LITTLE SCIENTIST

During 3 days in November 2015, the teachers of the Little Scientist Project met in a transnational meeting to organize all the work of the project. The following topics were discussed in the first meeting: - dates/location of meetings - accomodation of students - time management and deadlines - communication methods - dissemination methods - logo contest - methodology of teaching

The G C School of Careers is a private English secondary school established in 1973 in Nicosia, Cyprus. It is a 7-form high-school, offering students the opportunity to undertake various academic subjects of their choice at IGCSE Level and A-Level, thus helping them to successfully enter high-ranked universities in the United Kingdom. Specific subjects, exams and language courses are also available for students who wish to enter universities in Cyprus, Greece, other European countries like Spain, France and Germany, but also in the United States. The G C School of Careers also owns a Primary and an Elementary school, located at a different location near the secondary school, both established at 2011. The G C School of Careers (secondary) consists of around 600 students and around 70 teachers. The school has an Administration Department (Secretarial Staff, Administration Officers (also dealing with EU Projects) and a Human Resource Officer), an Accounts Department, an Events - Commu

Cycle d'Orientation des Grandes-Communes COGC is a public secondary I school based in Geneva. Our students are from 13 to 15 years old. COGC is quite representative of Geneva. We have students from all over the world, all kind of social class, many migrants and some refugees. Here a video showing 700 students of the COGC doing a flashmob for the famine in Africa in 2017:

LSO Schoo l (The Lodz Educational Associationl) is not a public/state school, but a state-accredited one run by a non-profit foundation. It was founded in 1989. It comprises a primary school (pupils aged from 6 or 7 to 12 or 13 years) and a junior high school called in Polish ‘gimnazjum’ (from 13 to 16 years). The school is situated on the outskirts of Lodz. The school has over 250 children including 63 students in the junior high school. They live in the city of Lodz and the surrounding towns and villages. The staff of the school consists of 41 teachers. The school creates a pleasant, private and special family atmosphere as each class includes not more than 16 children. All the students learn English as their first foreign language and French or German as the second one. What is a great plus in our school is the small number of students in science lessons; they usually learn physics, biology, chemistry and IT in groups of up to 8 students .

 Meram Sehit Kubilay Anaokulu is a state kindergarten established in 2001 in Meram, Konya, Turkey. There are 10 teaching staff at school . The backyard of the kindergarten has a playground and there are also two swimming pools, beautifully surrounded with flowers and fountains where kids can play even in the warm weather. In classrooms we have smart boards, projectors, computers with internet connection, TVs and music systems in all classrooms. In addition to all these there are also a projection system, a cinema wall, an organ for music classes and a place covered by mirrors for cultural activities. We have morning and afternoon groups in 6 classes, and 4 full-shift classes running from the morning until the evening. There are 20-22 kids in each class and the total number of kids is 224.       Even though Meram Şehit Kubilay Anaokulu has had a lot of success in competitions in local, regional and national levels, it has never had the chance to show their skills on an internationa

The Fundación Escolapias Montal Colegio Calasanz is located in a centric street of Alcalá de Henares, a World Heritage City close to Madrid.  Our city is well known because it is the place where Cervantes, the writer of Don Quixote de la Mancha, was born, but also  because of its remarkable ancient University, which was founded in the XVth century. Our school consists of 1003 students and 74 teachers.  Our school belongs to a Catholic Congregation (Fundación Escolapias Montal)  and it was founded 110 years ago by “Escolapias Congregation”. It  is very well appreciated in our city, especially by those who have studied with us.  Regarding its funding, the Foundation is a charter school, which means that all the compulsory levels, apart from the Bachillerato level, are funded by the Education Office. This means that students do not pay tuition fees. Only Bachillerato students pay a fee.  In spite of being a Catholic-religious school, we do not distinguish between Catholic and non

About the project Science is sometimes an abstract concept for students. The aim of this project is to place students in real research situations with well-qualified and international scientists. In the activities of this project, students must think in a team manner and use scientific methodologies in order to succeed in real-life settings. aims The project aims to motivate students to carry out scientific research by working on problems that allow them to understand the importance of science in real life and how science is related to other subjects. WORK PROCESS There are five organisations involved in this project from Spain, Cyprus, Poland, Turkey and Switzerland. We are looking for learning arrangements in which students can explore, invent or learn science as active, creative learners with hands-on material experiments, by using ICT and/or scientific software for simulations. EXPECTED RESULTS Students are travelling to each planned studen