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Sparkling Science Goes Citizen Science Sparkling Science goes Citizen Science Stephan Endlicher 1804 - 1849 Bust in the Arkadenhof of the University of Vienna 2015 http://www.sparklingscience.at/en Sparkling Science > Science linking with School School linking with Science Science and research are important pillars of a modern knowledge and industrial society and the support of young budding researchers is of special concern to me as minister in charge of science and research. The research pro- gramme “Sparkling Science” has successfully been linking innovative research and pre-university promo- tion of young researchers in an unconventional way since 2007. This initiative, which is unique in Europe, allows children and teenagers to immerse themselves in the enthralling field of science and research at an early age and also enables them to collaborate in the solution of current research questions. Dr. Reinhold Mitterlehner Federal Minister of Science, Research and the Economy ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Editor and Publisher: Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy (BMWFW) | Contributors: Petra Siegele (Head), Melanie Mayrhofer (Programme Office) | OeAD-GmbH | Ebendorferstraße 7 | 1010 Vienna | www.sparklingscience.at | Photos: Cover: Stephan Endlicher 1804 - 1849 Bust in the Arkadenhof of the University of Vienna, Photo p. 3: Hans Ringhofer, the copyright of all other photos is owned by the relevant projects | Graphic Concept: Smetana Design | Nussdorferstraße 6/14 | 1090 Vienna | www.ateliersmetana.at 3 Contents Sparkling Science > Science linking with School School linking with Science Preface 3 Programme description 6 Examples of projects: Computer Sciences Sparkling Games 8 Designing educational games together with pupils Medicine and Health FEM_BREATH 9 Development of breath tests for personalised medicine Natural Sciences Traisen.w3 10 WhatHowWhy? Identifying and perceiving of river landscape functions and understanding of catchment processes on the example of the river Traisen Social Sciences BreadTime 11 Lesachtal bread in an intergenerational dialogue Technology Valuable Wood 12 Big shrubs and small trees as a valuable and sustainable resource of wood Humanities Doing World Heritage - Grasping World Heritage 13 Objects and narratives in the context of prehistoric pile dwellings Learning and Instruction digital MUSICIANship 14 New ways of making music in class Sparkling Science goes Citizen Science 15 All projects of the 1st – 5th Call 20 4 5 ” ” ” ” ” Cave.life new Rainforest A in Tyrol Indian Summer Doing World Heritage Functional feed for cows “ “ “ “ Sparkling Science > “ Science linking with School School linking with Science © Project: © Project: © Project: © Project: © Project: Science projects, which are funded by FORSCHUNGSFELDER Sparkling Science the Federal Ministry of Science, Re- When it clicks between schools and science search and Economy (BMWFW), started Facts & Figures at the beginning of 2015. In this con- Current as of June 2015 text some 29 % projectsNATURWISSENSCHAFTEN of the research pro- Sparkling Science is a programme esta- in class – the spectrum of topics is a motion programme “Sparkling Science” Programme duration: 2007 to 2017 blished by the Austrian Federal Ministry broad one and ranges from medical were expanded to enable the general of Science, Research and Economy. It breath tests to underwater archaeolo- public 20to %take SOZIALWISSENSCHAFTEN part directly. All eight pi- Key figures on the first has been extremely successful in pro- gy. Funding provided by Sparkling Sci- lot projects have offered the possibility five calls for proposals moting young budding researchers since ence is open to all topics. Only projects to take 13 part % TECHNIK directly since October 2015! Research projects: 198 2007, providing children and teenagers that take the latest scientific findings in For this purpose they have established Fellowship projects: 4 with access to science and research at the relevant fields of research into ac- Strategic projects: 4 special 12 open % LEHR-LERNFORSCHUNG participation zones for the a very early age. It only supports pro- count and elaborate on innovative fin- participation of interested schools from School research projects: 54 jects in which youngsters are actively dings that go beyond the current state all over Austria. Financial support: total 29,2 million Euros involved in authentic research projects of scientific knowledge are funded. New 12 % INFORMATIK within the framework of research – ed- technologies play an important part as A list of these pilot projects can be Persons involved ucation cooperations between research well as the concept of Open Innovation. found on9 % pages GEISTESWISSENSCHAFTEN 15ff. 74,347 pupils, consisting of: institutions and schools and