mail to the editor Sylvia Binger: sylvia.binger@eun.org Subscribe/unsubscribe: write to |
||||
| EUN Office - Rue de Trèves, 61 - B-1040 Brussels Tel: +32 2/790 75.75 | Fax: +32 2/790 75.85 Website: http://www.eun.org/ | |
 | ||||
