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Deadline nears for Physics on Stage festival
2 April 2003
Teachers wishing to take part in this year’s Physics on Stage festival need to put their thinking caps on now, as each country’s deadline for proposals is fast approaching.
If you were not one of the 400 plus teachers and education experts selected from 22 European countries to take part in last year’s Physics on Stage, held at ESA’s Space Research and Technical Centre (ESTEC) in the Netherlands, you may want to know more about this yearly festival.
Physics on Stage is an initiative of the seven organisations that make up the European Intergovernmental Research Organisation (EIROforum), one of which is ESA. The main idea behind Physics on Stage, first launched in 2000, is to increase interest among school children in science, and in physics in particular. One of the best ways of doing this is to make physics fun and more relevant to everyday life.
The week-long festival, that will again take place at ESTEC, scheduled for 8-15 November, will bring together some of the most active and progressive physics teachers in Europe and as usual will be a lively forum for the exchange of ideas.
Each European country is invited to send a number of delegates to the festival and to contribute ideas for performances, presentations, displays and workshops. This means involving not just physics teachers but also teachers in other disciplines such as biology and drama. Each national committee is responsible for selecting the most exciting and inspirational ideas from those received, for sharing at the fair with an international audience.
The first deadline for receiving performance and workshop proposals from participating countries is the end of May so check your national homepage on the Physics on Stage site to see when your entry has to be in. Do not miss this opportunity to take part in this year’s festival, which has as its theme “Physics and life”.
For further information, please contact:
Helen Wilson
Tel: 31 71 565 5518
e-mail: helen.wilson@esa.int
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