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Guides for teachers in science education
Pollen - a European project coordinated by La main à la pâte (France) - promotes science teaching renovation in primary schools based on an inquiry-based approach. For this, a sustainable framework for science education through a (...) - Read more

Xperimania Science Ambassadors
Would you like to show your students the coolest chemistry and physics tricks and find some new ideas for your science classes? This year Xperimania sends science ambassadors right into the classroom to demonstrate the fun side of science - and your (...) - Read more

The STELLA final conference in Nancy, France, 18 November 2009
The STELLA final conference takes place in Nancy, France, on 18 November 2009, and is broadcasted on the Internet in English and French. It is addressing science education teachers, educators, researchers and school heads, focusing on the (...) - Read more

European study shows when teachers like science, students do too
Did you ever blame your teacher for hating science? If you answered yes, you're not alone. New research shows that the shrinking number of students in Europe who choose to study science is influenced by how schools and teachers shape their (...) - Read more

The European Virtual Observatory (EuroVO)
The European Virtual Observatory (EuroVO) aims at developing a virtual observatory in Europe. Astronomy, being interesting both for education and as entertainment, is a science that attracts a variety of people. Astronomy offers both beautiful (...) - Read more

Science in School - Highlighting the best in science teaching and research
Science in School aims to promote inspiring science teaching by encouraging communication between teachers, scientists, and everyone else involved in European science education. It addresses science teaching both across Europe and across (...) - Read more

Practical Training Courses for Teachers: ELLS LearningLAB
The European Learning Laboratory for the Life Sciences [ELLS] is an education facility which has been created to bring secondary school teachers into the research lab for a unique hands-on encounter with state-of-the-art molecular biology techniques (...) - Read more

Supporting teachers through the involvement of scientists in primary education (ASTEP)
Supported and encouraged by the Academy of Sciences, especially in the framework of Hands on science (La main à la pâte), several initiatives aim at making scientists get involved in schools. Indeed for many years: Scientific (...) - Read more

Educational Farms in France
The farm is the ideal support to address a multitude of issues in relation to the educational curriculum. In kindergarten: sensory discovery, exploring the world of the living. Children can see, touch, feel, and feed the animals. In primary schools, (...) - Read more

Imagine Cup 2008 - The Experience of the Winning Team "Atlas" from Bulgaria
Imagine Cup competition aims to encourage the students to show their imagination, creativeness and talent... Imagine Cup is a world competition for students, organized for a sixth year in succession by Microsoft Corp. The competition aims to (...) - Read more

Mathematicians at work
What kind of work do young people graduated in maths? This is the question raised by many young people keen on maths at the moment of matriculation to university. A collection of professional and human portaits and stories, realised in cooperation (...) - Read more

Science Education in Europe: Critical Reflections
Why study science? To quote the authors of this report: "Science is an important component of our European cultural heritage. It provides the most important explanations we have of the material world. In addition, some understanding of the practices (...) - Read more

Teaching Science in Europe: What European teachers can learn from each other
Under the guidance of the non-profit association Science on Stage Deutschland e.V. (SonSD), forty teachers from fifteen European countries discussed concepts and materials for science lessons. The outcomes of this international workshop have been (...) - Read more