July 27, 2008 - The final extended deadline for abstract' submission and full papers uploading is set to September 15, 2008.
July 22, 2008- The deadline for reduced regular fee registration is extended until September 5, 2008.
July 19, 2008 - The electronic registration webpage is fully operational at http://www.ciencialivre.net/hsci2008/
July 17, 2008 - Contact details of travel agency Top Atlantico updated: Contact: Agência de Viagens Top Atlântico Açores: Contact person: João Vieira; Phone: +351 296 201 883 Fax: +351 296 281 185; Rua Açoreano Oriental, 14 – R/C 9500-013 Ponta Delgada, Portugal, E-mail: joao.vieira@topatlantico.com; website www.topatlantico.com
July 14, 2008 - Provisional program and last call for papers issued. Deadline for abstract submission: July 25, 2008; Extended deadline for abstract' submission and full papers uploading: September 15, 2008.
June 3, 2008 - The first number of the International Journal on Hands-on Science (www.aect.pt/hsci/ij.html) is scheduled to mid July 2008. Submissions are welcomed (template here). Email to hsci2003@gmail.com
May 10, 2008 - The provisional website of the new open access International Journal on Hands-on Science (ISSN: 1646-8937; eISSN: 1646-8945) is open www.aect.pt/hsci/ij.html
March 11, 2008 - The new HSCI2008 electronic paper' submission webpage is fully operational
March 5, 2008 - The 1st International contest on "Ideas for Science Fairs" was launched.
January 6, 2008 - The HSCI2008 1st call for papers was issued.
December 9, 2008 - The HSCI2008 conference website was open.
November 21, 2007 - The HSCI2008 principal topic will be "Formal and Informal Science Education"..
September 5, 2007 - The 5th International COnference on "Hands-on Science" will take place at Pernambuco Science Center "Espaço Ciência" at the World Heritage town of Olinda, Recife in Brazil, October 13 to 17, 2008.
July 27, 2007 - The network approved dates and location of the two next HSCI' conferences. The HSCI2008 will take place in Brazil, fall 2008, and the 6th conference will be in New Delhi, India, early December 2009.
15-07-2007 - The proceedings book of the HSCI2007 conference was upload (8MB pdf lower resolution file).
14-07-2007 - If you would like to register to the workshop and training sessions please do it as soon as possible (mfcosta.hsci@gmail.com)
12-07-2007 - The final program of the HSCI2007 conference was upload. Around one hundred works and 10 tranning sessions will be presented.
27-06-2007 - A map of the Campus of the Universidade dos Açores (main conference venue) was upload.
21-06-2007 -
Dear Colleagues,
The deadline for abstract submission and uploading of final versions of your abstracts (if not already done) or papers is fast approaching. We decided to postpone the deadline until the end of the month. Please note that the proceedings book will be closed on July the 2nd (by noon GMT) and thereafter no further changes will be possible. Before the end of the second week of July we plan to send you the final program for the conference. If you not yet did it, please let us know your preferences in terms of type of presentation. We will try to follow your requests. Oral presentations will last, in general, bettween 15 and 30 minute (longer talks are possible on request) - let us know your preference. If you are going to bring your experiments or material to show at the science fair premises (we hope you do!) do let as know the space you need and any other special requirements. Please use the email mfcosta.mail@gmail.com .
Looking forward to welcome you in Ponta Delgada,
Best regards,
Manuel Filipe Costa
28-05-2007 -
Until June 25 late submissions will be accepted depending on space availability and on the quality of the work submitted.
Notification
of acceptance: …..…
Deadline (final) for uploading of manuscripts: ………………...…..June 25, 2007. In order to guarantee the proceedings book' publication in time for the conference, the final deadline for manuscript uploading can not be extended (JUNE 25)
21-05-2007 - The regular deadline for abstract submission is fast approaching (May 27) as well as the deadline for Comenius Preparatory Visits schoolarship application (May 30). Over 60 communications received so far. At least 9 trainning courses and workshops (over 30 hours overall) will be delivered. Both the science fair and the robotics festival are shaping up well...
18-02-2007 - Scholarships
In the frame of the new Lifelong Learning Program of the European Comission, particularly its Comenius action, there will be scholarships, to participate at the conference, available through your National Agency under the item "Preparatory Visits"or Comenius 2.2.C. Deadlines may vary depending on the country (in Portugal for instance the deadline is May 30).
Em Portugal, Professores ou Educadores podem contactar a Agência Nacional em http://alv.addition.pt/ (link directo para informações sobre o pedido de bolsa para participação no seminário ou na conferência: visitas preparatórias; Formulário: aqui- na candidatura deve referir tratar-se de uma conferência organizada por uma rede Comenius 110157-CP-1-2003-1-PT-COMENIUS-C3 Hands-on Science Network; data limite de envio do pedido à Agência Nacional : 30 de Maio)
29-09-2006 - The 4th International Conference on "Hands-on Science. Building bridges through Science Education" will be held in Ponta Delgada, Azores, from the 23rd to the 27th July 2007. The call for papers and website will be launched by December 27th, 2006.
10-09-2006 - The 3rd International Conference on Hands-on Science is over! It was an exciting week full of activities undertaken with great enthusiasm by all ~300 participants that came to us from all over Europe and the World.
Over 450 persons from 41 countries registered to the conference. 270 works where published in an over 700 pages proceedings book. 1000 CDroms where also produced and will be offered to schools all over Europe. The effectivelly presented communications (over 95%), in pdf powerpoint or video format will be published in a DVD later this month. The online real time transmission of the conference will be processed saved in compressed video format and made available to all interested persons. All those, we truly believe, will represent and invaluable tool to help school teachers to implement hands-on experimental activities on their class room, as well as the schools, teacher trainning institutions, universities, national and local government bodies, associations and NGOs, the population in general and politicians to develop better approaches to School' Science Education.
One book with a selection of the most remarkable works presented at our 6 anual conferences and workshops will be published by the end of the month as well as it will be the proceedings book "Livro de actas" of the special session on science education in Portugal "Educação para a Ciência".
The Science Fair that included several dozens of experience for all age levels were enthusiastically visited by the conference participants and over 500 students, teachers and population in general. As well the robotics Festival raised a great deal of interest an enthusiasm among participants and visitors.
The next Hands-on Science conference was tentatively scheduled for Azores late July 2007. Next spring the follow-up of our workshops on Scientific Literacy and Life Long Learning will be organised in Romania. And by mid April the 3rd Trainning course in School Robotics will be organised in Malta.
THE HANDS-ON SCIENCE NETWORK WILL BE MAINTAINNED IN THE FORM OF AN INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION AND WILL KEEP GROWING ENLARGING ITS MEMBERSHIP AND THE IMPACT OF ITS ACTIVITIES AND PROPOSALS IN OUR SCHOOLS AND EU' SOCIETIES ... INDUCING A BETTER SCIENCE EDUCATION... IN FAVOUR OF A SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT... TOWARDS A BRIGHTER FUTURE OF HUMANKIND...