What research tells us

Teachers like to work with Science Across the World for:

• contacts with other schools in different countries
• student interest and motivation
• development of Key Skills in Communication, ICT, Working with others, Problem Solving
• •development of Thinking Skills in Reasoning, Enquiry, Creative thinking and Evaluation
• language learning value
• •usefulness of the topic/issue
• •source of different pedagogic skills

Teachers like to work with Science Across the World for developing constructive ICT ‘information communications technologies’ activities such as:

• searching for schools through the Science Across the World online database
• completing and sending Exchange Forms via email
• creating school websites related to the Exchange Form
• creating and using spreadsheets
• word processing
• researching using topic data and hotlinks

Students benefit from working with Science Across the World:

• by being involved in the wider aspects of science
• •by making links with other countries
• •by using foreign languages and ICT
• •by developing their Key Skills and Thinking Skills
• •by extending science into cross curricular activities, including citizenship and sustainable development education

Read what Teachers really think about Science Across the World!