News & Announcements
AMU workshop: “How the immune system learns”
On December 8th, during the workshop "How the immune system learns" organized as part of the PAFSE project, students of the primary school in Krzyż Wlkp. learned about the concept of immunity and the criteria for its division into innate and acquired, as well as passive and active. By taking on the roles of elements involved in the immune response, such as skin cells, B and T lymphocytes, macrophages, antibodies, and pathogens, they figured out how the immune system deals ...
AMU: START of the next PAFSE workshops
This time, primary school from Krzyż Wlkp. students learned about the different faces of bacteria: Internal and external structure, division of bacteria into beneficial and pathogenic, places of existence and living conditions. Τhey collected all this information during workshops organized at the Faculty of Biology of Adam Mickiewicz University, during which they also designed an "ideal bacterium", started cultivating bacteria (as it turned out, not only bacteria) from a fingerprint and wondered what would happen if... the bacteria were the ...
PAFSE organizes the “Digital Learning Objects for inquiry-based learning in public health”
PAFSE members D. Chalkidis, G. Iatraki, P. Gaintatzis, and T. A. Mikropoulos organized the “Digital Learning Objects for inquiry-based learning in public health” workshop at the 13th National Conference “Science Education and New Technologies in Education”, 10/12.11.2023. The workshop attended secondary teachers, educators, and researchers from general and special education. Its aim was to familiarize the attendees with the Digital Learning Objects and suggest its contextualization within the inquiry-based learning framework. The instructional models and techniques applied during the workshop ...
National dissemination action of the PAFSE Project to School Groups and Live Science Clubs
On November 9, 2023, a nationwide publicity campaign for the PAFSE Project was carried out in Portugal, intended to School Groups and Live Science Clubs. This action, which was co-organized by the General Directorate of Education, was attended by 105 participants. This publicity event featured the general presentation of the PAFSE Project by the National School of Public Health of Universidade NOVA de Lisboa (leader of the consortium), as well as the presentation of educational scenarios by the remaining national ...
Celebrating International Science Day at the National School of Public Health with the PAFSE Project
In a remarkable event held on November 24th, the Partnerships for Science Education (PAFSE) Project came together with various stakeholders and partner schools to commemorate International Science Day. Hosted at the National School of Public Health, the celebration saw the participation of esteemed stakeholders, including AMI, Farmácias Holon, Sporting Clube de Portugal, and many others. The event was marked by a diverse array of activities designed for both students and adults. Throughout the day, participants engaged in hands-on experiments, physical ...
Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa: 2023 open school event
On the 31st of May, an open school event was held at the Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa (ISEL) within the purview of the PAFSE project, funded by the Horizon 2020 research and innovation program. ISEL is one of the partners and its pilot schools are: high school José Gomes Ferreira, elementary school Pedro de Santarém, 2,3 Filipa de Lencastre, high school Padre António Vieira, EB23 Almirante Gago Coutinho, EB23 Luís de Camões, high school António Damásio and high ...
