Pollen - Seed Cities for science - Latest news

 




Latest news

See below the latest information or events about both Pollen's project and website.

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2010-02-15 / 2011-02-15 New videos and articles on school activities in Loures (Portugal)

New videos and articles on school activities in Loures (Portugal) between 2007 and 2009 are now available at: http://www.cienciaviva.pt/projectos/pollen/

2009-10-26 / 2009-12-06 International Scientific Conference - "ICT in Science and Technology Education", 26-29 November 2009 - Lithuania

International Scientific Conference "ICT in Science and Technology Education - 2009", Lithuania

                             26-29 November 2009, Siauliai

2009-10-23 / 2009-11-23 EUROPE RETHINKS EDUCATION - Editorial from Pierre Léna, Science Magazine, 23 October 2009

EUROPE RETHINKS EDUCATION - Editorial from Pierre Léna, Science Magazine, 23 October 2009

2009-07-04 / 2010-07-01 IBSE in Stockholm

IBSE as key approach

2009-07-03 / 2010-07-01 IBSE in Berlin (1)

Community participation and support for dissemination

2009-07-02 / 2010-07-01 IBSE in Saint-Etienne

Involvement of the scientific community

2009-07-01 / 2010-06-30 IBSE in Berlin (2)

Science and cross-disciplinary teaching

2009-05-30 / 2009-06-30 Pollen Science Education Charter

Release of the Pollen Seed cities for science education Charter ! 

Download it here and share it !

2009-05-30 / 2009-07-31 Pollen final booklet

Release of the Pollen final booklet Overview of main activities and achievements 2006-2009 !

The Pollen final booklet presents successful stories, main achievements, lessons learnt and  findings from the Pollen project.

Download it here !

2009-05-29 / 2009-05-30 Berlin European conference on science education in primary school

On 29 May 2009, as Pollen reaches completion, a European conference on primary science education will be held in Berlin, Germany.

It will be co-organised by the Freie Universität Berlin, the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften and the Pollen project.

Join us in Berlin to contribute to a new milestone for large dissemination of inquiry-based science education in Europe !

2009-05-26 / 2009-06-30 Pollen Science Education Charter

Release of the Pollen Seed cities for science education Charter ! 

 

2009-03-27 / 2009-05-03 Pollen's newsletter 8 release

A new Pollen newsletter has been released. Please download it below.

2009-03-15 / 2009-06-21 Catch them young : university meets primary school - an article of the Science in School journal about Pollen in Saint Etienne, Spring 2009

Issue 11

2009-03-01 / 2009-03-04 International PARSEL Conference on Science Education

PARSEL is the acronym of the EC-funded project “Popularity and Relevance of Science Education for Scientific Literacy” .

The PARSEL conference will be held by the Freie Universitat in Berlin - GERMANY from March 1 to March 4.

 

2009-02-07 / 2011-02-17 The guide on scientists' support to teachers is published

The introductory guide on "Supporting teachers through the involvement of scientists in primary education"  is available online.

2008-10-26 / 2009-10-25 Pollen's newsletter 7 release !

A new Pollen newsletter has just been released, with plenty of news about Seed cities activities ! Please download it below.

2008-10-09 / 2008-10-31 Conclusions of the European conference on "Science Learning in the Europe of Knowledge", Grenoble, 8-9 October 2008
This conference, organised in the frame of the French Presidency of the European Union on 8th and 9th October 2008 in Grenoble, urged the 27 EU education ministers to support inquiry-based science education.

 

2008-10-08 / 2008-10-09 Learning sciences in the European knowledge society

A European conference will be organised on October 8 and 9 in the frame of the French Presidency of the European Union.

2008-06-15 / 2010-06-30 St-Etienne's Booklet

The  booklet from Saint Etienne Pollen seed city came out

2008-06-09 / 2010-06-30 Pollen in Perugia (year 2)

Perugia's activities during the second year of the project.

2008-06-03 / 2011-06-06 Mirror mirror on the wall

A new learning unit from Amsterdam Pollen team

2008-06-01 / 2010-06-30 Pollen Newsletter N° 6

Pollen newsletter N°6 came out

2008-05-31 / 2010-06-30 The Science Fair in Girona

Science fair of Pollen schools in Girona (April 17&18)

2008-05-27 / 2010-05-31 Press release N°3

Pollen press release N°3 came out

2008-03-31 / 2010-03-31 Cross-curricular Hands-on Primary Science: Geography and Science

New Leicester Booklet: Spring 2008 issue

2008-03-30 / 2010-03-31 Pollen local websites

Some local web initiatives of project partners

2008-02-29 / 2010-02-28 Pollen Newsletter N°5

Digital version available (in English)

2008-02-18 / 2010-02-18 The science gathering bees N°3 (“Les butineurs de science”)

Newspaper from Saint -Etienne seed city, January issue

2008-01-07 / 2010-01-07 Ljubljana – Pollen seed city : Video N°2 - Balancing and weighting

A new video from a Slovenian School involved in Pollen.

2007-12-18 / 2010-12-01 Natural Science and Technology for All (NTA): the video

Video of NTA, the Swedish program, is available online

2007-12-01 / 2009-12-31 Let’s collaborate with another Pollen school from Europe!

Would you like to collaborate with another city from the Pollen network?

