1. November 17-19, Belgrade, Serbia SOUTH-EAST EUROPEAN WORKSHOP FOR HANDS-ON PRIMARY SCIENCE EDUCATION Science education in Romania through hands-on activities Dan Sporea and Adelina Sporea National Institute for Lasers, Plasma and Radiation Physics Lasers Metrology and Standardization Laboratory 409 Atomistilor St., Magurele, RO-077125, Romania sporea@ifin.nipne.ro; dan.sporea@inflpr.ro phone 40745759545; fax 40214574243

2. November 17-19, Belgrade, Serbia SOUTH-EAST EUROPEAN WORKSHOP FOR HANDS-ON PRIMARY SCIENCE EDUCATION www.hsci.info

3. November 17-19, Belgrade, Serbia SOUTH-EAST EUROPEAN WORKSHOP FOR HANDS-ON PRIMARY SCIENCE EDUCATION “Science Education and Training in a Knowledge-based Society - SET 2010” Project objectives To promote the best European practice and to establish a partnership between the Romanian teams and the advanced networks in Europe, in the field of education, for the technical and scientific knowledge and lifelong learning To develop a regional network (both in the Balkan area and in the Est and Central Europe) aimed to increase the science teaching quality at the preuniversitar level To develop the cooperation with the „Hands-on Science” European network concerning science education through experiment (real or virtual) To encourage the dissemination at the European level of the main results regarding science education obtained in Romanian schools.

4. November 17-19, Belgrade, Serbia SOUTH-EAST EUROPEAN WORKSHOP FOR HANDS-ON PRIMARY SCIENCE EDUCATION Multidisciplinary approach focused on: The use of virtual instrumentation (LabVIEW) for real and virtual experiments (data acquisition form various sensors, PC control, European premiere) Photonics and optics (optical spectroscopy, optical fiber communications, lasers, classical optics) PC graphics (3D design and animation)

5. November 17-19, Belgrade, Serbia SOUTH-EAST EUROPEAN WORKSHOP FOR HANDS-ON PRIMARY SCIENCE EDUCATION Virtual instrumentation - LabVIEW High school teachers: Mihaela Garabet Ion Neacsu

6. November 17-19, Belgrade, Serbia SOUTH-EAST EUROPEAN WORKSHOP FOR HANDS-ON PRIMARY SCIENCE EDUCATION Virtual instrumentation - LabVIEW High school teachers: Emilia Pausan Mihaela Garabet Ion Neacsu

7. November 17-19, Belgrade, Serbia SOUTH-EAST EUROPEAN WORKSHOP FOR HANDS-ON PRIMARY SCIENCE EDUCATION Photonics and optics

8. November 17-19, Belgrade, Serbia SOUTH-EAST EUROPEAN WORKSHOP FOR HANDS-ON PRIMARY SCIENCE EDUCATION Photonics and optics

9. November 17-19, Belgrade, Serbia SOUTH-EAST EUROPEAN WORKSHOP FOR HANDS-ON PRIMARY SCIENCE EDUCATION PC graphics (3D design and animation) The History of the Steam Engine James Watt (1736-1819)

10. November 17-19, Belgrade, Serbia SOUTH-EAST EUROPEAN WORKSHOP FOR HANDS-ON PRIMARY SCIENCE EDUCATION PC graphics (3D design and animation)

11. November 17-19, Belgrade, Serbia SOUTH-EAST EUROPEAN WORKSHOP FOR HANDS-ON PRIMARY SCIENCE EDUCATION Means to implement various activities

12. November 17-19, Belgrade, Serbia SOUTH-EAST EUROPEAN WORKSHOP FOR HANDS-ON PRIMARY SCIENCE EDUCATION Means to implement various activities

13. November 17-19, Belgrade, Serbia SOUTH-EAST EUROPEAN WORKSHOP FOR HANDS-ON PRIMARY SCIENCE EDUCATION Means to implement various activities Lectures and workshops

