Lost in Space Erasmus Project

Project Title

Lost in Space

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 : School Exchange Partnerships

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2018

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Access for disadvantaged; Intercultural/intergenerational education and (lifelong)learning; Teaching and learning of foreign languages

Project Summary

This project is one which revolves around Maths, Astronomy and modelling. We are calling it a STEAM project instead of STEM because we do want to be able to include an artistic element as well

The project aim would be

1) To develop a challenging and exciting project which would heighten the profile and attractivemness of STEM to students from a wide range of abilities.

2) To generate links between our schools and communities with particular reference to creating resources for life long learning opportunities for members of our communities are not normally considered as being engaged in education. In preparation of this application we have already established links with U3A in some of the regions. This organisation is uniquely for older people, giving them the opportunity to meet and make new friends who share the same interests or lifestyle. But who also want to acquire knowledge of astronomy and enjoy sharing knowledge with others. The motivation is partially educationally but also about social cohesion, many of our schools are located in areas which are either very rural or where the facilities available are focussed on younger people.

3) To create self standing educational resources which can be used by organisations looking at educating children who are unable to access school. For example, young offenders institutes or hospitalised children.

4) The partners would work together to create a bank of open resources (videos, programme of study, music, art show drama play),

5) The project would have a definite aim of encouraging language fluency between partners, We woold be encouraging students to communicate in languages other than their own.

6) A social objective of this project would be to give our young people the opportunity to meet with their peers from across the continent of Europe and to recognise that despite the political landscape we currently live in, there are more similarities than differences between us.

The resources would be created by our our students and the idea is that the best way of learning would be to teach.

We would be aiming to produce paper/magazine based workbooks which would have sections on

The historical study of Mathematicians, the links between art and science.

Creation of instructions to make Platonic solids.

The maths of the Ellipse and calculating Eccentricity and from that predicting planetary posiiton

The Physical Nature of the Planets…Density Realtive size.

The Astronmical Unit, composition of atmospheres. (spectroscopy)

Atoms and Molecules, Periodic table

Study of Mercury and Venus….Photos, arts, poetry

Mars size composition

The Space station

In order to develop students’ digital skills we would work together on producing a web site and a phone app, the latter output would gamify the content.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 58992,47 Eur

Project Coordinator

Teesdale School & Country: UK

Project Partners

• 2nd Gymnasium of Nea Ionia Attikis
• Turisticko-ugostiteljska skola Antona Stifanica Porec
• COLLEGE VINCENT BADIE
• Paidos
• IC centro storico Moncalieri