#SCIENCE EDUCATION/
Project: Lab in a Box - Future with Science (IGC - Gulbenkian Foundation)
Role: Project Manager; Strategic, Scientific and Educational Direction
Locations: Portugal, Cape Verde, Angola
Target Audience: Natural Sciences teachers; students 6 to 17 years old
Year: 2019-2022
“It is urgent to instill in students a concern for sustainability, particularly in the context of an increasingly global society. Therefore, ecology is the guiding theme of the Lab in a Box - Future with Science experimental activities, leading students towards adopting attitudes and values that promote sustainability and civic responsibility. Ecology also provides a great opportunity to revamp principles, guidelines, and practices within the educational system [...]”
- Rodrigo Abril de Abreu and Joana Loureiro, Lab in a Box - Future with Science Teacher Guide (Ed. 2020-2021)
Lab in a Box – Future with Science (LiB) is a multi-country science education project with a social impact mission. It develops, produces, and implements a portable, modular, low-cost science experiments kit, to foster the practice of science in the classroom, without the need for laboratories or expensive equipment.
The editions from 2019 to 2022 were specially designed to instill in students a sense of wonder about the world around them, critical thinking, scientific curiosity, ecological awareness, and active citizenship.
Each kit was tailored to the specific country in which it was implemented and integrated into the school curriculum. The teacher guides considered each local context, emphasizing its natural, social, historical, and scientific richness.
Alongside, LiB also provided accredited teacher training, classroom support, online resources, and a continuous exchange of experiences between scientists, teachers and students through the “Lab in a Box” online forums.
(Photos: Rodrigo Abril de Abreu, Fabrice Pinto, Joana Loureiro, Teacher contributions / LiB design: Inês Bravo)
