Si nous OSions les Sciences Erasmus Project

Project Title

Si nous OSions les Sciences

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Strategic Partnerships for school education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2015

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Natural sciences; ICT – new technologies – digital competences; Early School Leaving / combating failure in education

Project Summary

SOS Sciences is the logical follow up of two previous Comenius Regio projects between Regio Umbria (IT) and the City of Dinant (BE).
Among the partnership, the regional or local public authorities, 7 schools and many pertinent associations worked together to enhance teenagers motivation to take the way of a scientific training.
The project aimed to improve sciences basic skills of pupils aged 10 to 14 (pedagogical continuum) by offering them the chance to share with their local and transnational partners a rather unusual range of experiences.
Five themes were studied and developed on modern support, eBooks or similar material, focussing also on langage learning and digital competences improvement among pupils and teachers:
1. “LesSciencesCiel” links Sciences and Astronomy
2. “Eau-de-Vie” addresses the protection of the environment issue and more specifically on water
3. “NRJ verde” brings the pupils from Sustainable Development to Climat
4. “ArcheoScienze” deals with less known aspects linking archeology, chemistry and physics
5. “Santé la Salute!” answers to various questions that teenagers ask to themselves.
These pedagogical tools are accessible to the entire European Education Community (OER).
To engage them, to give them the taste and to get them interested, we allowed pupils to touch, manipulate and experiment. Then they were able to issue challenges, propose hypothesis, prepare a workplan, experience and validate the outcomes.
Finally, when the “contents” were learned, they were able to transfer these experiences to peers, in Belgium and Italy, in the frame of mobilities during which multiplier events were real “Sciences festivals”, being broadcast live from one country to the other.
Videos, theatre plays, workshops, exhibitions and other dynamic activities report of a sciences innovative and creative approach. Some pedagogical cards produced by the teachers encourage expanded dissemination of the outcomes.
The impact of the project could be measured by stating that:
– more pupils choose to complete their high education in studying sciences and committing a scientifical career is then a natural path to follow
– early school leaving is going down among disadvantaged pupils, on social, cultural and intellectual ability issues
– young teachers find in this innovative pedagogical approach good reasons to settle long-term in teaching career
– transversal courses, adoption of the pedagogical continuum and development of digital skills encourage the school failures decrease and quality teaching improvement

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 97135 Eur

Project Coordinator

Ville de Dinant & Country: BE

Project Partners

• Centre Culturel Régional de Dinant
• Athénée Royal Adolphe Sax Dinant fond
• CSLG Cousot
• Istituto Omnicomprensivo Rosselli Rasetti
• Regione Umbria
• Collège N.D. de Bellevue asbl
• ISTITUTO COMPRENSIVO PERUGIA 3