Hosted by OSOS , contributed by yairbh_nc on 8 May 2018
The influence of technology on the environment
Goals and challenges:
7th and 8th grade students, together with young mentors from the nearby college, will investigate their school environment, looking for hazards. The students and mentors will develop, according to the Engineering Design Process, a technological product to improve their local environment and advance education for urban sustainability.
AVAILABLE PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
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Mentors from a local college |
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Parents and Families |
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Local Government |
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Local Industry and Business |
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Responsible Research and Innovation
One of the key aspects of OSOS is the inclusion of RRI - Responsible Research and Innovation principles (more information at RRI-Tools.eu). This is how the NanoChannels Accelerator fits into the RRI model:
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Governance |
students will be responsible for involving different stakeholders, with whom they will maintain a continuous relationship with the objective of improving problems in the school environment.
I.e.: Students will be in continuous contact with stakeholders, who will be involved in the different phases of the activity in order to achieve the best results of the project. students will communicate the different advances in a transparent and reflective way. |
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Public engagement |
Students will encourage the participation of stakeholders in the activity, making it proactive. Students will be able to make decisions collaboratively, sharing responsibility for the final results with stakeholders.
I.e.: students will get in touch with families and neighbors, whom they will interview and ask about problems around the school. In addition, all these external agents will be able to communicate to students both their opinions and what solution is better from their point of view, which will help students to make collective decisions. |
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Gender equality |
When considering the scientific project, from its conception to its final solution, students will take into account the gender dimension. To do this, they will make equal decisions and ask both men and women, analyzing if there are differences in their opinions.
I.e.: Equal work division between female and male students when working in groups. |
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Science Education |
Students will involve their environment to solve social problems and challenges through technology and science. The stakeholders can participate as active elements during the project.
I.e.: students will be supported by various types of stakeholders during different phases of the project, including both the search for challenges and problems and the proposal of solutions through Science that can solve them. |
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Ethics |
Students will align their research with social values and the needs of the environment. For this, they will share the responsibility with different stakeholders (such as neighbors and families), whose opinions will be taken into account when reflecting on the problems of the school environment.
I.e.: students will be able to take advantage of science to improve the dangers that may exist around the school, providing a technological solution that will be innovative and also social. |
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Open Access |
Students will be responsible for creating a series of materials that they can then disseminate to families and neighbors. To do this, they will study the types of licenses that exist and determine which are the most appropriate for their materials.
I.e.: the highlights of the projects and all the materials will be published to the public. The project will be advertised in local media and the facebook pages of the Municipality. |
RESOURCES NEEDED:
Recruiting experts from the academy and local industry, to inform and mentor the students in the fields of sustainability, engineering, programing, design and communication.
Усещам
Addressed Challenge: to solve a problem, first we must know what problem it is ... and how we can propose that solution. This FEEL phase will first introduce our students to the methodology we propose for this Accelerator, including the opinions of experts and scientists, and then we can accompany them to the school environment to find all these new challenges. Once known, the following phases will allow them to delve into them and begin to propose solutions.
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# Session |
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Resources needed |
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1 |
90m |
Exposure of the project to the students:
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At school |
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2 |
45-90m |
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School’s environment |
Представете си
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# Session |
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Resources needed |
Location |
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3 |
90m |
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At school |
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4 |
90m + Beyond school hours |
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Out of school |
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5 |
90m |
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At school |
Създавайте
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# Session |
Duration |
Description |
Resources needed |
Location |
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6 |
5 hours -can be divided to 2 sessions |
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At a science museum or at school |
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7 |
Beyond school hours |
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At home |

