Here you can find information about special events related to the Xplora portal and science education activities.
Xperimania Science Ambassadors to visit schools in Romania, Slovenia, Portugal and the UK - 09 February
2010 - From February to April the Xperimania Science Ambassadors will be on the road to demonstrate the fun side of science to pupils around Europe. Due to the high number of interested schools in the Science Ambassadors’ call run in autumn 2009, the jury decided to reward three extra... Read more
European e-Skills Week 2010: Major new campaign to promote ICT skills in Europe - 13 January
2010 - The first European e-Skills Week, taking place 1-5 March 2010, aims to raise awareness of the growing demand for highly skilled ICT practitioners and users within the industry. Read more
Science education summer school: Discover OpenScienceResources - 17 November
2009 - Educators from science centres and museums as well as science teachers are invited to participate in the summer school DISCOVER OpenScienceResources: Technology Enhanced Science Education and Science Content Organisation held in Crete 4-9 July 2010. The application deadline is 16... Read more
Celebrate Data Protection Day through digital creativity! - 30 September 2009 - From 15 October 2009 to 5 January 2010 young Europeans are invited to create digital artwork highlighting privacy as a human right and to submit it to the Data Protection Day competition. Read more
Apply now: Millennium Youth Camp 2010 - 16 November
2009 - The first-ever international Millennium Youth Camp (MY Camp) will be organized 6-13 June 2010 in Helsinki, Finland. MY Camp is targeted at young people aged 16-19 interested in mathematics, natural sciences, information technology and other technologies. Read more
Join the STELLA final conference - 16 November
2009 - Science teachers, educators, researchers and school heads are invited to take part in the STELLA (www.stella-science.eu) final conference held in Nancy, France, on 18 November 2009. The conference will also be broadcast on... Read more
eLearning awards 2009: register your school project and win a prize! - 10 September 2009 - For the ninth consecutive year, European Schoolnet is organising the eLearning Awards, Europe's leading competition to reward excellence and best use of technology in education. Schools and teacher training institutions are invited to take part and register at Read more
Plant Trees for Environment - 03 August
2009 - The Environment Online (ENO) opens the school year in a special way: schools around the world are invited to plant trees at midday on 21 September. Through the tree planting the ENO wants to remind schools about the nature and the importance of environmental protection. Read more
Join the “Europe’s Future Nobel Prize Winners” session in the European Parliament! - 14 September 2009 - To raise students’ interest in science and technology the first European Innovation Summit on 13 October 2009 will start with a session entitled “Europe’s Future Nobel Prize Winners”. About 750 students aged 12-21 from EU Member States are invited to the session... Read more
International Teachers’ Conference: Inspiring Climate Education - 13 July
2009 - Are you interested in developing new methods of teaching climate change? Danish Science Communication sponsored by the Danish Ministry of Education welcomes you to ICE09 – Inspiring Climate Education conference organized on 12-14 October 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Read more
Take Your Classroom into Space – an education activity on the International Space Station - 29 June
2009 - In September European students can follow an education activity carried out by ESA astronaut on the International Space Station (ISS). The ‘Take your classroom into space' activity is part of the education programme of ESA's Directorate of Human Spaceflight planned for ESA... Read more
ZOOM - Kids on the move to protect the global climate - 22 May
2009 - The Climate Alliance invites children all over Europe to carry out an activity week dedicated to sustainable mobility and climate change, focusing on the fun of movement and independent mobility. The Zoom – Kids on... Read more
NANOYOU kicked off! - 10 June
2009 - On 27 April 2009, the ORT Israel network held a ceremony to mark the launching of the NANOYOU Project to develop and implement a curriculum on nanotechnology for some 30,000 young people between the ages of 11 and 25 in 20 European and other countries. The project is being led by... Read more
Take part in the online survey on space exploration - 08 July
2009 - Since the launch of the first satellite in 1957, space has become a key part of everyday life. Today, thousands of satellites, an international space station and many powerful space telescopes orbit our planet. For a long time, Americans and Russians have led the way in space exploration,... Read more
Xperimania competition deadline extended - more prizes on offer! - 27 April
2009 - Following teachers' requests, the deadline for entries in the Xperimania competition has been extended to 22 May 2009. Read more
International Year of Astronomy: 800 students measure the Earth’s radius - 14 April
2009 - On 26 March, 800 students throughout Spain took part in the same experiment: they repeated the experiment that Eratosthenes
performed in 240 BC to measure the Earth's radius. Read more
Have your say on e-Skills in Europe! - 24 March
2009 - Is it only a myth that Europe lacks the IT skills needed? Can we trust the statistics? And how does the economic crisis affect on the demand and the supply of IT skills? Read more
Take part in the AquaRing Workshop: Digital documents on the aquatic world - 17 March
2009 - Take a deep breath and plunge in the great contents provided by some of the most important European aquaria, museums and scientific institutions! On 26 March 2009, on the occasion of launching the new AquaRing portal (www.aquaringweb.eu),... Read more
Xperimania chat in German: How does the automotive industry rely on Chemistry? - 08 July
2009 - The next Xperimania (www.xperimania.net) chat on 23 March at 11.00 CET will focus on how the car industry benefits of chemical industry’s research and innovations. The chemical industry is helping to cut cars’ costs... Read more
Chemistry meets art: How are chemicals used in art restoration? - 05 March
