Beneficiaries of the initiative:
Pupils and school levels involved:

• General secondary education (11/12 to end of compulsory education or even beyond)

Educational personnel:

• Teachers
• Teacher trainers of science / technology
• Lab technicians

Frequency of the initiative: One off event

Number of people directly concerned by the initiative: Less than 20 people

Summary: The project aims to encourage and motivate pupils to discover those prominent figures of the Hellenistic culture (Archimedes, Heron) till the modern "scientists" as Leonardo da Vinci, who contributed to the scientifical/technical development. The knowledge and the discovery of these scientists of the past will be made through the construction of some miniature models found in the code pages of the past.
The students work in groups and actively participate to the realization of a task; discover the scientists of the past who contributed with their ideas to the scientific/technical development; design, plan, organize the work; use technical drawing to design miniature models; identify solutions, to solve practical problems using correctly the tools; learn working principles of simple mechanics; prepare a report describing the most important steps of the project; prepare, organize and run the models' exhibition.

Organisation in charge

Name: 5th Gymnasium of Nikaia
Full Address: 91 Praxitelous str, Nikaia
Country: Greece
Email: mail (at) 5gym-nikaias.att.sch.gr
Website: http://5gym-nikaias.att.sch.gr
Nature of the organisation: Secondary school (11-18 years)



Contact person

Full Name: Koliatsis Alexandros
Tel: 306974722324
Email: alkoliatsis (at) yahoo.gr

Thematic(s):

• Innovation in teaching and learning sciences at school

Subject(s):

• Technology (mechanics, electricity, electronics, ...)

Methodology adopted:

• Hands-on approach and activities
• Learning objects

The use of ICT is a key element in the initiative. It is used for the following purpose(s)::

• Searching for information

Type: Local initiative

Management of the initiative:
Persons cooperating to this initiative inside the promoting organisation:

• Teacher(s)
• Lab technician(s)

Investment in human resources: the initiative is carried out: In extra curricula hours on a voluntary basis

External cooperation:
Outside the promoting organisation, the initiative involves people from external organisations:

• Science museums

Form(s) of cooperation carried out:

• Project work of pupils
• Project work with teachers (preparation of experimentations, ...)
• Visit or use of laboratories of research centres / industry by schools

Financial issue(s)

• Self supported initiative

Impact: European

Products, outcomes and results:
Create pedagogical tools

• Pedagogical manuals
• Publication / web site / cd rom

Set up training / in-service training course or pack

• In-set training for science teachers by research institutes
• In-service training of science teachers by science associations, teacher associations, foundations

Organise special events, activities

• In site workshops in industrial / scientific heritage museums

Expected effects:
Awareness-raising for science and technology

• For science in general

Acquisition of competencies of the knowledge society

• Problem-solving skills
• Skills for analysis and synthesis
• Presentation skills

Key Competences for lifelong learning

• Communication in foreign languages
• Mathematical competence and basic competences in science and technology