My classroom - Energy Effective: Inquiry-based Science Education in the Classroom

Abstract

Using project-based learning technologies is not a new way of teaching in the Bulgarian school. Working on the pilot experiment “Energy effectiveness” – in the frame of the weSpot 7FP European project and in participation with Sofia University gives us an opportunity to use these technologies with our students in First Private Mathematical School in Sofia. The particular topic is “My classroom – energy effective”. The students who took part in the experiment are in 6-th grade (13 years old). In the experiment teachers in Human and Nature, Informational Technology, etc. have taken part. We have been working on an International project – weSPOT, whose purpose is to create new technologies for Inquiry Based Science Education. The work is based on The Mulholland et al (2012) inquiry cycle, consisting of 8 phases, including decisions on the questions, collecting and analysing data, sharing the experience, etc.