2009 - Students from four schools from across Europe learned about the exciting topic of how chemicals are used in art restoration in the French-speaking Xperimania online chat on 5 February 2009. The chat expert Mrs Myriam Serck-Dewaide, Director General of the Belgian Royal Institute... Read more
Xperimania chat in French: How are chemicals used in art restoration? - 20 January
2009 - How can we preserve pieces of art for future generations? How is chemistry used to help prevent the deterioration of old art works? In the Xperimania (www.xperimania.net) chat “How are chemicals used in art restoration?”... Read more
Celebrate Data Protection Day by making your own video! - 08 January
2009 - Young Europeans between the ages of 15 and 19 years are invited to take part in the “Surf the internet – think Privacy” competition which was launched this week at www.dataprotectionday.eu. The challenge... Read more
Quiz it up: Insafe launches Safer Internet Day 2009 quiz - 18 December
2008 - On 2 December 2008, the Insafe network launched its first global activity for Safer Internet Day 2009, 10 February 2009, namely a quiz available in 22 languages! The Insafe quiz http://insafequiz.eun.org addresses young people... Read more
(Petro)Chemicals – who needs them? - 08 December
2008 - Try it out - are you able to live a week or even a day without using or coming into contact with petrochemicals? British science journalist Andy Brice took up the challenge and will share his experience with students on the next Xperimania chat “(Petro)chemicals – who... Read more
Submit your eTwinning maths or science project to the European eTwinning prizes - 03 November
2008 - If you took part in an eTwinning project during the 2007-2008 school year that involves maths and/or science, be sure to submit it to the eTwinning Prizes 2009 competition where a special category exists for you! Read more
Meet tomorrow's top researchers via the EU Contest for Young Scientists! - 03 November
2008 - The winners of this year's EU contest for Young Scientists held in Copenhagen, Denmark, have been rewarded. The contestants, with ages ranging from 14 to 21, and representing 39 countries across Europe - as well as Brazil, Canada, China, Mexico, New Zealand and the USA - presented... Read more
Register for the eLearning Awards 2008 and share good practice using ICT in schools - 03 November
2008 - European Schoolnet is launching for the eighth consecutive year the eLearning Awards, Europe's prime competition to award excellence and best use of technology in education. Read more
Xperimania online chat: tackling the challenge of climate change - 29 October
2008 - Lighter cars and energy efficient houses - new approaches to save energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions are discussed in the Xperimania chat on 6 November at 14.00 CET. Secondary school students are invited to pose their questions to Enrique Espi, Senior Technologist at Repsol... Read more
Encouraging girls to study science: Sci-Tech Girls Day - 24 September 2008 - The Women’s Forum, with the support of European Schoolnet, will host the Sci-Tech Girls Day on 15 October 2008 in Deauville, France. During the event a group of 100 young girls around Europe will meet leading science and technology experts and inspiring role models to discover... Read more
Inspiring the Next Generation – How to harness the potential of Mathematics, Science and Technology to drive Innovation and Competitiveness in Europe - 23 September 2008 - On 2 October 2008, the European Round Table of Industrialists (ERT) will organise a multi-stakeholder event for academia, business, government and the teaching profession to determine the feasibility of developing a shared approach for the
promotion of Mathematics, Science and Technology... Read more
The European e-Skills 2008 Conference - 26 June
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. Read more
How to Use Space in Your Classroom During World Space Week - 28 August
2008 - World Space Week is an international celebration of space and in particular the contributions space makes improving the human conditions on Earth. It was officially declared by the United Nations General Assembly in 1999. During World Space Week, many public events and many educational... Read more
ELLS Learning Lab: Bringing challenging DNA science topics into the classroom - 23 July
2008 - 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
Helping young women to realize their potential in technology - 26 June
2008 - 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 - 21 March
2008 - 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 - 18 March
2008 - 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 - 11 April
2008 - 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 - 08 April
2008 - 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 - 18 March
2008 - 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 - 18 March
2008 - '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 - 03 March
2008 - 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 - 24 July
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 - 24 July
2007 - 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 - 24 July
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 - 24 July
2007 - 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) - 17 April
2007 - 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 - 27 February
2007 - 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 - 15 February
2007 - 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” - 16 April
2009 - 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 - 12 February
2007 - 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 - 19 January
2007 - 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 - 16 January
2007 - 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 - 18 December
2006 - 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 - 07 December
2006 - 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 - 21 November
2006 - 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 - 14 March
2007 - 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 - 31 October
2006 - 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 - 12 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 - 27 October
2006 - 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 - 19 October
