Our intention is to create more possibilities for teachers of Science to cooperate and carry out common projects and to tackle the problem of getting isolated and not experiencing enough professional stimuli from one another. Also, it applies to the educational process where pupils should be capable to use the knowledge, they have already acquired at another lesson. On a large scale, it can also mean that they should be able to connect school-related knowledge and skills to real life. The schools need a project which is perceived both by teachers and students as relevant and motivating.

The focus on the interdisciplinary approach for an effective Science teaching and learning is of high importance for several reasons. This approach to teaching requires planning that looks at the foundational objectives of a number of curriculum areas. Connecting curriculum in the interdisciplinary approach is an efficient way to help teachers deal with the knowledge that grows at exponential proportions. One goal of this approach is to give students a more relevant, less fragmented, and stimulating experience.

This approach itself helps to focus on the content – the topics, issues, themes and problems that become subjects of learning. It is related to solving “real world” problems and developing skills, fostering thinking processes – developmentally appropriate benchmarks for students’ learning, such as critical thinking, reading comprehension, analysis, Maths skills, etc.

DIFFERENT CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES. Working transnationally gives all of the partners access to a greater variety of approaches, methods & solutions that might not otherwise have been thought of or considered if the project was solely held in their own country. Access to different cultures and their educational systems provides perspective and uncovers blindspots that can be difficult to identify without this distance or change of viewpoint.

DIVERSITY. A shared European educational experience conclusively results in a higher potential for individual national educational progression in both instructional and learning achievement capacity.

During the period from September 1st, 2018 to August 31st, 2020 we are going to organize 7 short-term learning, teaching and training activities both for students and teachers (involving 63 participants in total), to collect lesson, activity plans, project descriptions and prepare for the new Science activities (at least 8) proposed by partner schools, to incorporate and organize the activities based on combining different Science disciplines for students of age 15-18 (involving at least 50 percent of students of this age from each school), to prepare a collection of videos on the activities, lab experiments and feedback from participants as well as Compendium with partners’ best practice, instructables and create a website of the project.

This will strengthen the profile of Science and English language teachers, both students and teachers will acquire and develop high-quality Science learning/teaching skills and competencies.