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Art and Science throughout Italy: An Adventurous Journey. Graphene – miraculous 21st Century Material learning scenario in a Journey into Modern Physics.

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INTRODUCTION

Within the Skype a Scientist initiative promoted by Scientix EU, we met Federica Beduini P.h.D. who showed us the multiple applications of graphene on April 30, 2021 in a streaming event organized by our scientific high school, Liceo Scientifico di Stato Calini in Brescia (Italy).

The meeting was part of the “Journey into Modern Physics”, in the path of Art & Science and following one of the learning scenarios present in STE(A)MIT – AN INTERDISCIPLINARY STEM APPROACH CONNECTED: Graphene – miraculous 21st Century Material

SUMMARY

A streaming seminar with questions and answers via chat has started on the activities of the ICFO-The Institute of Photonic Sciences.

This Institute is dedicated to research in photonics, the science and technology related to light. Since light is a versatile tool that is both precise and delicate, it allows to study and create new technologies in different fields: health, information and energy. For this, we spoke with Federica Beduini P.h.D. about the following themes:

  • photonics and applications in the field of energy and environmental care
  • photonics and health applications
  • photonics and applications in the field of information
  • photonics and nanotechnology
  • photonics and quantum technologies
  • photonics and new materials
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Art and Science throughout Italy: An Adventurous Journey

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INTRODUCTION

The project was created as a PCTO (internship) project for third and fourth-grade students of our school (Scientific High School) from the challenge “Art & Science across Italy”, which is a European project of the CREATIONS network (H2020) organized by the National Institute for Nuclear Physics and CERN in Geneva to promote scientific culture among young people. It combines the languages of art and science: two knowledge tools that are among the highest expressions of human creativity.

The first objective of the project is to bring students closer to the world of science and research, regardless of their aptitude for science subjects, using art as the communication language.

The project is structured in successive steps with seminars in schools and universities, visits to museums and scientific laboratories, workshops held by experts from the world of science and art, and tutoring activities during the creation of artistic compositions. In particular, for each of the cities involved, the project is divided into a training and a creative phase, followed by a local exhibition and a final national selection that culminates in the Exhibition “A Journey in Science”, scheduled to take place at the National Archaeological Museum of Naples on May 2022.

SUMMARY

The activity is as an opening towards the teaching of civic education. It aims at connecting the projects present in the school into a unity in order to open paths of citizenship, service learning and dialogue with institutions and the territory, to create dynamics inside / outside the school in synergy with one’s environment and to develop critical awareness and sensitivity.

It should create connections with the Service-Learning projects already present in the schools, with some Institutions in the territory, with Schools of Peace, in harmony with the guidelines for the implementation of civic education. It aims at creating opportunities for awareness and ideation arising from the students: data analysis and their interpretation as a central element for teaching citizenship and the Constitution, scientific research and care of the other, individual responsibility in collective choices, interconnections of knowledge and enhancement of communication skills.

Students will learn the meaning of scientific dissemination and the involvement of the territory through art: starting from the concepts and phenomena they have freely analyzed and deepened, they will create concrete and / or multimedia artifacts, which are an expression of their living the link among science, art and society.

Marzia Grasso of the State High School Calini who ranked 4th in the creativity championship of the PCTO project of Art & Science Across Italy with the photograph entitled atom modELIOlo
Photograph of the 4N pupil Marzia Grasso of the State High School Calini who ranked 4th in the creativity championship of the PCTO project of Art & Science Across Italy with the photograph entitled atom modELIOlo and a score of 9.7 / 10. His shot represents the atom and in particular the helium atom, combining science and fashion.
In the photograph she created a complete outfit consisting of dress, shoes and hairstyle. At the same time, these elements correspond to the components of the atom: the skirt emphasizes the orbit in which the electrons move, the shoes, the hairstyle represents the nucleus formed by protons and neutrons created through the colored ribbons.
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Erasmus+ Training Courses for professional development to STEM teachers

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Professional development for STEM teachers is a continuous, lifelong process. Ongoing professional development keeps teachers up-to-date on new research on how students learn, emerging technology tools for the classroom, new curriculum resources, and more. The best professional development is ongoing, experiential, collaborative, and connected to and derived from working with students and understanding their culture.

Erasmus+ offer opportunities for professional development activities to staff working at all levels of education. The aim of Erasmus+ is to contribute to the Europe 2020 strategy for growth, jobs, social equity and inclusion, as well as to the aims of ET2020, the EU’s strategic framework for education and training.

With Erasmus+, training opportunities are available to staff working in education, both in teaching and non-teaching capacities. Erasmus+ supports training both at education institutions and at relevant organizations operating outside the sector. Catalogue of courses contains professional development courses designed for school teachers and staff.

Mrs Argyri Panagiota (Mathematician, M.Sc, M.Ed, Phd candidate) and Mrs Arnaouti Eirini (English Teacher, M.Sc, Phd) of Evangeliki Model High School of Smyrna will be participate in Erasmus+ KA1 training course  titled ‘Game-based learning course about theory and practice of Serious games & Gamification’ from 21/04  to 25 /04  in Helsinki (Finland) and 26 /04 to 28/04 in Tallinn (Estonia).

This training course is included under Erasmus+ KA1 strategy plan of Evangeliki Model High School of Smyrna for ‘European innovation as a subject of training of Greek educational staff’.

The main topics of training course are

  • Game-based learning and gamification in schools
  • Best practice approaches to game-based tools and methods in school education
  • Suitable start-up games for classroom.
  • Serious Games production by game industry in Helsinki metropolitan area
  • Game-based learning and gamification in Estonian schools – how and why?
  • Added value of Serious Games in teaching, studying and learning processes
  • Responsible and safe use of game-based learning & gamification
  • Mobile devices and tools in game-based learning

The community for schools in Europe, eTwinning, promotes and cultivates the cooperation of students and teachers to European schools with multiple educational and social benefits. The community in eTwinning  portal provides educational material for STEM lessons, examples of good practices by teachers applying innovative teaching methods. You could join in our group eTwinning community for more information (video, photographs, and presentations).