In this blog post, our goal is to explore citizen science as an integral part of science education initiatives and dig a bit deeper into different stages of contributory citizen science projects in the field of ecology and environmental sciences.… Read More »Citizen Science in Science education
As a network of science communication specialists, we have created a partnership across different scientific disciplines to create a sustainable and multi-faceted approach to science education. We wanted to properly introduce you to our core team of partners and to… Read More »Our partners
While the school year draws to a close, the opportunity for learning does not. Last week, we had several workshops with school students of different age groups in the Haus der Wildness, Lunz. The Haus der Wildnis is the UNESCO… Read More »Welcoming in the summer holidays!
We at INSE align ourselves with equitable practice and want to ensure that those previously excluded from science, are encouraged to play their own part. As part of our hands-on-approach to science education, we want students to work side by… Read More »Equity in Science
We are living in the age of the Antropocene – our current geological era is shaped by human activity that has altered the global climate and environment to the point where we are reaching certain tipping points that we may… Read More »‘Anthropocene’ – Cultural sustainability
A large part of our vision for INSE is identifying gaps in science education and finding innovative ways of filling those gaps. Our project lead, Eva Feldbacher and partner Gabriele Weigelhofer, along with Manuela Waberer and Lena Campostrini just published… Read More »Gaps in climate change education
April saw the kick off of Spring, as well as the conference season, and we had the honour of presenting our work, ideas and project INSE at two conferences. The first was the Citizen Science Conference for Austria, held in… Read More »April Conferences
We are INSE – “the Interdisciplinary network for science education Lower Austria – joint efforts to sustainably raise scientific literacy.” A mouthful I know, but each word forms an important part of the narrative for our mission. Multiple disciplinary approaches… Read More »INSE – What we stand for
Wassercluster Lunz and Haus der Wildnis work together to lead workshops for school children to encourage them to enter the world of science. Most recently two researchers from Wassercluster Lunz took the science club from Lunz Middle School on an… Read More »Workshop at Seebach
The project at the interface of science and education, funded by GFF Lower Austria aims to increase understanding of science, raise interest in science and positively influence attitudes towards scientific knowledge with the help of innovative mediation methods. The partnership… Read More »Kick-Off for partnership project INSE