Join the ESA Teach with Space Online Conference 2023

ESA Teach with Space Online Conference

Date: Tuesday 11 and Wednesday 12 July 2023
Level: Primary and Secondary school teachers and educators
Language: English
Pre-requisites: none
Certification: a certification of participation will be provided to attendees

Registration deadline: open until 10 July (09.00 CEST) 2023, apply now!

Over the course of two days, you will explore space by hearing from space experts; discover inspiring ways to use space as a context to teach STEM in your physical and virtual classrooms; experience demonstrations of our fun classroom activities; enjoy virtual visits to ESA sites and more!

Building on the amazing success of the past two editions we are happy to confirm the third edition of the ESA Teach with Space Online Conference.

This year’s conference offers an overview of the new ESA Education programme, including new classroom resources and projects, virtual tours of the ESA facilities and panel discussions.

Learn from our space experts about our planet Earth, the exploration of the Moon and sustainable development. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to join ESA’s astronaut Matthias Maurer talk and learn about life in space from someone that has experienced it first-hand.  

Take an active role and share your school activities, network with your peers, and meet your national ESEROs, all from the comfort of your house or school.

Applications are open until 10 July (09.00 CEST) 2023 on a first-come, first-served basis, so apply now!

Consult the full programme here.

What to expect

The ESA Teach with Space Conference features a two-day programme that will provide teachers with classroom activities and online tools that use space themes as an inspiring context for teaching and learning STEM.  

The program includes:

• Plenary sessions with keynote lectures from ESA experts. Learn about the exploration of the Moon and the universe, Earth Observation programs, and living in space, with ESA’s astronaut Matthias Maurer.  
• Panel discussions with experts from ESA, industry and academia.
• Two virtual tours of ESA’s facilities.
• Share your projects – a session where the best school projects from the participants are highlighted. Submit your project and you can be one of the selected participants.
• Experiment of the day, a short experiment about astronaut life that you can easily replicate in your classroom.  
• Parallel splinter sessions with demonstrations of classroom activities for primary and secondary levels, that will explore space themes. Discover in a fun way all the new resources available in the ESA Teach with Space collection.
• And finally, moments of networking with the other participants and also the national ESEROs. 

Who can apply?

The conference is open to primary and secondary school teachers of STEM-related subjects residing and working within any of ESA’s Member States, as well as Canada, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Malta.

How and when to apply

Teachers wishing to participate in the ESA Teach with Space Conference should complete the registration form.  

To ensure fair access to teachers from all ESA Member States, registrations will be taken on a first-come, first-served basis by country of residency. 

Applications will be open until 10 July (9.00 am CEST) 2023 (or until the capacity of the online venue is reached).

Conference details 

The conference will feature live sessions that will be recorded and made available to the participants shortly after the conference.

The working language of the conference is English. 

There is no fee to participate in the conference.