Here you can find information about special events related to the Xplora portal and science education activities.
ELLS Learning Lab: Bringing challenging DNA science topics into the classroom The registration for the next ELLS Learning Lab "Bringing challenging DNA science topics into the classroom" has been opened. The LearningLAB will be held in Heidelberg, Germany from 29 September to 1 October 2008. Read more
The European e-Skills 2008 Conference The European e-Skills 2008 Conference will bring together experts from government, ICT industry, social partners, academia and other stakeholders. The conference will present and discuss best practices, flagship projects and report on progress. Read more
Helping young women to realize their potential in technology Microsoft together with UNESCO, INSEAD, the Women’s Forum, the SciTech Girls and European Schoolnet, will be hosting a high level roundtable and debate to raise awareness and policy attention to the need of promoting deeper participation of young women in technology and science... Read more
Apply for Petnica International Science School Petnica International Science School 2008 is a summer program devoted to out-of-school science education. The focus of the program is on critical and creative thinking in sciences and scientific research. Read more
Comenius course: Design of on-line/blended learning sequences for integrated teaching of Science, Mathematics and CLIL The main objetive of this course is to familiarize participants with examples of good practice in Science, Mathematics and CLIL teaching and to learn how to develop an on-line course using the Moodle open source platform. Read more
Chat on petrochemistry and toys Over 40 years toymakers have relied on innovations in chemistry to create some of the most popular toys worldwide. Plastics and other petrochemistry products are used to produce dolls, Lego bricks, Playmobil figures or the latest “growing” test tube aliens. On the next... Read more
Summer School on Educational Resources in Technology-enhanced Science Learning - Discover Cosmos The Greek Ellinogermaniki Agogi school organises on 6 - 11 July 2008 a summer school titled "DISCOVER COSMOS: Educational Resources in Technology-enhanced Science Learning". The summer school aims to facilitate European science teachers in using efficiently existing tools and services... Read more
2008 GIFT Workshop: Carbon Cycle The 6th edition of the GIFT (Geosciences Information for Teachers) workshop will be held in Vienna, Austria, from 13-15 April 2008 during the General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union. The conference is a unique opportunity for teachers to meet scientist from all over the... Read more
SciFest – Science, Technology and Environment festival for Kids and Youngsters, and ENO Conference - Together We Learn Better 'SciFest Finland, ENO Programme and the University of Joensuu will arrange this spring a global festival for schools on science, technology and environment. The festival consists of two simultaneous events: ENO conference (14-19 April) and SciFest 2008 Finland (16-19 April). Read more
Online chat on career opportunities in chemistry On 14 March at 2 pm CET, the next Xperimania online chat takes place. Fabian Scuvie, R&D Advisor for Training, at essenscia - the Belgian chemistry association - will answer students’ questions on "What career opportunities are there in the chemical industry?" Read more
Chemistry Week 2007 Chemistry Week is a themed week of events, held every two years to promote a positive image of chemistry and increase public understanding of the importance of chemical science in our everyday lives. Read more
The PENCIL Science Teachers Conference in Technopolis®, the Flemish science centre, ended with a great success More than 120 participants attended the final PENCIL Science Teachers Conference in Mechelen, 14. 6. - 16. 6. 2007. About 100 science teachers from all over Europe were given a chance to see the results of the PENCIL project and get an idea for future cooperation with science centres. Read more
EMBO/EMBL Conference on Science an Society, Heidelberg, 2-3 November 2007 What is the future of the human race, and how is it intertwined and in competition with the rest of life on earth? Such questions interest not only experts, but increasingly the general public, especially as the certainty and probable consequences of global warming loom ever larger. Read more
International Conference of Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics 2007, Greece The aim of ICNAAM 2007 is to bring together leading scientists of the international Numerical and Applied Mathematics community and to attract original research papers of very high quality. Read more
