Our Purpose

• Science Across the World helps young people join the ever expanding and dynamic global learning community

• a platform for communication and shared learning between different cultures

• important social scientific and environmental science issues• Unique resources: Keeping Healthy, Eating and drinking,

Domestic waste• Introduction to issues, teachers’ notes, student’s pages,

support data, Exchange Form.....in at least 6 languages• Students collect data, facts and opinions locally/nationally

and exchange globally from our comprehensive schools database

Programme Description

• Partners - ASE and GSK

• 2500+ schools

• 6500+ teachers

• 120000+ students, aged 8 to 12, 12 to 16 years

• 138 countries.........

• using our materials at any time, and sending 400 Exchange Forms per month via internet

How do I get involved?

• Register as a SAW member for 6 month trial• Students work on topic• Students complete the Exchange Form• Select schools globally from database• Send and receive Exchange Forms, and

complimentary materials• Discuss your global findings, using egs. from

Exchange Form Library• Sign up for life for €30!

Why teachers like to use SAW

• contacts

• student interest and motivation

• development of study/core skills, incl. ICT

• usefulness of the topic/issue

• language learning value

• source of different pedagogic skills

Activities using ICT

• searching for schools through the SAW database

• completing and sending Exchange Forms via email

• creating school web sites related to the Exchange Form

• creating and using spreadsheets

• word processing

• researching using SAW data and hotlinks

• publishing student’s work on the net

How will your students benefit?

• By being involved in the wider aspects of science

• By making links with other countries

• By using foreign languages and ICT

• By extending science into cross curricular activities, including citizenship and sustainable development education

• By improving their understanding of others’ and their own culture

Instructions to sign up to SAW

Instructions to sign up to SAW – Join now!

School Links

• Etwinninghttp://www.etwinning.net/ http://www.eun.org/portal/index.htm

• Global Gatewayhttp://www.globalgateway.org.uk/

• Educanet www.educanet2.ch

• Citizenshiphttp://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/schemes2/citizenship/cit17/

Publishing students’ work

• Making the News http://mtn.e2bn.net/• Smilebox http://www.smilebox.com/• ISSUUwww.issuu.com• Science Across exchange formswww.scienceacross.org• Quikmaps http://www.quikmaps.com/new• Bubblr http://pimpampum.net/bubblr/archive.php• Classtoolswww.classtools.net• Create a scape (Futurelab) www.createascape.org.uk• Your school website