The European platform for science teachers
Anders Florén
Enskilda Gymnasiet, Stockholm
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Anders Blomqvist
House of Science, Stockholm, Sweden
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Science on Stage Sweden
Science on Stage Sweden offers a platform for Swedish teachers who are willing to share their work on a European level and are keen to take part in a network of teachers from 25 European countries. International teachers are always welcome in Sweden to present their teaching projects in teacher trainings to Swedish teachers.
Science on Stage Sweden was established in 2005 and is organised within Vetenskapens Hus, a collaboration between The Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) and Stockholm University to promote STEM subjects by hands-on activities for students. The Swedish national steering committee (NSC) consists of both teachers from schools and scientists from Vetenskapens Hus.
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Application for the Science on Stage festival 2019
Swedish teachers were asked to hand in their teaching ideas for the Science on Stage festival 2019 as written application by 31 January 2019. The application process is now closed.
Science on Stage Sweden - Open Night 2018
On 6 September 2018 Science on Stage Sweden invited STEM teachers from primary to secondary school to come to the Anna Whitlocks Gymnasium in Stockholm. Within the frame of an 'Open Night' the Swedish Science on Stage team presented posters and project exhibitions from previous Swedish festival delegates, and offered workshops on selected projects from Sweden and other countries.
Heidrun Boll from Germany presented her projects for primary school (Strong as a Bear, and Language Skills from Experiments).
Christoph Bauer from Germany presented a bee-keeping project for secondary school (the eHive project)
There was also information about the European Science on Stage festival 2019 in Cascais with details about how to apply for a place at the next Swedish STEM teacher delegation to represent the country at Portugal (see information above).
Learn more on our blog.
Teacher training on Chromatography, Stockholm
On 11 October 2016 Science on Stage Sweden offered a teacher training on 'Chromatography of Mixtures of Coloured Components at Secondary Schools' at Vetenskapens Hus, Stockholm. The workshop was based on a project of the Dutch teachers Andrea van Bruggen- van der Lugt and Wim Staal which was presented at the European Science on Stage festival 2015 in London. For further information, please get in direct contact with the Swedish NSC.
Teacher training on iStage 3, Stockholm
On 28 October 2016 Science on Stage Sweden offered a teacher training based on the brochure 'iStage 3 - Football in Science Teaching' at Vetenskapens Hus, Stockholm. For further information get in direct contact with the Swedish NSC.
Lecture on 'How Deep Is Your Blue?' at SETT 2015
On April 15th Daniel Bengtsson from Science on Stage Sweden held a lecture on 'How Deep Is Your Blue?' taken from the brochure 'iStage 2' in Stockholm at the fair of 'SETT - Scandinavian Educational Technology Transformation' - a special exhibition and conference focusing on innovative and modern learning in Scandinavia since 2012. This at a time when the access to Internet and technology is fundamentally changing the internal and external educational work within schools. The main devotion of SETT is to get the schools' professional employees to feel inspired, increase their curiosity and to get more knowledge regarding how the modern learning can be developed in schools toward higher achievement.
This at a time when the access to Internet and technology is fundamentally changing the internal and external educational work within schools. The participants of the lecture were told how to use smartphones in chemistry class and how to use the application to estimate the amount of copper in a watersolution.
Find further information on 'SETT' here.
Take a workshop to your country
From 12-14 September 2013, Science on Stage Sweden organised a teacher workshop to which they invited an Italian project seen at the Science on Stage festival 2013. Additionally, a project of a Swedish teacher was presented. The workshop took place in Stockholm.
Workshop about Smartphones in chemistry classes: 'How Deep Is Your Blue?' - Science on Stage Sweden at the 'Matte/Nv-biennette'
On January 31st 2015 the 'Matte/Nv-biennette' a Swedish science teaching festival, organised by the Stockholm University and the Swedish national agency of Education will take place. Daniel Bengtsson from Science on Stage Sweden took part and gave a hands-on-workshop about Smartphones in chemistry classes based on the teaching unit 'How Deep Is Your Blue?' in our new brochure 'iStage 2 - Smartphones in science teaching'. For further information visit here.