Petnica International Science School, August 18-30, 2007, Petnica Science Center (Serbia) PI 2007 is a summer program of Petnica Science Center. The main idea of the program is to gather gifted students, extraordinary motivated for scientific research from the region of SE Europe and other countries in Petnica stimulating surrounding, give them short but intensive course... Read more
Sixth Mathematical Knowledge Management Conference The 6th International Conference on Mathematical Knowledge Management - MKM 2007- will be held at RISC (Research Institute for Symbolic Computation) in Linz, Austria, from 27-30 June 2007. An associated workshop, Mathematical User Interfaces - MathUI07- organized by Paul Libbrecht,... Read more
2007 GIFT Workshop: Geosciences in the City The 5th edition of the GIFT (Geosciences Information for Teachers) Workshop will be held in Vienna, Austria, from 16-19 April 2007 during the General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union. It is a unique opportunity for teachers to meet scientists from all over the world. The... Read more
Going extreme with the “Printemps des Sciences” The “Printemps des Sciences”, an annual event hold at spring time in Belgium, brings together academics and the general public for a huge meeting related to sciences. It aims to inform, raise interest in scientific careers among young people, and stimulate research activities... Read more
Plan your Saturn Observing Night Are you looking for a unique opportunity to introduce your pupils to planetary observation? Are you interested in exploring Saturn with them?
Participate in the fist worldwide “Saturn Observing Night” on or near 10 February 2007. Organised by the Saturn Observation... Read more
CERN Residential Programme for High School Physics Teachers Since 1998, CERN, the European Laboratory for Particle Physics, has been organising a yearly 3-week summer residential programme for high school physics teachers throughout the world. For its tenth edition, the programme will take place at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland from 1-21 July... Read more
Science on Stage 2 The "Science on Stage 2" festival will be held at the Europole Congress Centre in Grenoble, France from 2 to 6 April 2007. Offering science teachers from all over Europe an opportunity to exchange successful and innovative teaching ideas and materials, this festival will showcase... Read more
Designing the School of Tomorrow: Advanced Technologies in Education The Educational Symposium called "Designing the School of Tomorrow: Advanced Technologies in Education" will take place in Athens, Greece, on 26-27 January 2007. Organised in the framework of Discovery Space and CONNECT projects, funded by the European Commission, the symposium aims... Read more
FOSDEM 2007 to be held on 24 and 25 February 2007 The seventh Free and Open source Software Developers' European Meeting
(FOSDEM) will be held in Brussels, Belgium, on 24 and 25 February 2007.
This 2 day-event, organised by volunteers, aims to promote the widespread use of Free and Open Source software. Read more
2007 World Conference on Science & Technology Education The 2007 World Conference on Science and Technology Education hosted by the International Council of Associations for Science Education (ICASE) and the Australian Science Teachers Association (ASTA) will take place in Perth, Western Australia, from 8 to 12 July 2007. Designed for... Read more
WONDERS Finals in Finland The finals of WONDERS (Welcome to Observations, News & Demonstrations of European Research and Science), the first European Science Festival, will take place on 8 and 9 December 2006 in Finland. During these two days, the best activities of the "Carousel of Science," an exchange... Read more
eLA 2007 - The International Conference on ICT for Development Education and Training From 28-30 May 2007, the 2nd International Conference on ICT for Development Education and Training will be held in Nairobi, Kenya, under the Patronage of the Kenyan Minister for Education, Science and Technology.
Meeting the partnership needs of the Pan-African eLearning and distance... Read more
Launch of the Cinema and Science (CISCI) Project – 15 November 2006 How to raise young people interest in studying science?
Created for pupils and teachers, the Cinema and Science (CISCI) project is intended to offer an answer to this question.
CISCI will set-up a free online database with video-clips and movie-scenes which illustrate scientific... Read more
PhysicsTeachers@CERN2006 You are a physics teacher and would like to keep up-to-date with research in modern physics?
CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research which is the world's largest particle physics centre, is organising a 3-day residential programme from 24-26 November 2006. Read more
A secondary schoolteacher at the “Hands-on Science” Conference in Braga The 3rd edition of the “Hands-on Science” conference was held in Braga, Portugal, from 4 to 9 September 2006. The aim of this international conference was to participate in the improvement of Science and Technology teaching by promoting hands-on experimental practice... Read more
First web experiment in Europe delivered to Gymnasium Iserhagen Together with the University of Kaiserslautern, INTEL has developed a series of Remote Controlled Laboratories (RCL), which are the core of Xplora's web experiments. On 8 September 2006, one of these web experiments was shipped to the Gymasium Isernhagen in Hannover, Germany, during... Read more
Xplora workshop: Using Xplora Knoppix in science teaching The Xplora team will hold a workshop, presenting the new release of Xplora DVD Knoppix (1.2), at the ICL 2006 – Interactive Computer Aided Learning in Villach, Austria from 27 - 29 September 2006. Read more
Xplora Science teachers Conference - an event within the PENCIL project The Xplora Science Teachers Conference took place on 15-18 June 2006 at CERN, the world’s largest particle physics laboratory in Switzerland. The conference focused on open source and ICT in science education, science teaching approaches, the role of science centres in... Read more
Beyond Einstein -
A live webcast from around the Globe CERN and the World Year of Physics International Steering Committee are partnering with some of the world’s leading physics laboratories, science museums and
technology partners to present a twelve-hour live webcast to
celebrate Einstein and look beyond the World Year... Read more
The European Contest for young scientists Every year, the EU celebrates its best young scientific talent at the EU Contest for Young Scientists. Now into its 18th year, this high profile event is open to young people aged between 14 and 21 years old, who are the winners of national competition. In this way, the Contest gives... Read more
Euroscience Open Forum 2006 Euroscience Open Forum - ESOF2006 is the second pan-European General Science Meeting and it will be in Munich at the Deutschen Museum, from July 15 to 19 2006. Read more
Hands on Science Conference 2006 The third Hands-on Science annual conference- HSCI’2006, will be held at the Universidade do Minho in Braga, Portugal, from 4 to 9 September 2006, following the success of the previous conferences HSCI’2004 in Ljubljana and HSCI’2005 in Crete, attended by 320 participants... Read more
SkyWatch 2006 Astronomy contest The SkyWatch 2006 Astronomy contest was opened on Monday 20 March. SkyWatch Astronomy contest is an initiative that began in 2005 in the framework of the SkyWatch project with the support of the European Commission (European Science Week). Read more
Science in Film events The events “Science in Film”, in the summer term 2006, will be organised in Vienna within the EU-project Cinema and Science (CISCI), together with the University of Vienna and the Vienna University of Technology.
CERN Programme for Physics High School Teachers The programme consists of a 3-week residential activity, taking place every year since 1998 at CERN during the month of July. The programme is open to Physics High School Teachers from all CERN member and observer States, as well as from other countries subject to funding availability. Read more
Dynamic Geometry - an online event by Xplora and Deutsches Museum Xplora, the European gateway to science education and Deutsches Museum have organised a Dynamic Geometry event, on 14 March 2006 at the Deutsches Museum, Munich, Germany. Read more
Xplora website launch Xplora was officially launched for schools at 10am, on 13 October 2005, in Mechelen, Belgium. Read more
School and science museum: training course for teachers and museum educators The European In-service training course “School and science museum: cooperation for improving teaching, learning and discovery” is aimed at primary school teachers and at museum educators. Read more
Science Festival 2005 The fifth edition of the Science Festival will take place in Luxembourg-Grund, Luxembourg, from October 22 to 30, 2005. Read more
Autumn weekend of Physics As part of the World Year of Physics the Association for the teaching of Physic of Padua (Associazione per l’Insegnamento della Fisica – sezione di Padova) is organizing conferences and seminars in October and November 2005, during the weekends. Read more
Petnica Students Conference Petnica Science Cente, the biggest and probably the oldest independent organization for extracurricular science education in South-Eastern Europe is organizing its annual students conference on December from 8 to 11, 2005. Read more
Science on Stage: festival of science teaching A new 'Science on Stage' teaching festival is being planned for 21-25 November 2005 at the CERN nuclear research laboratory in Geneva, Switzerland. Following the model of the successful 'Physics on Stage' programme, delegates for the festival will be identified through national... Read more
The Microscopes of Physics: an interactive exhibition The Italian National Museum of Science and Technology "Leonardo Da Vinci" (Museo della Scienza e Tecnologia) is proposing an exhibition dedicated to all instruments which scientists have used to explore matter and its components.
