1ATLAS Outreach October 2010

The EU projects:The EU projects:The Learning with The Learning with

ATLAS@CERN (finished)ATLAS@CERN (finished)The PATHWAY IBSE Project The PATHWAY IBSE Project

(just started)(just started)FP7-Science-in-Society-2010-1

Christine KourkoumelisUoA/IASA

2ATLAS Outreach October 2010

www.LearningwithATLAS-portal.eu

3700 visits, ~50% returning ones

3700 visits, ~50% returning ones

3ATLAS Outreach October 2010

www.LearningwithATLAS-portal.eu

4ATLAS Outreach October 2010

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The Pathway to Inquiry Based Science Teaching

3 yr project23 partners3.4 M EuroKick-off :Athens 13/1/2011

ATLAS+CMS+CERN

5ATLAS Outreach October 2010

The Pathway to Inquiry Based Science Teaching

The project is addressed to Science Science TEACHERSTEACHERSIt will “educate” teachers to use Inquiry based teaching and follow follow them up up to determine how the new techniques improved their teaching improved their teaching skillsskillsIASA is responsible to develop activities which promote school-research center collaboration. Connection with CERN is the ideal Connection with CERN is the ideal setting.setting.

6ATLAS Outreach October 2010

Have to organize:•A community of “change leaders” for IBSE teaching •Workshops (vision,implimentation,practice)•Training activities for diffusion•Masterclasses•Contests of students and teachers

Will use and develop:•Resources of Learning with ATLAS @CERN •CERN teachers’ program•Teachers unique access to experiments and hands-on experience •Connections to nearby French and Swiss school•ATLAS Visitor center•Organized visits of certain nationalities of teachers

The Pathway to Inquiry Based Science Teaching

7ATLAS Outreach October 2010

All help from ATLAS is welcomed, especially connecting to nearby teachers’ community:A first summer school is already scheduled:‘Best Practices in IBSE’ 3-8 July 2011, Heraklion Cretehttp://www.ea.gr/ep/pathway-summerschool/

The Pathway to Inquiry Based Science Teaching