2007-11-23 / 2010-11-23 Pollen experiments in a shopping mall – resources available

Portuguese activities about cooking for kids and adults (Cards with recipes and chemical information)

2007-10-31 / 2011-01-01 Booklet from Brussels

Belgian booklet about Pollen activities came out

2007-10-26 / 2010-10-27 Pollen Newsletter N° 3 & N°4

The special issue of the Pollen newsletter (Ns. 3 & 4 ) came out

2007-10-11 / 2007-10-14 Workshop on Science education

The international workshop “Science Education in School” was held on October 11 to 14, 2007 in Bucharest.

2007-10-05 / 2009-10-05 Food & Science Challenge

The Pollen schools from Leicester were challenged to carry out a science project about food during June and July, 2007.

2007-09-10 / 2010-09-12 About swarming

European Union research magazine, research*eu, focuses on Pollen

2007-06-28 / 2009-09-30 Cross-curricular Hands-on Primary Science: Science and Art

Spring Booklet including Leicester activities about Science and Art following an in-service session of teachers training.

2007-06-27 / 2009-09-30 Press release N°2

Pollen Press Release N°2 came out

2007-06-22 / 2009-09-30 Brussels, another Pollen seed city on a Belgian newspaper

Le soir, a Belgian newspaper, has published an interview of Pasquale Nardone talking about Pollen

2007-06-18 / 2009-09-30 Rocard’s report on science education: “New approach to science teaching needed in Europe”.

Recommendations from the “High Level Group on Science Education” for improving in science teaching at all levels in order to revise science teaching in Europe.

2007-06-15 / 2009-09-30 Saint Etienne, a Pollen seed city, on a French newspaper

French press interested by Pollen project

2007-06-07 / 2009-06-30 Inquiry teaching at primary school (Berlin, 2006)

Booklet about Pollen actions in Berlin during 2006

2007-05-12 / 2007-05-15 Pollen Empowering seminar

From May 12 to 15, all Pollen coordinators and trainers met in Girona (Spain) to participate to Pollen "Empowering seminar".

2007-04-20 / 2009-04-30 The science gathering bees N°2 (“Les butineurs de science”)

Newspaper from Saint -Etienne seed city

2007-03-16 / 2007-03-16 Cross-curricular Hands-on Primary Science booklet - Autumn 2006

Examples of teachers in Leicester about making cross-curricular links with science, in the context of light and electricity

2007-03-09 / 2007-03-09 Pollen Newsletter N° 2

The second issue of our Newsletter came out

2007-03-01 / 2007-03-01 “Materials : good conductors, poor conductors and isolators”, a science session in Portugal

Alberto Ferro carried out a session about Materials : good conductors, poor conductors and isolators.

2007-02-01 / 2008-02-01 Images of Pollen's first year

What happened during the first year of the Project ?

2007-01-31 / 2007-01-31 The GRID project records La main à la pâte and Pollen

The GRID project, promoting the creation of a network for the exchange of good practice in the field of science teaching in Europe, makes a focus on La main à la pâte and Pollen actions.

2007-01-19 / 2007-01-31 Pollen on the local newspapers…

The “Revista Loures municipal” from Portugal devoted an article to Pollen project.

2006-12-22 / 2006-12-31 Pollen Newsletter N° 1
The first issue of the pollen newsletter came out
2006-12-19 / 2006-12-19 Web link between Coleman Primary School in Leicester and the Pollen Science Centre in Portugal
There was a web link between 2 Pollen schools from Portugal and United Kingdom on Thursday afternoon 24th November.
2006-12-14 / 2006-12-14 Workshop on temperature and heat in Ljubljana.
A workshop on temperature and heat will take place in Ljubljana on December, 14.
2006-11-28 / 2006-11-28 An example of a science session in Slovenia

Video of a science session with 7-8 years old pupils in Ljubljana. Topic: Separation of solid particles by seaving

2006-11-27 / 2006-11-27 European Commission looks to experts to stimulate science education

The European Commission has today announced the creation of a group to look at what action can be taken in Europe to support science education in primary and secondary schools.

2006-11-24 / 2006-11-24 Pollen presentation in the Pavillion of Knowledge (Lisbon)
Within the framework of the Science week, Pollen  will be presented on November 24th in Lisbon
2006-11-21 / 2006-11-22 Pollen training in Ljubljana (Slovenia)
A Pollen training will be organized in Ljubljana on November 21 and 22, 2006.
2006-10-20 / 2006-10-21 Teacher training in Vac (Hungary)

Within the framework of the actions of the Pollen seed city, a teacher training session is organised in  Vac (Hungary).

2006-10-14 / 2006-10-17 2nd European Conference on Primary science and technology Education
Science is Primary II : Engaging the new generation - 2nd European Conference on Primary science and technology Education, Stockholm, Sweden October 15 - 17, 2006
2006-10-13 / 2006-10-18 Implementation seminar
All national and local seed cities coordinators are welcome to Pollen’s implementation seminar  to be held  at Sèvres (France) at the Center of Pedagogical Studies (CIEP) from May 13th to 17th 2006.
2006-05-29 / 2006-12-31 Italian Pollen launch event

Italian Pollen launch event

2006-04-19 / 2006-10-19 Pollen Launch in Saint-Etienne
Next October 19, the Pollen project will be officially launched in France, at the Saint-Etienne National Superior School of Mines.
2006-04-01 / 2007-01-01 Cross visits

Visits of national and local coordinators to centres of excellence in the partners’ countries are organized in order to empower the local community’s development

2006-04-01 / 2006-05-31 Press relase n°1
Press Release N°1 came out