The exhibition is taking place in Milan until... Read more
Science Lecture
about plants by the Royal Institution The school event, adressed to pupils from 7 to 9 years old,
will be held in London on September 29 2005. Plants are absolutely necessary to our lives. They provide food, and we also use them to make clothes, buildings and many of the everyday objects in our houses. Read more
EMBO/EMBL Conference on Science and Security The European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) and the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) are organising this conference on 28 - 29 October 2005 at the EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany. It focuses on crucial issues around use and misuse of biological data about individuals. Read more
Forum on Bioethics in Berlin, Germany The German National Council for Ethics (Nationaler Ethikrat) is organising a presentation with an open discussion in Berlin, Germany, on September 21 2005 about Bioethics. The presentation is opened to everyone. Read more
New labs for students at RUB For the new school term the Ruhr University in Bochum (RUB) offers two new laboratory activities for students: "Heat and randomness" and "Virtual worlds". Both projects run under the motto "Sometimes a project day is not enough". Read more
University for kids in Berlin This event is one of the last scientific activities of the holidays. The second edition of the University for Kids (Kinderuni) will take place at the Free University of Berlin on September 5 to 9 2005. It is held in German language. Read more
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Here you can find information about special events related to the Xplora portal and science education activities.
The registration for the next ELLS Learning Lab "Bringing challenging DNA science topics into the classroom" has been opened. The LearningLAB will be held in Heidelberg, Germany from 29 September to 1 October 2008.
The European e-Skills 2008 Conference will bring together experts from government, ICT industry, social partners, academia and other stakeholders. The conference will present and discuss best practices, flagship projects and report on progress.
Microsoft together with UNESCO, INSEAD, the Women’s Forum, the SciTech Girls and European Schoolnet, will be hosting a high level roundtable and debate to raise awareness and policy attention to the need of promoting deeper participation of young women in technology and science...
Petnica International Science School 2008 is a summer program devoted to out-of-school science education. The focus of the program is on critical and creative thinking in sciences and scientific research.
The main objetive of this course is to familiarize participants with examples of good practice in Science, Mathematics and CLIL teaching and to learn how to develop an on-line course using the Moodle open source platform.
Over 40 years toymakers have relied on innovations in chemistry to create some of the most popular toys worldwide. Plastics and other petrochemistry products are used to produce dolls, Lego bricks, Playmobil figures or the latest “growing” test tube aliens. On the next...
The Greek Ellinogermaniki Agogi school organises on 6 - 11 July 2008 a summer school titled "DISCOVER COSMOS: Educational Resources in Technology-enhanced Science Learning". The summer school aims to facilitate European science teachers in using efficiently existing tools and services...
The 6th edition of the GIFT (Geosciences Information for Teachers) workshop will be held in Vienna, Austria, from 13-15 April 2008 during the General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union. The conference is a unique opportunity for teachers to meet scientist from all over the...
'SciFest Finland, ENO Programme and the University of Joensuu will arrange this spring a global festival for schools on science, technology and environment. The festival consists of two simultaneous events: ENO conference (14-19 April) and SciFest 2008 Finland (16-19 April).
