- Duration: 6 training days
- Target group: STEM teachers (science, maths, technology), primary and secondary
- Language: English
- Locations: Locations: Larissa, Rhodes (Greece)
- Funding: Erasmus+ KA1
- Price (course fees): 480 euros
- Name of the course provider: Open Up Hellenic Association of Innovation
- OID: E10262009
Highly hands-on and experiment-based.
- Live demonstrations of simulations and virtual labs
- Small-group lab work with affordable tools and apps
- Design of inquiry-based and project-based activities
- Peer teaching and feedback sessions
- Reflection on inclusion and differentiation in STEM
Participants will:
- Discover and evaluate a range of online simulations and virtual labs
- Use low-cost digital tools (apps, sensors, data logging) to design experiments
- Apply inquiry-based learning principles in STEM lessons
- Differentiate tasks for diverse learners and mixed-ability groups
- Connect STEM activities with real-world problems and sustainability themes
- Develop a set of ready-to-use interactive STEM activities and projects
Day 1 – Rethinking STEM through interaction
- Introductions and expectations
- Challenges in teaching abstract STEM concepts
- Overview of simulations, virtual labs and low-cost tools
- Hands-on exploration of selected platforms
- Reflection: where do these tools fit in my curriculum?
Day 2 – Designing inquiry-based STEM activities
- Inquiry cycle and question formulation techniques
- Using simulations to support hypothesis testing and exploration
- Group work: designing a short interactive activity
- Peer testing: trying out each other’s activities
- Adapting tasks for different age groups
Day 3 – Data, experiments and real-world problems
- Using simple sensors, apps and data-logging tools
- Designing experiments around real-world contexts (energy, climate, health)
- Analysing and visualising data with students
- Group challenge: design a mini STEM project with measurable outcomes
- Reflection and sharing
Day 4 – Inclusion, differentiation and assessment
- Supporting struggling learners and extending high achievers
- Scaffolding instructions and using visual supports
- Formative assessment strategies in interactive STEM activities
- Designing simple rubrics for projects and experiments
- Revising existing activities through an inclusive lens
Day 5 – From isolated activities to STEM projects
- Building longer-term projects and cross-curricular links (e.g. STEM & citizenship)
- Planning roles, timelines and products with students
- Developing school–community connections (museums, universities, NGOs)
- Finalising participants’ project or unit plans
- Group presentations and feedback
Day 6 – Consolidation, resource exchange and closure
- Interactive recap: gallery walk of activities and projects
- Resource swap: sharing tools, templates and lesson ideas
- Identifying opportunities for eTwinning/Erasmus+ STEM collaborations
- Evaluation, Certificates of Attendance and closing reflections
- Optional cultural walk or visit
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