The welcome presentation from Scientix at the 7th SPNE in Brussels, 19 June 2015

1. 7th SCIENCE PROJECTS WORKSHOP
IN THE FUTURE CLASSROOM LAB
Friends of Scientix event
The work presented in this document/ workshop is supported by the
European Commission’s FP7 programme – project Scientix 2 (Grant
agreement N. 337250), coordinated by European Schoolnet (EUN). The
content of this document/workshop is the sole responsibility of the organizer
and it does not represent the opinion of the European Commission, and the
Commission is not responsible for any use that might be made of information
contained herein.
19-21/06/2015

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30 Scientix National Conferences
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Workshops in the FCL
The Science Projects Workshops in the Future Classroom
Lab (SPW@FCL) bring together STEM teachers working on different EC
funded projects. The programme always includes general sessions
designed by the lead project, as well as presentations by the collaborating
projects. Parallel sessions with specific programmes for each project also
take place. The workshops encourage the integration of the projects’
content and best practices into the setting and facilities of the FCL.
The 1st SPW@FCL (14 - 16 September 2012) was organized in the
framework of the first Scientix, in collaboration with Global
excursion and inGenious. 50 people including teachers and
science education practitioners (partners in EC funded projects)
participated in the workshop.
The 2nd SPW@FCL (19 – 21 April, 2013) was organized by
inGenious and with the collaboration of nanOpinion, eTwinning
and Scientix. This event brought together 77 science teachers,
career counsellors, industry representatives and project partners.
The 3rd SPW@FCL (14 – 16 Feb, 2014), organized by Global
excursion with the collaboration of Scientix, Go-Lab and ingenious
had 32 participants. The event included: the Award Ceremony of
the ViSH 2013 Competition which was followed live through video
streaming and which got more than 300 connexions, the 3rd
Scientix Teachers Kick-off, as well as Go-Lab and inGenious
workshops for Belgian teachers.
The 4th SPW@FCL(23 – 25 May 2014) was organized by Scientix and
had 53 participants, including 21 STEM teachers, 12 Scientix
Ambassadors, 12 Italian students, as well as representatives from other
FP7 projects who learned about Scientix, the FCL, Go-Lab, inGenious
and the Science Fairs Framework develop with Intel.
The 5th SPW@FCL (20 – 22 Feb 2015) was organized by Scientix, and
had 60 participants including 18 Scientix (out of 260) + eTw + posters,
resources awards and twitter winners.
The 6th SPW@FCL (8-10 May 2015), organized by Scientix had 60
participants from 18 countries: 26 Heads of School new to Scientix
(selected from almost 100 applicants), 7 Future Classroom School
Leaders, 22 project / organization representatives and Scientix
resources winners.

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Important
• In case of emergency
• Smoking
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• Today

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Workshops
OR
OR
Choose at lunch time!
and
13:30 – 14:15 (45’)
Workshop: How to inspire both girls and boys study
math and science?
(GENDER)
13:30 – 14:15 (45’)
Workshop: Universe in a box
(SPACE)
14:30 – 15:15 (45’)
Workshop: Scientix hands on activities
(Hands-On)
14:30 – 15:15 (45’)
Workshop: ENGINEER: How can we measure
the volume of an inflated balloon? From a
medical problem to an engineering solution.

17. 7TH SCIENCE PROJECTS WORKSHOP
IN THE FUTURE CLASSROOM LAB
The work presented in this document/ workshop is supported by the
European Commission’s FP7 programme – project Scientix 2 (Grant
agreement N. 337250), coordinated by European Schoolnet (EUN). The
content of this document/workshop is the sole responsibility of the organizer
and it does not represent the opinion of the European Commission, and the
Commission is not responsible for any use that might be made of information
contained herein.
19-21/06/2015

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Science Programme Manager // Scientix project manager
Àgueda Gras-Velázquez (agueda.gras@eun.org)
More information
Web Editor // Scientix portal manager
Róbert Baldursson
(robert.baldursson@eun.org)
Project Administrator // Scientix teachers panel coordinator
Marina Jiménez Iglesias (marina.jimenez@eun.org)
Project Administrator // Scientix portal resources coordinator
Victor J. Pérez-Rubio
(victor.perez@eun.org)
Science Projects Officer // Scientix project deputy manager // NCPs coordinator
Gina Mihai (gina.mihai@eun.org)
Project Support Assistant // Scientix NCPs financial manager
Ioanna Leontaraki (ioanna.leontaraki@eun.org)
Communications Officer // Scientix projects liaison / coordinator
Radostina Karageorgieva
(radostina.karageorgieva@eun.org)
Senior Education Manager & Analyst //
Scientix researcher
Caroline Kearney
(caroline.kearney@eun.org)
Project Administrator // Scientix support
Adina Nistor
(adina.nistor@eun.org)
Project Administrator // Scientix support
Ania Slusarczyk
(anna.slusarczyk@eun.org)