On 14 March at 2 pm CET, the next Xperimania online chat takes place. Fabian Scuvie, R&D Advisor for Training, at essenscia - the Belgian chemistry association - will answer students’ questions on "What career opportunities are there in the chemical industry?"
Chemistry Week is a themed week of events, held every two years to promote a positive image of chemistry and increase public understanding of the importance of chemical science in our everyday lives.
More than 120 participants attended the final PENCIL Science Teachers Conference in Mechelen, 14. 6. - 16. 6. 2007. About 100 science teachers from all over Europe were given a chance to see the results of the PENCIL project and get an idea for future cooperation with science centres.
What is the future of the human race, and how is it intertwined and in competition with the rest of life on earth? Such questions interest not only experts, but increasingly the general public, especially as the certainty and probable consequences of global warming loom ever larger.
The aim of ICNAAM 2007 is to bring together leading scientists of the international Numerical and Applied Mathematics community and to attract original research papers of very high quality.
PI 2007 is a summer program of Petnica Science Center. The main idea of the program is to gather gifted students, extraordinary motivated for scientific research from the region of SE Europe and other countries in Petnica stimulating surrounding, give them short but intensive course...
You are invited to join science teachers from across Europe to take part in the final PENCIL Teachers Conference. This is a unique opportunity to participate in workshops and debates on how schools and science centres can come together at the forefront of science education.
The 6th International Conference on Mathematical Knowledge Management - MKM 2007- will be held at RISC (Research Institute for Symbolic Computation) in Linz, Austria, from 27-30 June 2007. An associated workshop, Mathematical User Interfaces - MathUI07- organized by Paul Libbrecht,...
The “Printemps des Sciences”, an annual event hold at spring time in Belgium, brings together academics and the general public for a huge meeting related to sciences. It aims to inform, raise interest in scientific careers among young people, and stimulate research activities...
Are you looking for a unique opportunity to introduce your pupils to planetary observation? Are you interested in exploring Saturn with them?
Since 1998, CERN, the European Laboratory for Particle Physics, has been organising a yearly 3-week summer residential programme for high school physics teachers throughout the world. For its tenth edition, the programme will take place at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland from 1-21 July...
The "Science on Stage 2" festival will be held at the Europole Congress Centre in Grenoble, France from 2 to 6 April 2007. Offering science teachers from all over Europe an opportunity to exchange successful and innovative teaching ideas and materials, this festival will showcase...
The Educational Symposium called "Designing the School of Tomorrow: Advanced Technologies in Education" will take place in Athens, Greece, on 26-27 January 2007. Organised in the framework of Discovery Space and CONNECT projects, funded by the European Commission, the symposium aims...
The seventh Free and Open source Software Developers' European Meeting
(FOSDEM) will be held in Brussels, Belgium, on 24 and 25 February 2007.
This 2 day-event, organised by volunteers, aims to promote the widespread use of Free and Open Source software.
The 2007 World Conference on Science and Technology Education hosted by the International Council of Associations for Science Education (ICASE) and the Australian Science Teachers Association (ASTA) will take place in Perth, Western Australia, from 8 to 12 July 2007. Designed for...
The finals of WONDERS (Welcome to Observations, News & Demonstrations of European Research and Science), the first European Science Festival, will take place on 8 and 9 December 2006 in Finland. During these two days, the best activities of the "Carousel of Science," an exchange...
From 28-30 May 2007, the 2nd International Conference on ICT for Development Education and Training will be held in Nairobi, Kenya, under the Patronage of the Kenyan Minister for Education, Science and Technology.
Meeting the partnership needs of the Pan-African eLearning and distance...
How to raise young people interest in studying science?
You are a physics teacher and would like to keep up-to-date with research in modern physics?
CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research which is the world's largest particle physics centre, is organising a 3-day residential programme from 24-26 November 2006.
The 3rd edition of the “Hands-on Science” conference was held in Braga, Portugal, from 4 to 9 September 2006. The aim of this international conference was to participate in the improvement of Science and Technology teaching by promoting hands-on experimental practice...
