DISCOVERING THE LATEST ON HEALTH RESEARCH www.xplorehealth.eu ABSTRACT: Xplore Health is a project funded by the 7th Framework Programme of the European Commission, coordinated by the Barcelona Science Park and developed in coordination with the Centre of the Cell, ECSITE and European Schoolnet. Ubach Munné is the consultancy in charge of project management.
Xplore Health is a European educational portal on cutting-edge health research that offers innovative multimedia and hands-on experiences to young people through the internet, schools, science centres and museums.
Xplore Health aims: • To bridge the gap between research and education • To inspire future researchers • To promote scientific literacy
• To stimulate dialogue
Engaging Multimedia and Innovative Tools
Research topics on:
Videos: Provide insight into current research and ELSA issues (ethical, legal and social aspects).
• Drug development • Biotech • Genomics • Skin cancer • Malaria • HIV/AIDS • Mental health • Cardiovascular diseases • Obesity, etc…
Virtual experiments: Experiencing real research in virtual labs. Games to engage in a dialogue: Building your own opinion with Decide card games and other exciting new formats.
Experiment protocols: Guidelines to recreate some of the current research experiments.
HOW TO PARTICIPATE & BENEFIT FROM XPLORE HEALTH?
Watch Play Experiment
Decide
Young people: by means of the Xplore Health portal through playing, interacting, giving your opinion and sharing it on social networks, or participating in museum and school events.
Teachers: by using Xplore Health tools and activities in your own classrooms & by sharing your experience with other European teachers using the Xplore Health blog. Museums and Science Centres: by organising events and activities based on Xplore Health Tools and by hiring the “Travelling Open Lab”.
Barbara Schwarzenbacher (1) & Carlos de Paz (2) (1)
Portal available for everyone in En, Pl, Es & Fr
European Schoolnet, Rue de Trèves 61 B-1040 Brussels, Belgium http://europeanschoolnet.org barbara.schwarzenbacher@eun.org
Benefits for teachers, students and the general public. (2)
IES “A Sardineira”, Avda. Sardineira, s/n, 15007-A Coruña, Spain ttp://www.edu.xunta.es/centros/iessardineira cdepaz@edu.xunta.es