14. November 17-19, Belgrade, Serbia SOUTH-EAST EUROPEAN WORKSHOP FOR HANDS-ON PRIMARY SCIENCE EDUCATION Means to implement various activities Exhibitions & Conferences

15. November 17-19, Belgrade, Serbia SOUTH-EAST EUROPEAN WORKSHOP FOR HANDS-ON PRIMARY SCIENCE EDUCATION Means to implement various activities Science fairs

16. November 17-19, Belgrade, Serbia SOUTH-EAST EUROPEAN WORKSHOP FOR HANDS-ON PRIMARY SCIENCE EDUCATION Means to implement various activities Science fairs

17. November 17-19, Belgrade, Serbia SOUTH-EAST EUROPEAN WORKSHOP FOR HANDS-ON PRIMARY SCIENCE EDUCATION Means to implement various activities Science fairs

18. November 17-19, Belgrade, Serbia SOUTH-EAST EUROPEAN WORKSHOP FOR HANDS-ON PRIMARY SCIENCE EDUCATION Means to implement various activities Contests

19. November 17-19, Belgrade, Serbia SOUTH-EAST EUROPEAN WORKSHOP FOR HANDS-ON PRIMARY SCIENCE EDUCATION Means to implement various activities Drama

20. November 17-19, Belgrade, Serbia SOUTH-EAST EUROPEAN WORKSHOP FOR HANDS-ON PRIMARY SCIENCE EDUCATION Means to implement various activities Drama and music

21. November 17-19, Belgrade, Serbia SOUTH-EAST EUROPEAN WORKSHOP FOR HANDS-ON PRIMARY SCIENCE EDUCATION Acknowledgments The author wishes to acknowledge the contribution of the following teachers: Elena-Mihaela Garabet, Ion Neacşu, Theoretical High School “Grigore Moisil”, Bucharest Emilia Păuşan, Monica – Maria Iliescu, Antonia Nicolescu, Theoretical High School “Tudor Vladimirescu”, Bucharest Luminiţa Grigorescu, Prof. Maria Enache, Prof. Ovidiu Şerbanescu, Tehn. Lab. Eugenia Bâdrea, Corina Sibişeanu, High School of Ecoinomics “C. Kiritescu”, Bucharest Liliana-Violeta Constantin, “Elena Cuza” National College, Bucharest, Dănuşa Dumitrescu, “Edmond Nicolau” Technical College, Bucharest Dragos Constantinescu, High School of Art, Ramnicu Valcea Cecilia Oprea, High School “Decebal”, Bucharest Dvorácsek Augustin, Colegiul „Bethlen Gábor”, Aiud Lydia Minza, Colegiul National Vasile Alecsandri, Galati Elena Vladescu, National Vocational College “Nicolae Titulescu”, Slatina Constantin Lucian Vladescu, The school with I-VIII classes, Mierlesti de Sus, Perieti Mihaela Bancila, Doina Turcus, National College “I. L. Caragiale”, Bucharest Diana Melnic, “ Teacher Training Center”- Bucharest- Romania Stefan Grigorescu, “ Teacher Training Center”- Bucharest Elisabeta Radoi, Elementary School 45 “Titu Maiorescu”, Bucharest Doinita-Janulya Costache, School No. 156, Bucharest

22. November 17-19, Belgrade, Serbia SOUTH-EAST EUROPEAN WORKSHOP FOR HANDS-ON PRIMARY SCIENCE EDUCATION Financial support European Union Comenius Network “Hands-on Science”- Project 110157-CP-1-2003-1-PT-COMENIUS-C3 Grant of the Romanian Ministry of Education and Research – Project “Science Education and Training in a Knowledge-Based Society SET 2010”, contract No. 58/2006 Donations by: National Instruments (USA); EXFO (Canada); Ocean Optics (The Netherlands)

23. November 17-19, Belgrade, Serbia SOUTH-EAST EUROPEAN WORKSHOP FOR HANDS-ON PRIMARY SCIENCE EDUCATION Thank you !