Category Archives: News

ENGAGING SCIENCE Webinar

ENGAGE ONLINE COURSE is organising a webinar about group discussion in socio-scientific dilemma lesson. LINK for the webinar Webinar engage2 from Alexandra Okada Please add your questions and ideas in comments. “Using discussion in the classroom can be challenging and needs planning, organisation and skilful teacher input”. What are the challenges of group discussion for […]

First  Responsible Research and Innovation Online Workshop for Public Management educators and learners   http://inquiry.wespot.net/groups/profile/118724/aprendizagem-colaborativa-na-formacao-de-gestores-publicos/tab/118726 This online workshop aims to create an opportunity for knowledge exchange among   educators, teacher’s educators that contribute(d) to connect Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) and Collaborative Inquiry Based Learning (co-inquiry), Open Educational Resources and Collaborative Open Learning (co-Learning). “RRI is an […]

Extreme weather

December 2015 was unusually warm and the wettest month on record, and it brought with it devastating floods that affected thousands of people in the UK. Many are blaming climate change for this unusual weather and warn that wet winters will be the norm in the future. Bring this news story into your classroom and teach about climate change using […]

Sugar tax

Ban Cola is news again.  Jamie Oliver, celebrity chef, is on a mission to cut sugar from our diets with his new idea to tax  sugar. But will this make any difference to our health? Start the discussion by using the ENGAGE activity Ban Cola  – a great way to teach unbalanced diets through a […]

23/05/2016 Istanbul the First World Humanitarian Summit

The World Humanitarian Summit is an initiative of the United Nations Secretary-General. The first global summit on humanitarian action of this size and scope, it will be held in Istanbul on 23 – 24 May 2016. The goal of this summit is to bring the global community together to commit to new ways of working […]