EU Code Week

EU Code Week is a grass-roots movement that celebrates creativity, problem solving and collaboration through programming and other tech activities. The idea is to make programming more visible, to show young, adults and elderly how you bring ideas to life with code, to demystify these skills and bring motivated people together to learn.

Our member country Science on Stage Germany supports the Code Week as part of an EU project and is responsible for promoting the international exchange of stakeholders in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein.

Learning how to code can empower your students to be at the forefront of a digitally competent society, develop a better understanding of the world that surrounds them and get better chances to succeed in their personal and professional lives.

Join in and register your activities on the EU Code Week website: www.codeweek.eu

Teaching ideas for your lessons

Publication in August 2024: AI in STEM Education

Teaching units for primary and secondary school about understanding, applying and coding AI. The material includes units such as "First Steps in AI and Data Analysis", "Recycling Smart" and "Machine Learning in School".

You can find the teaching material here.

Act Now for the UN Sustainable Development Goals

What are the SDGs and what is Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)? How can teachers engage students in STEM subjects by integrating topics such as climate change and sustainable consumption? Teaching units covering different topics use practical examples to demonstrate this connection, including the link to coding and digital skills.

Climapse
Students investigate climat change by programming temperature sensors on a micro:bit, by building an Arduino weather stations and by accessing and visualising real meteorological data from the Copernicus Climate Data Store using Pything.
Adopt a Tree – Internet of Trees
Students build a data logger and measure environmental parameters using sensors and Arduino.

Coding in STEM Education

What does a robot have to do with environmental protection? How do you remote control a model ship using a smartphone? IT is everywhere and coding offers many possibilities for exciting and relevant lessons. Eleven teaching units include concrete examples and practical advice about how to acquire coding skills using microcontrollers such as Arduino and Raspberry Pi not only in computer science lessons but also in biology, chemistry, technology, mathematics and physics. You find the teaching material here.

Football in Science Teaching

Data Match – Data Capture and Analysis like a Professional
Students programm their own app to capture gps data.

Grants for teacher training activities

In the project "Coding for our Future", Science on Stage Germany offers grants of up to 175 € for activities such as seminars and workshops aiming at teachers' professional development in the field of coding. The aim is to provide teacher training on topics such as AI, cloud computing, Internet of Things, automation, and simulation. The call is open to schools, parents’ initiatives, and individual STEM teachers from Science on Stage member countries "Coding for our Future" is supported by Amazon Future Engineer.

More information about the grant