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In this section you will find useful documents and information on science engagement in general, and Ecsite activities in particular. Browse through articles, toolkits, reports, websites...

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Resources

Practical guide or toolkit
User profile on the Ecsite website (member staff)
Spokes resource
For Ecsite members - How to make the most of the Ecsite website
June 2024 - Employees working for Ecsite member organisations can publish news and events in their organisation's names in the "Members share" section of the Ecsite website and exhibitions on EXTRA. Here is how to... and a quick visual guide.
Category:
Ecsite corporate documents
Keywords:
ecsite account, login, publish news, organisational profiles, groups, exhibitions
Spokes resource
Top-Tips - Sensory Bags
June 2024 - For the second piece in our Top Tips for Accessibility and Inclusivity series, Ecsite sat down with David Jones from Life Science Centre to learn everything about their Sensory Bags initiative.
EXTRA
Spokes resource
EXTRA, the marketplace for scientific touring exhibitions
January 2024 - Extra is the definitive online tool for Europe’s community of professionals working with travelling science exhibitions.
Category:
Topics in science
Keywords:
travelling exhibition, touring exhibition, EXTRA, hire, loan
Website
PlayDecide cards on Animal testing
Spokes resource
PlayDecide
July 2018 - PlayDecide is a card game for simple, respectful & fact-based group discussion.
Category:
Topics in science
Keywords:
decide, game, FUND, Polka, rare diseases, dialogue, playdecide
Practical guide or toolkit
Spokes resource
A Knowledge Capsule on Stakeholder Engagement: the Water Economy Example
February 2025 - In pursuing a sustainable future, a circular economy has emerged as a pivotal framework, particularly within water management. The CIRSEAU cluster, an alliance of EU- funded research projects, has been at the forefront of this movement. The projects designed a set of innovative tools, games, and applications to foster stakeholder involvement and promote sustainable water practices.
Category:
Education & learning
Keywords:
stakeholder engagement, open acess, water, circular economy
Practical guide or toolkit
Spokes resource
FOOD 2030 Science Education Toolkit
January 2025 - How can we inspire learners of all ages to critically engage with the future of food? How do we empower educators, including science centres & museums, to explore food systems, sustainability, and health with their audience? The CLEVERFOOD project has gathered high-quality tools in its FOOD 2030 Science Education Toolkit, providing an interactive and thought-provoking way to address these pressing questions. A Toolkit for Engaging Food Science Education
Category:
Education & learning
Practical guide or toolkit
Spokes resource
The third Road-STEAMer Infographic
December 2024 - This infographic visualises the key concept of the Road-STEAMer 2nd Policy Brief, outlining the main features of STEAM in Road-STEAMer, stating policy reccomendations, and providing useful example of projects including STEAM in digital education.
Category:
Education & learning
Keywords:
STEAM, STEM, policy brief, infographic
Practical guide or toolkit
Spokes resource
Sustainable STE(A)M practices: A quick guide
December 2024 - This guide emphasises strategies for exploitation and sustainability through targeted activities and innovative approaches.
Category:
Education & learning
Keywords:
Exploitation, sustainability, STEM, STEAM, infographic, guide, teachers
Material for workshops and exhibitions
Circulaire buurt: Eindshow @ Hout- en meubileringscollege 2023, Waag. Foto: Anna Trap
Spokes resource
Make it Open Schooling toolkit
September 2024 - Over the past decade, the national educational standards of numerous countries, including the United States, Canada, Finland and many European countries, have evolved to incorporate relevant scientific practices and engineering skills for the modern world. However, as difficult as it is to write modernised national standards, it is much harder to transpose that into schools and classrooms. In most educational systems worldwide, including many countries with modern standards, students still sit in rows and memorise equations in a lecture-style classroom setting.
Category:
Education & learning
Keywords:
Toolkit, open schooling
Material for workshops and exhibitions
Spokes resource
The Crash Version of the Water-Mining PlayDecide Game in Spanish
June 2024 - Versión abreviada del juego PlayDecide del proyecto Water-Mining, orientado a impulsar el debate en torno a problemas relacionados con la escasez del agua en Europa. Esta versión es ideal para llevarse a cabo en sesiones intensivas con alumnado joven (de entre 14 y 18 años). La versión completa del juego PlayDecide está disponible aquí. El objetivo del juego de debate PlayDecide es impulsar el diálogo en torno a cuestiones controvertidas de una forma sencilla y respetuosa a partir de los hechos presentados.
Category:
Education & learning
Keywords:
water circularity, water, sustainability, circular economy, spanish
Material for workshops and exhibitions
Spokes resource
The Water-Mining PlayDecide Game in Spanish
June 2024 - El debate que pone en valor el juego de PlayDecide permite mantener una conversación simple, respetuosa y basada en la evidencia sobre temas controvertidos. El juego permite a los jugadores familiarizarse con una cuestión, analizarla desde diferentes perspectivas y formar o aclarar su propia opinión al respecto. PlayDecide también invita a los jugadores a reflexionar sobre ciertas problemáticas como un grupo: ¿podréis lograr un consenso positivo? El juego culmina con una votación para argumentar el acuerdo o disconformidad con los posicionamientos políticos.
Category:
Education & learning
Keywords:
water, game, circular economy, spanish
Material for workshops and exhibitions
Spokes resource
The Crash Version of the Water-Mining PlayDecide Game in Greek
June 2024 - To Water-Mining PlayDecide Game: Ένα επιτραπέζιο παιχνίδι διαλόγου για τo νερό και τη λειψυδρία στην Ευρώπη. Αυτή η έκδοση είναι ιδανική για μαθητές και μαθήτριες (14-18 ετών) και για ταχύρρυθμα εργαστήρια. Το παιχνίδι δίνει τη δυνατότητα στους παίκτες να εξοικειωθούν με ένα ζήτημα, να το δουν από διαφορετικές οπτικές γωνίες και να διαμορφώσουν ή να αποσαφηνίσουν τη δική τους γνώμη. Καλεί, επίσης, τους παίκτες να εξετάσουν τα ζητήματα ως ομάδα: μπορείτε να καταλήξετε σε μια συναινετική πρόταση;
Category:
Education & learning
Keywords:
game, water, circular economy, #sustainability

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