The European School Innovation Academy (ESIA) AMASE Summer School, hosted by Ellinogermaniki Agogi School, took place in the town of Marathon, Greece, from July 7th to 12th, 2024. This enriching event brought together a diverse group of participants, including…
NCSR Demokritos hosted an educational event for secondary school students from Athens College and the International School of Athens. The participants, two males and two females, engaged in 15 hours of hands-on experiments over five days. They interacted with…
On May 24, 2024, we engaged with 12 enthusiastic 14-year-old students from Class C1 of the 2nd Gymnasium of Kalabaka in Greece through an interactive online session. The students toured three advanced laboratories at NCSR Demokritos—Innovative Photovoltaic Materials, Transmission…
More than 100 teachers visited the AMASE stand during the Big Bang Conference in Odense, Danmark. They were introduced to the Learning Materials on Advanced Material Science by means of a serious game and some simple-to-perform class experiments. Big…
During the last edition of IMES held at Clare College in Cambridge University, a presentation of AMASE project was made. It was an oral contribution delivered by Paloma Fernández Sánchez on April 4th, 2024.
In March 2024, Ellinogermaniki Agogi School introduced the AMASE project. Students explored fascinating gecko-inspired adhesive materials, focusing on biomimicry in engineering. Through discussions and presentations, students discovered the adhesive properties of gecko feet, and the role of Van der…
On Thursday, February 29th, 2024, students from the 2nd Gymnasium of Kalabaka, Greece, embarked on an exciting virtual journey into the realm of materials science. Guided by their teacher, Dimitra Sanida, and Kostas Giannakopoulos, a researcher from the Nanoscience…
On February 1st, a visit unfolded at the esteemed laboratories of NCSR Demokritos, welcoming eight final-year students and two teachers from the 11th General Lyceum of Peristeri in Attica, Greece. Immersed in the science curriculum, the students embarked on…
A multiplier event has been held to introduce Secondary School teachers in the AMASE methodology. The event took place in two different sessions, the first one took place on October 24th, 2023. The second session was held on January…
As part of the AMASE project, teachers and student teachers from the UCLL teacher education program form interdisciplinary Teacher Design & Research Teams. Together they develop a full-fledged STEM-project that brings the world of Advanced Material Science in the…