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... Read more
First web experiment in Europe delivered to Gymnasium Iserhagen - 25 September 2006 - 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 - 16 April
2009 - 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 - 30 October
2006 - 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 - 16 December
2005 - 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 - 24 May
2006 - 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 - 15 February
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 - 24 May
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 - 18 April
2006 - 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 - 19 April
2006 - 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 - 19 February
2006 - 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 - 24 April
2006 - 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 - 19 April
2006 - 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 - 16 December
2005 - 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 - 10 October
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 - 10 October
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. Read more
Petnica Students Conference - 10 October
2005 - 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 - 25 August
2005 - 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 - 10 October
2005 - 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 - 30 August
2005 - 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 - 25 August
2005 - 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 - 30 August
2005 - 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 - 30 August
2005 - 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 - 25 August
2005 - 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
"Goodbye from OPAL" art & science exhibition - 25 August
2005 - An art installation by Raffael Rheinsberg is on show in Berlin, Germany at the Max-Delbrück Centre for Molecular Medicine (Max- Delbrück-Centrum für Molekulare Medizin - MDC) until September 20 2005. The artist has recycled parts of an electron positron collider to... Read more
CINEECO 2005: the 11th International Environmental Film and Video Festival of Serra da Estrela - 25 August
2005 - The Festival, which will be held in the city of Seia (Portugal), from October 21 to 30 2005, is opened to all professional or non-professional, national and foreign candidates. The main subject of this Festival is the Environment. Read more
Conference on Open Source for education in Europe – Research and practice - 25 August
2005 - The conference will be held at the Open University of the Netherlands Educational Technology Expertise Centre, Heerlen, The Netherlands on November 14 - 15, 2005.
This conference is organised by two European sponsored projects,
the "Special Interest Group in Open Source Software... Read more
Life science lab for pupils - 16 August
2005 - The University of Applied Science in Hamburg (Hochschule für andgewandte Wissenschaften - HAW) has set up a biotechnology laboratory for students. Read more
Science activities for kids: Culture and Playroom - 19 July
2005 - The German GSF - the Research Centre for the Environment and Health (Forschungszentrum für Umwelt und Gesundheit in German) offers scientific experiments and games for children from 6 years old during school holidays from 1 August to 8 August 2005 in Neuherberg, Germany. Read more
Techfilm 2005 - 07 February
2008 - This is the 43rd edition of the International Festival of Films on Science, Technology and Art, taking place from 7-10 November 2005 in Hradec Kralove. The aim of the TECHFILM festival is to collect, present, award and make accessible the latest programmes from the fields of science,... Read more
BA Festival of Science - 30 August
2005 - The British Association for the Advancement of Science (BA) organises this annual science event. It's one of the largest in the UK. This year it takes place in Dublin, Ireland from 3-10 September 2005. Read more
RUB school lab - 16 August
2005 - RUB laboratory opens doors for schools Read more
European Mobility Week - 25 August
2005 - From 16th to 22nd September 2005 European citizens will have the opportunity to enjoy a full week of events dedicated to sustainable mobility. The objective is to facilitate widespread debate on the necessity for changes in behaviour in relation to mobility and in particular the... Read more
Students ask an expert: ‘Petrochemistry: caring for the environment?’ - 11 January
2008 - On 31 January 2008 at 2 pm CET, two top experts, Dr. Roger Van der Linden (Group Manager for Environment, Energy and Product Stewardship – Borealis) and Dr. Joachim Krueger (Executive Director of the Energy, Health, Safety & the Environment & Logistics Programme – Cefic,... Read more
Designing the School of Tomorrow - 24 October
2007 - This conference will bring together professionals from all over Europe to discuss the use of advanced technologies to improve learning experiences for young people. It is organised in the context of the Discovery Days project. For Discovery Days, the focus has been on enhancing the... Read more
Hands On Brains On conference - 28 August
2007 - The Hands On Brains On conference supported by the European Commission's DG Research continues the "Science is Primary" tradition of the earlier years of EU science education conferences. The recent Rocard Report “A renewed pedagogy for the future of Europe” will be discussed... Read more
Simon Singh prize ceremony - 15 July
2005 - The University of Duisburg honours Simon Singh. On 28 June 2005, in Duisburg, Germany, the British author, Simon Singh, is honoured for his book Fermat’s last theorem with the “Dies academicus”, plus 2500€ of prize money. The prize is given for his efforts... Read more
IT summer school for pupils in Rostock - 25 August
2005 - Summer School ETIT 2005: "Chips 'n More" opens in Rostock Read more
ECSITE Annual Conference - 08 June
2005 - Taking place from 9-12 June 2005 in Vantaa, Finland, this event is the annual European conference for science communicators, educators, museums and science centres, organised by the ECSITE network. Read more
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Here you can find information about special events related to the Xplora portal and science education activities.
