Back to School 2023-2024 with ESA
With a new school year just around the corner, it's time to choose which projects to carry out in the classroom. Discover ESA's exciting school projects and unique teacher trainings opportunities. Use space for out-of-this world STEM classrooms!
School Projects
Every year ESA and its national ESERO offices run international school projects that engage students in a multidisciplinary mission, just as in the real space world. Through these projects students can expand their knowledge of curricular STEM subjects as well as develop new skills and competences.
By participating in Astro Pi, Mission X, Moon Camp, CanSat and Climate Detectives, your students can learn about Earth’s environment, train like an astronaut, design a Moon base, develop a “micro-satellite” or program a computer onboard the International Space Station.
| Project | Suggested for | Description | Registration opens |
| Astro Pi | up to 19 years old | Learn about coding and perform a scientific experiment on the ISS | Mission Space Lab: 6 November 2023 Mission Zero: 18 September 2023 |
| Mission X: Train like an Astronaut | up to 14 years old | Learn the key elements to keeping fit and staying healthy in space and on Earth | 20 September 2023 |
| Moon Camp | up to 19 years old | Design a space habitat for future astronauts | 21 September 2023 |
| CanSat | 14 to 19 years old | Design, build and launch a small satellite | 19 September 2023 |
| Climate Detectives | up to 19 years old | Investigate a local climate problem using Earth Observation data | 22 September 2023 |
Stay tuned for more details on each school project! Visit us during the ESA Back to School week (18-22 September)!
For a full timeline of each school project visit the individual project page.
Teacher training opportunities
Also this school year ESA and its national ESERO offices are there to offer you plenty of teacher and educator training opportunities. Our mission is to support you with inspiring and innovative STEM classroom practices. During the trainings you will discover how the context of space and a range of educational tools and real scientific data can be used to boost the interest and literacy of your pupils in STEM subjects, and help them develop the fundamental skills and competences required by school curricula today.
Are you a primary or secondary school teacher or educator from an ESA Member States, Canada, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Malta and want to have an international teacher training experience? Register in ESA-led trainings and join us for an exciting learning and sharing 'Teach with Space’ sessions at the e-technology lab, our permanent teacher training facility at ESEC/Galaxia in Belgium. Find the current ESA international teacher training opportunities here.
Or are you up for exciting training sessions or STEM classroom activities in your own country, with a perfect match to your national curriculum and with your own language? Then find and contact your own ESERO office here: European Space Education Resource Office (ESERO).
Find out more about ESA Education here.
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