FUN@SCIENCE – Exploiting 3D printing for science education and scientific careers Erasmus Project

Project Title

FUN@SCIENCE – Exploiting 3D printing for science education and scientific careers

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 2017

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Key Competences (incl. mathematics and literacy) – basic skills; Pedagogy and didactics; ICT – new technologies – digital competences

Project Summary

FUN@SCIENCE had developed and tested a model for science education, working on all school level, based on the valorization of 3D printing technologies and experiences. The implementation of this model had create learning experiences supported by 3D printing activities at schools which can improve students’ interest in scientific careers and in the development of logic and mathematics skills, complementing the other classroom activities or succeeding where the classroom might have failed.
The project activities was developed with reference to all school educational levels and will see as main outcome the elaboration of a proposal for building a global education model incorporating informal schooling based on 3D printing activities in school curricula, allowing its accreditation and the evaluation of the reference educational contents.

FUN@SCIENCE project activities had developed as follows:
a) Collection and analysis of interesting practices in the 5 European Member States about science education in curricular activities with reference to 3D printing activities, for monitoring the effects of informal science education related to 3D printing on students’ interest in scientific careers and on the development of logic and mathematics skills.
b) A proposal for building a global education model incorporating informal schooling based 3D printing activities in school curricula, at all educational level, allowing its accreditation and the evaluation of the reference educational contents.
c) Design and implementation of peer learning experiences for teachers and trainers so to share and acquire the competences for designing, implementing and validating the model in their school contexts.
d) Testing the model at all educational level in different classes for each participating country, according to a common framework based on a well defined educational project.
e) Collection of open educational resources and reporting the results of the experimented educational practices implemented in the project, so to multiply the project effects and results.

FUN@SCIENCE project action was carried out at European level in 5 countries (Portugal, Italy, Poland, Czech Republic, Greece), in different national contexts characterised by different educational policies and needs so to design a global educational model incorporating informal schooling based on 3D printing activities in school curricula.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 211920 Eur

Project Coordinator

Agrupamento de Escolas Emídio Navarro & Country: PT

Project Partners

• ASSOCIACAO PARQUE DE CIENCIA E TECNOLOGIA DE ALMADA/SETUBAL-MADAN PARQUE
• Evropska rozvojova agentura, s.r.o.
• DANMAR COMPUTERS SP ZOO
• Creative YouthLand (CYOUland)
• TIBER UMBRIA COMETT EDUCATION PROGRAMME
• UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PERUGIA
• Direzione Didattica III Circolo Perugia