Author: Michael Gregory

Over the past few months, the European Physical Society ran “Spring into Discovery Space” – a webinar series and contest to introduce teachers across Europe to the Discovery Space Project.

Discovery Space is an EU-funded project to develop an Exploratory Learning Environment to facilitate students’ inquiry and problem-solving through learning scenarios featuring virtual and remote labs. Students are guided through differentiated learning pathways, customized by their input as they progress through learning scenarios covering a variety of topics.  For more information on Discovery Space, please see: https://discoveryspace.eu/.

The EPS congratulates the two 1st Prize winners:

• Isabela Elena Ciurea, Romania
• Aili Kruusaauk, Estonia

Combined, these two enthusiastic teachers used the Discovery Space platform for over 400 student-implementations of learning scenarios!  In recognition of their efforts, and to support them to go further, they have been awarded a trip to Marathon, Greece, to attend the Discovery Space Summer School from July 6-11th.  (For more information on the summer school, see: https://esia.ea.gr/discovery-space-summer-school/)

The Spring into Discovery Space webinar series featured weekly webinars throughout April and May, hosted by EPS project officer Michael Gregory and guest hosts from Discovery Space Partners across Europe.  NUCLIO (Núcleo Interativo de Astronomia e Inovação em Educação, Portugal) generated the most enthusiasm, with over 150 teachers registered for their webinars on the Mission to Mars and Earth’s Annual Journey Learning Scenarios.  Recordings of the webinars are published in a playlist on the EPS YouTube channel:

Spring Into Discovery Space Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNQWWp2JS_aRW80n8EBpzFgrzG0T_6emF

EPS will follow-up with another webinar series, “Fall into Discovery Space,” in September and October, culminating with an in-person workshop at EPS headquarters in Mulhouse, France, October 18-19th.  For more information, check out the August issue of e-EPS, and check back on our Current Projects: https://eps.org/what-we-do/education/current-projects/

Discovery Space is funded by the European Union under grant agreement No 101086701. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.