make their The new and unconventional outside 22,121 directly involved pupils own contributions to these research view of scientific questions by the 52,226 indirectly involved pupils activities. young people provides important con- 6 % MEDIZIN UND GESUNDHEIT 1,550 scientists and participating students tributions to the achievement of the Research Fields 1,538 teachers and trainee teachers In the 260 projects which have been research goals. The contributions made funded so far students are joining by the students are integrated in the re- Institutions involved 6% forces with scientists to work on topical search process according to the current 9% 29% 450 schools and school centres research questions. They actively en- methodical standards in order to ensure 12% 140 partners from business & society, gage in fields of research in which they that the project results meet all scienti- of which 6 were international work independently. They contribute fic quality standards. partners 12% creative suggestions to research ap- 174 research institutions, consisting of: proaches, participate in preparing con- Sparkling Science goes 20% 55 universities, 34 from abroad 13% cepts and implementing studies, collect Citizen Science 96 non-university research data, interpret this data together with institutions, 14 from abroad the scientists and present the results in Citizen Science is a promising new re- 11 universities of applied sciences, schools, universities and even at scien- search concept which actively involves 3 from abroad tific conferences. citizens of all age groups in science. In 29% Natural Sciences 10 university colleges of teacher Austria Citizen Science also gains more 20% Social Sciences education Variety of topics and open and more importance. Within the fra- 13% Technology 3 other institutions innovation philosophy mework of Young Citizen Science pupils 12% Computer Sciences and other interested youngsters are in- 12% Learning and Instruction http://www.sparklingscience.at/en Mapping of river landscapes, game- tegrated into current research projects. 9% Humanities based learning, digital music-making In Austria the first few Young Citizen 6% Medicine and Health 6 7 One example out of 30 projects from the field of Computer Sciences One example out of 16 projects from the field of Medicine and Health Sparkling Games FEM_BREATH Designing educational games together with pupils Development of breath tests for personalised medicine The FEMBREATH project intends to “The Sparkling Games project develop a personalised, safe and effec- offers us the unique opportunity tive medical drug therapy for cardio- to let the actual target group of vascular diseases by means of a breath educational games, i.e. youngsters, test. In this way the optimal individual design them themselves”. dose of a drug can be determined in the future. The FEM_BREATH project Dr. Fares Kayali lessons encourage the youngsters to study in an independent and research- oriented way. They carry out scientific which types of games and which game research as well as sophisticated ana- mechanics the target group prefers. lytical breath gas measurements, they Youngsters will for example get infor- work in the clinical environment, they mation about topics such as copyright analyse biostatistical data and inter- and intellectual property, privacy, pret it. In this way they get in insight surveillance as well as social media. into an emergent research field and experience an enthralling collaboration Participating institutions: Project leader: Vienna University of with researchers and youngsters from Akademisches Gymnasium Innsbruck Technology, Institute of Design and abroad. (Tyrol); BG Dornbirn (Vorarlberg); This project hypothesises that young Assessment of Technology. BRG Adolf Pichler-Platz, Innsbruck people will learn more when they Project leader: University of (Tyrol); BRG In der Au, Innsbruck develop games themselves and put Participating institutions: Innsbruck, Breath Research Institute (T) (Tyrol); Gymnazium Jura Hronca them into practice than by just pla- BFI Margareten (Vienna), GRG Berta Bratislava (Slovakia); Gymnazium ying them. Within the framework of von Suttner (school ship) (Vienna); Grösslingova Bratislava (Slovakia); “Sparkling Games” youngsters deve- HTBLuVA Spengergasse (Vienna); “FEM_BREATH offers pupils the II Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace Torun lop educational games related to University of Vienna, Department of chance to work together actively (Poland); Vorarlberg University of the topics of society and computer Communication; GameCity (Vienna) with researchers in a medical Applied Sciences; Medical University sciences, which can be used both in research project. In this way Innsbruck, Women‘s Health Centre computer sciences classes and other Duration: March
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