Science on Stage festival 2022

Categories

All primary and secondary school teachers presented their projects and experiments at stands in an exhibition, called fair. It is the main element of the festival. Other projects, selected by the programme committee of the festival, will be additionally presented in the categories 'Workshop' and 'On Stage Activities'.

Fair
All participants present their projects and experiments at stands in an exhibition. The fair is the main element of the festival.

Workshops (50 minutes) 
Interactive hands-on sessions from teachers for teachers to work together to learn and practice new skills. 

On Stage Activities (10 minutes)
Participants show their teaching projects and experiments on stage 

Europe's best STEM teaching project 

At the festival, the international jury selected the best projects and awarded the European STEM Teacher Award to the teachers. In this selection process, the recommendations for the best projects of the Nationals Steering Committees were taken into account.

These are the winners! 

In the category "Collaboration in STEM Education":
How long does it take to "cook yourself in a closed car" - Miroslav Panoš and Kateřina Vágnerová, Czech Republic 

In the category "Diversity in STEM Education": 
Dizziness from the windmill - Gabriela Pluciak, Poland 

In the category "Joint Project": 
Limonene/limoneno - Francesca Butturini, Italy and Javier Julian Fernandez, Spain

In the category "Science for the Youngest":
Astrobiology: a new tool to engage primary school students into science - Dr. Juan Antonio Prieto Sanchez and Maria Pilar Orozco Saenz, Spain

In the category "STEM with Arts": 
Create and code your own artful cardboard robot (artful cardboard-bot) - Jan Günther, Maria Hellmann, Julia Trummheller, Germany 

In the category "Sustainable Development Goals in Education": 
Food for the 21st century, making a difference - Emma Crisell, United Kingdom 

In the category "Technologies in STEM Education": 
"Defying" Gravity! - Dr Georgios Chatzisavvas and Kalliopi Giannakoudaki, Greece 

Find out more about these projects here! 

Highly commended 

In the category "Science for the Youngest":
ENERGY + STRENGTH = BIRDIE - Véronique Corbeil and Geneviève Lapointe-Larouche, Canada 
Nature Answers - Rute Oliveira and Teresa Reis, Portugal 

In the category "Sustainable Development Goals in Education": 
Tree Trails - Prof Chiara Colucci and Alberto Conte, Italy 

In the category "Technologies in STEM Education":
Centrifugal Force Awakens /spinning pendulum - Anastasios Iona, Cyprus 

In the category "Diversity in STEM Education": 
Eggs - Milan Chalupník, Czech Republic 

In the category "STEM with Arts": 
Manufacture of drawing charcoal - Maikku Aho and Teija Lauronen, Finland 

In the category "Joint Project":
Space exploration from small scale to large scale - Carolina Clavijo Aumont, Spain and Canada

Find out more about these projects here! 

Application criteria and jury

The teachers taking part in our festival were selected by the National Steering Committee in their country. Those teachers present their project in a stand in the fair.

The ideal Science on Stage project

• promotes students interest in science,
• refers to everyday life,
• has a sustainable effect,
• is feasible in everyday school life and can be financed with reasonable expenses,
• promotes inquiry-based learning.

Teachers who present additionally their projects in a workshop or on stage performance were selected by the international festival jury, which consisted of science teachers, educators or representatives from ministries or universities. All board members of Science on Stage Europe were also involved.

Patronage

Under the patronage of Mariya Gabriel, Member of the European Commission