Together with the University of Kaiserslautern, INTEL has developed a series of Remote Controlled Laboratories (RCL), which are the core of Xplora's web experiments. On 8 September 2006, one of these web experiments was shipped to the Gymasium Isernhagen in Hannover, Germany, during...
The Xplora team will hold a workshop, presenting the new release of Xplora DVD Knoppix (1.2), at the ICL 2006 – Interactive Computer Aided Learning in Villach, Austria from 27 - 29 September 2006.
The Xplora Science Teachers Conference took place on 15-18 June 2006 at CERN, the world’s largest particle physics laboratory in Switzerland. 
CERN and the World Year of Physics International Steering Committee are partnering with some of the world’s leading physics laboratories, science museums and
technology partners to present a twelve-hour live webcast to
Every year, the EU celebrates its best young scientific talent at the EU Contest for Young Scientists. Now into its 18th year, this high profile event is open to young people aged between 14 and 21 years old, who are the winners of national competition. In this way, the Contest gives...
Euroscience Open Forum - ESOF2006 is the second pan-European General Science Meeting and it will be in Munich at the Deutschen Museum, from July 15 to 19 2006.
The third Hands-on Science annual conference- HSCI’2006, will be held at the Universidade do Minho in Braga, Portugal, from 4 to 9 September 2006, following the success of the previous conferences HSCI’2004 in Ljubljana and HSCI’2005 in Crete, attended by 320 participants...
The SkyWatch 2006 Astronomy contest was opened on Monday 20 March. SkyWatch Astronomy contest is an initiative that began in 2005 in the framework of the SkyWatch project with the support of the European Commission (European Science Week).
The 10th edition of this summer school, sponsored by 
The events “Science in Film”, in the summer term 2006, will be organised in Vienna within the EU-project Cinema and Science (CISCI), together with the University of Vienna and the Vienna University of Technology. 
The programme consists of a 3-week residential activity, taking place every year since 1998 at CERN during the month of July. The programme is open to Physics High School Teachers from all CERN member and observer States, as well as from other countries subject to funding availability.
Xplora, the European gateway to science education and Deutsches Museum have organised a Dynamic Geometry event, on 14 March 2006 at the Deutsches Museum, Munich, Germany.
Xplora was officially launched for schools at 10am, on 13 October 2005, in Mechelen, Belgium.
The European In-service training course “School and science museum: cooperation for improving teaching, learning and discovery” is aimed at primary school teachers and at museum educators.
The fifth edition of the Science Festival will take place in Luxembourg-Grund, Luxembourg, from October 22 to 30, 2005.
As part of the World Year of Physics the Association for the teaching of Physic of Padua (Associazione per l’Insegnamento della Fisica – sezione di Padova) is organizing conferences and seminars in October and November 2005, during the weekends.
Petnica Science Cente, the biggest and probably the oldest independent organization for
A new 'Science on Stage' teaching festival is being planned for 21-25
The Italian National Museum of Science and Technology "Leonardo Da Vinci" (Museo della Scienza e Tecnologia) is proposing an exhibition dedicated to all instruments which scientists have used to explore matter and its components. 
The school event, adressed to pupils from 7 to 9 years old,
will be held in London on September 29 2005. Plants are absolutely necessary to our lives. They provide food, and we also use them to make clothes, buildings and many of the everyday objects in our houses.
The German National Council for Ethics (Nationaler Ethikrat) is organising a presentation with an open discussion in Berlin, Germany, on September 21 2005 about Bioethics. The presentation is opened to everyone.
For the new school term the Ruhr University in Bochum (RUB) offers two new laboratory activities for students: "Heat and randomness" and "Virtual worlds". Both projects run under the motto "Sometimes a project day is not enough".
This event is one of the last scientific activities of the holidays. The second edition of the University for Kids (Kinderuni) will take place at the Free University of Berlin on September 5 to 9 2005. It is held in German language.