Join the ESA Teach with Space Online Conference 2024
In brief
Register now for the ESA Teach with Space Online Conference, taking place on the 2nd and 3rd of July 2024.
By joining this conference you will have the opportunity to listen to inspirational talks by ESA experts on Earth observation, the European global satellite navigation system, clean space activities, new technology demonstration missions and much more! You will also get inspired by the activities and experiment demonstrations in support of STEM teaching and learning.
In-depth
ESA Teach with Space Online Conference
Date: 2 and 3 July 2024
Level: Primary and Secondary school teachers and educators
Language: English
Pre-requisites: none
Certification: a certification of participation will be provided to attendees
Registration deadline: open until 28 June (9.00 am CEST) 2024, apply now!
Building on the amazing success of the past editions, we are happy to open registrations for the fourth edition of the ESA Teach with Space Online Conference.
This year’s conference offers an overview of the ESA Education offer for school level education, including new didactic resources and interdisciplinary projects, virtual tours of the ESA facilities and keynote speakers from different ESA activities.
Moreover, don’t miss this unique opportunity to join the live ESA’s astronaut talk and learn about life and research in space.
Take an active role and share your school activities, network with your peers, and meet your national ESEROs.
Applications are open until 28 June (9.00 am CEST) 2024 on a first-come, first-served basis, so apply now!
Consult the full programme here.
What to expect
The ESA Teach with Space Conference features a two-day programme that will provide teachers with didactic activities and online tools that use space activities as an inspiring context for teaching and learning STEM.
The programme includes:
- Plenary sessions with keynote lectures from ESA experts. Learn about the Earth Observation programme, Europe's satellite navigation system, new technology demonstration missions, and living and working in space - from an ESA’s astronaut.
- Two virtual tours of ESA’s facilities.
- Share your projects – a session where the best school projects from the participants are highlighted. Submit your project and you can be one of the selected participants.
- Experiments of the day, short experiments that you can easily replicate in your classroom.
- Parallel splinter sessions with demonstrations of didactic activities for primary and secondary levels, that will explore space themes. Discover all the new resources available in the ESA Teach with Space collection.
- And finally, moments of networking with the other participants and also the national ESEROs.
Consult the full programme here.
Who can apply?
The conference is open to primary and secondary school teachers and educators of STEM-related subjects residing and working within any of ESA’s Member States, as well as Canada, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia, and Slovenia.
How and when to apply
Teachers wishing to participate in the ESA Teach with Space Conference should complete the registration form.
To ensure fair access to teachers from all ESA Member States, registrations will be taken on a first-come, first-served basis by country of residency.
Applications will be open until 28 June (9.00 am CEST) 2024 (or until the capacity of the online venue is reached).
Conference details
The conference will feature live sessions that will be recorded and made available to the participants shortly after the conference.
The working language of the conference is English.
There is no fee to participate in the conference.
