Brussels, 19-06-2015

Quantum Spin-Offworking with teachers

Dr. Gina Mihai7th Scientix Projects’ Networking Event, 19th June 2015

Quantum Spin-Off project is funded by the European Commission. This communication reflects the views of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained herein.

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EU LLP-Comenius project in BE, EE, GR, CHLLP = LIFE LONGLEARNING PROGRAMME

Started: 1-12-2013; till: 30-11-2015

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Connecting schools with high-tech researchand entrepreneurship

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Target: last 2 years secondary school

general - technical

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Why ?

High-tech research and entrepreneurship strongly present in Europe

For teachers:Provide tools and a pedagogy to connect pupils

with the ‘life of real-life’ researchers and for teaching these modern fields

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How?Try-out of 1 school year (in each of the 4 countries)• Every class coupled to a researcher • Scientific paper• Quantum physics in the class and experiments• Visit a research lab and a (spinoff) company • Students think socially useful and responsible

application or service (‘start’ spinoff)

• Basics of entrepreneurship (business model canvas)

• Contest: Quantum Spin-Off Prize (National SpinOff day & EU final)

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FOR teachers & their students:

1. Learning material 2. Teachers guidelines3. Contact during the Try-out4. Two National teacher trainings in each

of the 4 countries 5. Two Summer schools

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Learning materialLearning stations available on Scientix portal and on the project website

http://www.quantumspinoff.eu/

• I-V quantum physics • VI-XI bridge with technology• hands-on experiments• business model canvas (entrepreneurship)

• teacher guidelines, appendix

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Contacts with the teachers during the Try-out

Meeting with teachers:• Teachers info day• Spin up day (also with pupils)

• Teachers day during the project (January 2015)

• While visiting the companies and meeting the researcher

Written communication:• Continuous communication

during the project: e-mails, website (as reference)

• Facebook page for teachers and pupils:

www.facebook.com/groups/quantumspinoff/

Contribution by teachers and their students by filming in the classFor the Quantum SpinOff project film

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Teacher trainings in 2014

National teacher trainings:1 per country in June 2014(20-30 participants per country)

Summer school 2014:Marathon (Greece), July 2014(9 participants from BE, EE, GR, CH)

Several participating teachers took part in the try-out 2014-2015

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Teachers feedbackTeachers are involved in the improvement of:- Learning Stations- Teacher Guidelines- Teacher trainings- Try-out & related events

Via:- questionnaires (EUN specific role in the quality

assessment) - by giving feedback on the learning material

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Teacher trainings in 2015

Summer school 2015: 5 quantum days in Greece, July 2015

Partial funding possible for teachers!

National teacher trainings:1 per country in Belgium, Estonia, Greece and Switzerland, June 2015

Training for sustainability

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Some pictures

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Thank you!

www.quantumspinoff.euQuantum Spin-Off project is funded by the European Commission. This communication reflects the views of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained herein.