From February to April the Xperimania Science Ambassadors will be on the road to demonstrate the fun side of science to pupils around Europe. Due to the high number of interested schools in the Science Ambassadors’ call run in autumn 2009, the jury decided to reward three extra...
The first European e-Skills Week, taking place 1-5 March 2010, aims to raise awareness of the growing demand for highly skilled ICT practitioners and users within the industry.
Educators from science centres and museums as well as science teachers are invited to participate in the summer school DISCOVER OpenScienceResources: Technology Enhanced Science Education and Science Content Organisation held in Crete 4-9 July 2010. The application deadline is 16...
From 15 October 2009 to 5 January 2010 young Europeans are invited to create digital artwork highlighting privacy as a human right and to submit it to the Data Protection Day competition.
The first-ever international Millennium Youth Camp (MY Camp) will be organized 6-13 June 2010 in Helsinki, Finland. MY Camp is targeted at young people aged 16-19 interested in mathematics, natural sciences, information technology and other technologies.
Science teachers, educators, researchers and school heads are invited to take part in the STELLA (
For the ninth consecutive year, European Schoolnet is organising the eLearning Awards, Europe's leading competition to reward excellence and best use of technology in education. Schools and teacher training institutions are invited to take part and register at 
The Environment Online (ENO) opens the school year in a special way: schools around the world are invited to plant trees at midday on 21 September. Through the tree planting the ENO wants to remind schools about the nature and the importance of environmental protection.
To raise students’ interest in science and technology the first European Innovation Summit on 13 October 2009 will start with a session entitled “Europe’s Future Nobel Prize Winners”. About 750 students aged 12-21 from EU Member States are invited to the session...
Are you interested in developing new methods of teaching climate change? Danish Science Communication sponsored by the Danish Ministry of Education welcomes you to ICE09 – Inspiring Climate Education conference organized on 12-14 October 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
In September European students can follow an education activity carried out by ESA astronaut on the International Space Station (ISS). The ‘Take your classroom into space' activity is part of the education programme of ESA's Directorate of Human Spaceflight planned for ESA...
On 27 April 2009, the ORT Israel network held a ceremony to mark the launching of the NANOYOU Project to develop and implement a curriculum on nanotechnology for some 30,000 young people between the ages of 11 and 25 in 20 European and other countries. The project is being led by...
Since the launch of the first satellite in 1957, space has become a key part of everyday life. Today, thousands of satellites, an international space station and many powerful space telescopes orbit our planet. For a long time, Americans and Russians have led the way in space exploration,...
Following teachers' requests, the deadline for entries in the Xperimania competition has been extended to 22 May 2009.
On 26 March, 800 students throughout Spain took part in the same experiment: they repeated the experiment that Eratosthenes
performed in 240 BC to measure the Earth's radius.
Is it only a myth that Europe lacks the IT skills needed? Can we trust the statistics? And how does the economic crisis affect on the demand and the supply of IT skills?
Take a deep breath and plunge in the great contents provided by some of the most important European aquaria, museums and scientific institutions! On 26 March 2009, on the occasion of launching the new AquaRing portal (
The next Xperimania (
Students from four schools from across Europe learned about the exciting topic of how chemicals are used in art restoration in the French-speaking Xperimania online chat on 5 February 2009. The chat expert Mrs Myriam Serck-Dewaide, Director General of the Belgian Royal Institute...
How can we preserve pieces of art for future generations? How is chemistry used to help prevent the deterioration of old art works? In the Xperimania (
On 2 December 2008, the Insafe network launched its first global activity for Safer Internet Day 2009, 10 February 2009, namely a quiz available in 22 languages! The Insafe quiz 
Try it out - are you able to live a week or even a day without using or coming into contact with petrochemicals? British science journalist Andy Brice took up the challenge and will share his experience with students on the next Xperimania chat “(Petro)chemicals – who...
