What is Science on Stage ?
The Science on Stage programme is an innovative, pan-European science education activity, aiming to foster a renewal of science teaching in Europe by encouraging the exchange of new concepts and best practices among teachers from all over the continent and follows from the success of the three editions of the Physics on Stage programme 2000-2003. The goal is to strengthen the awareness and interest of young people in science and technology, a vital precondition for securing the long-term development of our society. There have been two Science on Stage festivals.
- Science on Stage 2: ESRF/ILL, Grenoble, France, 2 - 6 April 2007
- Science on Stage 1: CERN, Geneva, Switserland, 21 - 25 November 2005
There have been three Physics on Stage festivals:
- Physics on Stage 3: ESA-ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, 8 - 15 November 2003
- Physics on Stage 2: ESA-ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, 2 - 6 April 2002
- Physics on Stage 1: CERN, Geneva, Switserland, 6 - 10 November 2000
Links to the festival websites can be found on the Science on Stage European website:
http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Science_on_Stage/
Irish participation
Ireland has sent a delegation of science teachers and educators to all five SOS / POS conferences. The international participation has been increasing at every festival and at SOS 2 some 500 delegates from 29 countries from all over Europe set up their national stands to display a diverse range of science experiments and demonstrations. For the SOS2, SOS1, POS3 and POS2 programmes, the Irish Delegation and the Irish National Steering Committee have produced booklets of the best demonstrations prepared and selected by the Irish Team and this booklet has been issued to all Science Teachers in Ireland. These entire booklets can be downloaded in pdf format from this website here.
Contact details of Irish Steering Committee
Chair of Science on Stage in Ireland
Dr Eilish McLoughlin
CASTeL
School of Physical Sciences
Dublin City University
Glasnevin, Dublin 9
Email: irelandsos@gmail.com
Organisers
Science on Stage is organised and sponsored by the seven intergovernmental European research organisations within the EIROforum partnership, a collaboration between:
- European Organisation for Nuclear Research, CERN
- European Fusion Development Agreement, EFDA
- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, EMBL
- European Space Agency, ESA
- European Southern Observatory, ESO
- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, ESRF
- Institut Laue-Langevin, ILL
The Science on Stage Programme is an integral part of the EIROforum European Science Teachers' Initiative (ESTI), supported by the European Commission in the context of the new NUCLEUS project for Science Education.
Acknowledgement
The Irish participation in the SOS/POS programmes was made possible by the generous sponsorship of Discover Science and Engineering, Second Level Support Service, Junior Science Support Service and the Institute of Physics in Ireland. The Department of Education and Science kindly provided substitution through the Second Level Support Service for the teachers who attended the conferences.