SABIR
A Residency Project
SABIR
A Residency Project
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A Residency Project
The SABIR Project was launched in 2024 by the IAU Office of Astronomy for Education Center Italy (I-OAE) as an international initiative aimed at strengthening the Mediterranean educational network. Built around Inquiry based learning (IBL) and collaborative co-design, the project brought together educators and partners from different countries to develop astronomy activities for high-school students.
After an initial online phase, the project continued with an in-person residency held in Milan, Italy, from 2 to 6 September 2024. During the residency, participants co-designed educational activities, exchanged ideas, and discussed strategies for implementing inquiry-based approaches in different classroom contexts.The specific characteristics and outcomes of the residency are detailed in the 2024 SABIR Report.
A moment of the residency.
Following the residency, the project entered a phase of further development and dissemination throughout 2025. Three activities developed within the project, “3,2,1… Rockets”, “Exoplanets in a Box”, and “Asteroid Mining”, were published on the AtroEdu platform between October 202 and February 2025. The team has also been developing teaching guides and additional materials to support educators in implementing the activities and engaging students in inquiry-based learning. To make these resources accessible to a wider community, translations are currently being prepared in English, Italian, Spanish, French, Arabic, and Turkish. The project has also entered an evaluation phase aimed at exploring both the implementation process and the impact of the activities across different educational and sociocultural contexts. Collaborators from the University of Naples Federico II contributed to the design of questionnaires to investigate participants’ understanding of the Nature of Science (NoS) and the role of inquiry in science education. This dual evaluation approach provides a comprehensive view of SABIR’s effectiveness in fostering inquiry, student engagement, and pedagogical innovation.
The SABIR co-design process and its outcomes were presented at the GIREP-EPEC 2025 Conference in Leiden, The Netherlands.
The SABIR Project webpage is regularly updated and available at: edu.inaf.it/oae_italia/sabir-2024/
The collection of published activities on AstroEdu is accessible here: astroedu.iau.org/en/collections/sabir/
Discussion taking place during the residency.
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