SkyLight - a Global Science Operaby Oded Ben-Horin (Stord Haugesund University College, Norway)

SkyLight – a Global Science Opera endorsed by IAU \ IYL2015

NorwayPortugal

Italy

Greece

USA

China

Chile

Belgium

Palestinian Territories

Israel

Brazil

Serbia

Canada

TanzaniaKenya

India

Australia

Poland

São Tomé e Principe

Mozambique

Angola

Cape Verde

Spain

East-Timor

Sri-Lanka

Indonesia

UK

Project Framework

Science

ICT

Education

Arts

Write a Science Opera (WASO) is…

• A multi-disciplinary teaching concept based on the ”professional development” Write an Opera method.

In WASO, scientists and opera artists work with teachers/pupils to create original science operas:

Ownership of creative science and art output.

SkyLight – a Global Science OperaNorway

Portugal

Italy

Greece

USA

China

Chile

Belgium

Palestinian Territories

Israel

Brazil

Serbia

Canada

TanzaniaKenya

India

Australia

Poland

São Tomé e Principe

Mozambique

Angola

Cape Verde

Spain

East-Timor

Sri-Lanka

Indonesia

UK

Collaborative creative science learning on 2 levels: Preparation & performance

Professor Carl Pennypacker, University of Berkeley, som er leder i IKT i Læring nettverket Global Hands on Universe (www.handsonuniverse.org)

skriver følgende om «SkyLight» prosjektet:

“In a time when our world Governments seem to be not acting very carefully or rationally, it is so important for projects like Skylight to come to fruition! To me, Skylight, if I might take a verbal liberty here, is a fantastic example of "Crowd-Sourced

World Peace and Cooperation." That is, you have discovered a way of using the Internet for all people on our planet to work

together to inspire, educate, and lift us all above our self-imposed limits and oppression by others. Certainly one of the spiritual foundations of Global HOU/GTTP is that all Earthlings

learn to work together to study the stars”.

Previous iterationsLinkCast by Petros Stergiopoulos(Ellinogermaniki Agogi, Greece)… ESA ”Rosetta Wake Up!” winning video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sbx64eRtna0

In practice….

Who?????• Master Students \ PhD

students: ICT, Management, Arts Education, Design, Composition, Science Education, Pedagogics, International Relations

• Integration with research institutions

• Sponsorships• Volunteer work

How????• Online trainings (3-4

sessions)• eLEarning units made

available publicly

Integration of CREAT-IT pedagogical principles with theoretical framework -by University of Exeter team

Portuguese Experience

• Participants from school Fontes Pereira de Melo; 5th to 8th grade, ages 10-14/15

• Common topic: Earth, a living planet• Opera related activities; Science related

activities• Cycle of recitals• The outcome...

WASO Training MaterialsStrengthening/Supporting Creative Activities in an Inquiry-Based Science

Education Model (Cosmos Project, EU)

• Phase 1 - Questions Eliciting Curiosity

• Phase 2 - Active Investigation: Propose preliminary explanations or hypotheses

• Phase 3 - Creation: Gather evidence from observation

• Phase 4 - Discussion: Explanation based on evidence

• Phase 5 - Reflection: Communicate explanation

Analysis by Prof. Marianne Ødegaard, Forskningsleder, Naturfagsenteret, UiO (2)

CREAT-IT proposes the following working definition for creativity in science education:

Generating ideas and strategies as an individual or community, reasoning critically between these

and producing plausible explanations and strategies consistent with the available

evidence. Such scientific creativity as fuelled by ‘little c’ creativity, i.e. purposive and imaginative activity generating outcomes that are original and valuable in relation to the learner. - from

the CREAT-IT Pedagogical Framework Deliverable D2.1

Dissemination examplesEuropean Space Agency competition:

http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Rosetta/Wake_up_Rosetta

ESA winner (Oda Var Best, Sunnhordaland): http://www.sunnhordland.no/article/20140206/NYHENDE/140209837

http://www.vilvite.no/nyheter/show/vitenskapsopera-9-mai/