If you took part in an eTwinning project during the 2007-2008 school year that involves maths and/or science, be sure to submit it to the eTwinning Prizes 2009 competition where a special category exists for you!
The winners of this year's EU contest for Young Scientists held in Copenhagen, Denmark, have been rewarded. The contestants, with ages ranging from 14 to 21, and representing 39 countries across Europe - as well as Brazil, Canada, China, Mexico, New Zealand and the USA - presented...
European Schoolnet is launching for the eighth consecutive year the eLearning Awards, Europe's prime competition to award excellence and best use of technology in education.
Lighter cars and energy efficient houses - new approaches to save energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions are discussed in the Xperimania chat on 6 November at 14.00 CET. Secondary school students are invited to pose their questions to Enrique Espi, Senior Technologist at Repsol...
The Women’s Forum, with the support of European Schoolnet, will host the Sci-Tech Girls Day on 15 October 2008 in Deauville, France. During the event a group of 100 young girls around Europe will meet leading science and technology experts and inspiring role models to discover...
On 2 October 2008, the European Round Table of Industrialists (ERT) will organise a multi-stakeholder event for academia, business, government and the teaching profession to determine the feasibility of developing a shared approach for the
promotion of Mathematics, Science and Technology...
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.
World Space Week is an international celebration of space and in particular the contributions space makes improving the human conditions on Earth. It was officially declared by the United Nations General Assembly in 1999. During World Space Week, many public events and many educational...
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.
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.
An art installation by Raffael Rheinsberg is on show in Berlin, Germany at the Max-Delbrück Centre for Molecular Medicine (Max- Delbrück-Centrum für Molekulare Medizin - MDC) until September 20 2005. The artist has recycled parts of an electron positron collider to...
The Festival, which will be held in the city of Seia (Portugal), from October 21 to 30 2005, is opened to all professional or non-professional, national and foreign candidates. The main subject of this Festival is the Environment.
The conference will be held at the Open University of the Netherlands Educational Technology Expertise Centre, Heerlen, The Netherlands on November 14 - 15, 2005.
This conference is organised by two European sponsored projects,
the "Special Interest Group in Open Source Software...
The University of Applied Science in Hamburg (Hochschule für andgewandte Wissenschaften - HAW) has set up a biotechnology laboratory for students.
The German GSF - the Research Centre for the Environment and Health (Forschungszentrum für Umwelt und Gesundheit in German) offers scientific experiments and games for children from 6 years old during school holidays from 1 August to 8 August 2005 in Neuherberg, Germany.
This is the 43rd edition of the International Festival of Films on Science, Technology and Art, taking place from 7-10 November 2005 in Hradec Kralove. The aim of the TECHFILM festival is to collect, present, award and make accessible the latest programmes from the fields of science,...
The British Association for the Advancement of Science (BA) organises this annual science event. It's one of the largest in the UK. This year it takes place in Dublin, Ireland from 3-10 September 2005.
RUB laboratory opens doors for schools
From 16th to 22nd September 2005 European citizens will have the opportunity to enjoy a full week of events dedicated to sustainable mobility. The objective is to facilitate widespread debate on the necessity for changes in behaviour in relation to mobility and in particular the...
On 31 January 2008 at 2 pm CET, two top experts, Dr. Roger Van der Linden (Group Manager for Environment, Energy and Product Stewardship – Borealis) and Dr. Joachim Krueger (Executive Director of the Energy, Health, Safety & the Environment & Logistics Programme – Cefic,...
This conference will bring together professionals from all over Europe to discuss the use of advanced technologies to improve learning experiences for young people. It is organised in the context of the Discovery Days project. For Discovery Days, the focus has been on enhancing the...
The Hands On Brains On conference supported by the European Commission's DG Research continues the "Science is Primary" tradition of the earlier years of EU science education conferences. The recent Rocard Report “A renewed pedagogy for the future of Europe” will be discussed...
The University of Duisburg honours Simon Singh. On 28 June 2005, in Duisburg, Germany, the British author, Simon Singh, is honoured for his book Fermat’s last theorem with the “Dies academicus”, plus 2500€ of prize money. The prize is given for his efforts...
Summer School ETIT 2005: "Chips 'n More" opens in Rostock
Taking place from 9-12 June 2005 in Vantaa, Finland, this event is the annual European conference for science communicators, educators, museums and science centres, organised by the ECSITE network.
