| 19/12/2003 Platform for teaching inspiration – Fill the POS 3 Archive with your cutting edge material The ESA Education Office encourages every POS Participant to contribute with innovative teaching material for the POS website. To exchange experiences and get an inspiration for teaching from other colleagues from all over Europe – just have a look in the POS 3 material archive! And don’t hesitate to show your creativity! 19/12/2003 Inspiration by demonstration See the on stage demonstrations from the POS 3 festival in the website from the Institute of Physics (UK). The British NSC compiled the demonstrations which where shown at the Physics on Stage 3 festival in November 2003. 09/12/2003 International Youth Astronomical Summer Schools 2004 Students from the final classes who are interested in astronomy will have the opportunity to participate in observations of astronomical objects. The Summer Schools are organized by the Institute of Astronomy with the National Astronomical Observatory, Rozhen and the Informational Center for European Educational Programmes in Bulgaria. 15/11/2003 European Science Teaching Awards announced At the Farewell Dinner of the POS3 festival last night, the EIROforum European Science Teaching Awards were awarded to outstanding partcipants of the festival. 10/11/2003 Prince of the Netherlands opens festival The Physics on Stage 3 international teaching festival was opened today by Prince Johan Friso of The Netherlands. 17/10/2003 Festival programme now available! The provisional programme for the Physics on Stage 3 festival is now available on the festival website. 15/10/2003 Open Day registration now open The registration for the Open Day on Sunday 9 November is now available from the festival website. Teachers who were not selected to attend the full week can visit on this day. 09/10/2003 Dutch prince to attend Opening Ceremony Today it was confirmed that H.R.H. Prince Johan Friso of the Netherlands will officially open the POS3 festival on 10 November. 03/10/2003 Festival registration now open The registration for selected participants to the POS3 festival is now open. You can access it from the festival website. 02/10/2003 Festival website now online The information website for the POS3 festival is now online. Click on the link to find out about the programme and necessary practical information. 30/09/2003 Selection meeting for POS3 programme Today, members of the International Steering Committee met to select the workshops, presentations and performances for POS3. 19/09/2003 Deadline for proposals Today is the deadline for submitting proposals for workshops, performances, presentations for the POS3 festival. 16/07/2003 Student parabolic flight campaign beings The annual ESA Student Parabolic Flight Campaign started today in Bordeaux, France. Over the next two weeks, 150 students will experience weightlessness… 04/07/2003 ISC meeting takes place at CERN The International Steering Committee for Physics on Stage 3 had another project meeting at CERN today. 27/06/2003 International Astronomy summer school This weekend at the National Astronomical Observatory in Rozhen in Bulgaria, an International Astronomical summer school will take place. 26/06/2003 ISC meet at CERN in Geneva The International Steering Committee will meet at CERN on 4 July to discuss the progress of the national activities and the preparation of the third Physics on Stage festival in November 2003. 03/06/2003 Proposals selected for final festival Three performances and five workshop themes have been selected from over 40 proposals made by the National Steering Committees. 31/05/2003 Bulgarian national event a success One of the earliest Physics on Stage national events took place in Varna on 31 May. Over 600 students and 60 teachers from all over the country took part. 20/05/2003 Open Day at Grand Sasso laboratories Considering the enormous success of the first edition, with over 1300 visitors, the National Laboratories of Gran Sasso are arranging their second Open Day scheduled for May 25th. 16/04/2003 ISC meet at ILL in Grenoble The International Steering Committee had another of their regular meetings, this time at Institut Laue-Langevin. They were updated on the national activities and discussed many issues for the third Physics on Stage festival, taking place this November. 04/04/2003 ‘Yuri’s Night’ celebrated around the world Tonight parties will be held in hundreds of locations to celebrate the anniversary of the first person in space – Yuri Gagarin. Teams of space enthusiasts are arranging activities to excite people to learn about space and its role in our future. 01/04/2003 EMBL to host teacher workshop Registration is now open for the international practical workshop ‘Biology since the Double Helix’, which will take place at EMBL in Heidelberg from 23-24 May 2003. Participants will hear lectures from scientists active in the field and have the chance to discuss teaching methods with like-minded teachers from around Europe. 17/03/2003 Experience CERN for three weeks this summer! Applications for the 2003 High School Teachers programme (HST03) are open until 20 March. If successful you will spend a full three weeks at CERN from June 29 to July 19, with the opportunity to meet colleagues from throughout Europe and the USA. 13/03/2003 UNESCO ‘Bridging Space and Education’ workshop A number of experts in space education are meeting for 3 days at UNESCO in Paris. 03/03/2003 Teach Space in Primary Education workshop Twenty primary school teachers gathered at ESA-ESTEC for the Teach Space in Primary Education Workshop. 25/02/2003 ISC meet at ESO in Garching The International Steering Committee met at the Headquarters of the European Southern Observatory today to discuss the progress with POS 3 and approve the composition of the proposed National Steering Committees. 18/02/2003 POS 3 poster and leaflet available The minutes of this meeting and final version of the project information document are now available for download from the publications section of this website. 18/02/2003 Results of National Representatives Meeting The minutes of this meeting and final version of the project information document are now available for download from the publications section of this website. 07/02/2003 Deadline for proposed NSCs Today is the deadline for the national representatives to forward the names of their proposed National Steering Committees to the project organisers. Attempts have been made to ensure a broad representation of national education and science experts for each country. 18/01/2003 Meeting of National Representatives for POS3 Today national representatives from 20 of the participating countries met at ESA-ESTEC to discuss Physics on Stage 3. Check back to this site regularly to find out when new activities are being launched! 13/12/2002 Project information for POS3 The draft project information document for Physics on Stage 3 has been forwarded to national representatives today, along with an invitation to form provisional National Steering Committees for 2003’s activities. 14/11/2002 Physics on Stage 2 inspires book of teaching ideas The Irish NSC have published a booklet of demonstrations and teaching ideas seen at the Physics on Stage 2 fair. 11/11/2002 EIROFORUM present new education programme to EC The consortium of organisations responsible for Physics on Stage presented their plans for a European Science Teachers Initiative (ESTI) today at the launch of the European Commission’s Sixth Framework Programme in Brussels. 08/11/2002 ‘Catch a Star’ webcast The culmination of the European Southern Observatory’s web-based competition based on astronomy was shown during the European Week of Science and Technology. 08/11/2002 ‘Couldn’t Be Without It’ webcasts The webcasts for this EIROFORUM education project took place in English, French and Italian on 7-8 Nov, 2002. View the archived webcasts on the project website to discover how today’s technologies could not exist without smart science. 04/11/2002 Nuna – coming soon to a town near you After crossing Australia in record-breaking time to win the World Solar Challenge, the Nuna car is now touring European schools. The tour began in Stockholm today and will take Nuna to 35 cities in 12 European countries. 30/10/2002 Eduspace offers new ways to teach Earth observation Eduspace is part of ESA’s ongoing programme to heighten the awareness of science and technology education in European secondary schools. The website gives students a portal to space applications and Earth observation technologies. |