existing studies, good practices, projects, and toolkits about science education, scientific careers and participatory challenges and collect educational sources in various scientific disciplines including digital sources and libraries to foster their use during the challenges.
a novel concept for science challenges involving young people in the production of scientific content in a creative way in SCICHALLEGNE toolkits including detailed instructions, guidelines and best practices.
a big number of SCICHALLENGE Topic Sheets in top EU languages to be used as inspiration for the development of creative and multimedia presentations of science topics by young people or their teachers in addition to the possibility of young people preparing their own topics for the challenges.
Web Platform with multifunctional modules including an open information hub with resource directories, a contest submission system with syndication features, dashboards as linkable hotspots with social sharing functionalities, and awareness channels.
the idea of SCICHALLENGE using various social media channels using the hashtag #scichallenge, distributing promotional material over the web platform and by performing innovative promotion activities targeting young people, schools and youth organisations across Europe.
multiple SCICHALLENGES all over Europe with several contest categories (single, group, class) and various creative submission types (videos, infographics, slides, comics) to foster science education among young people working with research knowledge resources.
The SciChallenge project will develop novel concepts to inspire young people to work with science, scientific methods and insights. It is using a contest-based approach to encourage self-produced digital education materials by young people for young people. The project is driven by inspiring topic sheets, guides and toolkits that are created in this project and distributed to partner schools, teachers and other youth-oriented institutions as well as through various social media channels. Furthermore, the material will be aggregated on the SciChallenge Web Platform (www.scichallenge.eu) to generate wide reaching awareness and promotion. Individual or collective competitors between the ages of 10 to 20, who are participating in the SciChallenge, will then generate creative digital materials (videos, slides, or infographics). Winning submissions will receive prizes funded by science-orientated industries and stakeholders.
The SciChallenge Platform will also increase awareness of science careers and opportunities for internships or open days in STEM institutions through the strong involvement of related organisations and industries. Additionally, aggregated information on science events (slams, nights, festivals etc.) will be shared. With this multi-level approach, SciChallenge will boost the attractiveness of science education and careers among young people leading to wider public engagement with science and economic prosperity and global competitiveness on a pan-European level.