HOMELAB project - results platform
Introduction to the project
You may still remember the restrictions on teaching that occurred during the quarantine measures introduced with regard to the spread of the covid-19 disease. Teaching was often reduced to sitting in front of the computer and listening to the teacher's explanations. And maybe you, like us, have missed experiments in your science lessons! And didn't you, like us, get bored while looking at the computer screen for a long time? And that's why the HomeLab project was created! It focuses on the implementation of experiments in home conditions and with home equipment or equipment available in the commercial network, so that online teaching can be more fun at any time in the future. As part of the project, supported by the EU, 35 tasks for home experimentation were created, which you can find on these pages. And not only that, several different aids have also been created, which, if you have a 3D printer, you can also print out and, for example, use them to understand how DNA replication, transcription and translation work. And much more. And maybe you can use the created tasks not only during quarantine and possible restrictions on teaching at school, but also at any other time when you want to make an attempt. Enjoy them!
Purpose
The objectives of our project are:
to create innovative experiments, hands-on and minds-on activities that are designed for online science (chemistry and biology) practical courses. These will include experiments that can be conducted at home without any special instruments and equipment as well as computer assisted and instrumentally supported (e.g. probeware) experiments and innovative 3D tools;
to deepen the understanding of online science teaching practical courses and learning through them. The results of the project will be shared through the examples of good practice with emphasis on the identified principles included.
Our priorities:
Introduce innovative practices in a digital era.
Promoting and rewarding excellence in teaching and skills development.
Tackling skills gaps and mismatches.
Our topics:
ICT - new technologies - digital competences
Pedagogy and didactics
New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses
The outputs will become an organic part of the partners’ curricula and will be incorporated into their professional development courses for in-service science teachers which they organize. The outputs will be also publicly shared on different already existing websites frequently visited by science teachers. By these means, the project will be sustainable and the outputs will be used in future education even after the project finishes.
Partners
The participants of the project are:
coordinator: Charles University (CUNI), Faculty of Science, members of departments of teaching and didactics of chemistry and biology
Doc. RNDr. Petr Šmejkal, PhD. (responsible person), RNDr. Eva Stratilová Urválková, PhD., RNDr. Luděk Míka, PhD. - chemistry
RNDr. Vanda Janštová, PhD., RNDr. Petr Novotný, PhD. - biology
partner: Matej Bel University (UMB), Faculty of Science, members of departments of chemistry and biology
Doc. RNDr. Marek Skoršepa, PhD. (responsible person), doc. RNDr. Jarmila Kmeťová, PhD.
partner: University Maribor (UM), Faculty of Natural Science and Mathematics, members of department of biology
prof. Andrej Šorgo (responsible person), Dr. Vida Lang
partner: Sorbonne University (SU), Laboratoire Interfaces et Systèmes Electrochimiques (LISE) - prof Maisonhaute who prepares university students for so called agregation (exam for students become a secondary school teacher)
prof. Emmanule Maisenhaute (responsible person), Olivier Durupthy, Sébastien Blanchard
partner: CESIRE (CESIRE) - educational centre and service that supports innovation and educational research
Dr. Fina Guitart (responsible person),
partner: INS Sabadell (INS), a high school of compulsory secondary education (ESO), post-compulsory education (Batxillerat), and vocational studies on computer science
Dr. Montserrat Tortosa (responsible person), Mónica Fluixa, Núria Álvarez
pre-service teachers (university students)
in-service teachers and their students.
Content Structure
Our work was structured in three main blocks of materials:
Output 1: design and test chemistry & biology activities and experiments
Output 2: 3D tools for science education
Output 3: Collect examples of good practices
In each section, materials for teachers and students can be found, including examples of real practices.
