• Welcome to the Pri-Sci-Net project website!

    Pri-Sci-Net is an FP7 funded project within Science in Society which promotes inquiry-based learning in science education (IBSE) at primary level. It brings together a group of science educators from all over Europe specialising in primary science education to develop together 45 inquiry-based activities for children between the ages of 3 and 11 years. 

    Pri-Sci-Net acknowledges the need to train and network primary teachers, teacher-trainers and educators as part of their professional development. It will thus provide many opportunities for training and sharing of experiences. As the project coordinator, I invite you to browse our website and to contact us about anything that you wish to know more about.

    Suzanne Gatt
    Project Coordinator

Inquiry-based science at primary level is a teaching and learning framework with implications about learning science, learning to do science, and learning about science.
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Inquiry-based learning requires that children investigate questions about how the world works. Investigations need to be relevant to the children. In investigations children are actively engaged in gathering evidence which will enable them to understand better the scientific phenomenon being studied and to find possible answers to their initial question. Investigations are most effective
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Young children naturally inquire about how the world works. As teachers, we need to nurture this sense of inquisitiveness, instead of killing children’s curiosity and desire to try things out by telling them what we believe is the correct answer. Science provides the right context to foster the development of inquiry skills. Science activities in primary are to be based…
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Evaluation involves reflection, a process which promotes in-depth learning in science. Inquiry-based learning requires children to reflect on the evidence which they have gathered during their investigation. This evidence needs to be evaluated before reaching agreement on what conclusions can be drawn. Evaluation of evidence requires the children to consider what patterns they can identify in their observations as well…
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Learning science is about making connections, about natural phenomena, how they work, and the explanations which scientists have developed. When inquiring about scientific phenomena, one needs to make connections between observations made and explanations for these observations. Children should be encouraged to build connections between their observations and their ideas in order to help them draw conclusions with respect to…
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  • The Malta Council for Science and Technology
    The Malta Council for Science and Technology

    The Malta Council for Science and Technology is a public body responsible for scientific research policy, promoting scientific research, management of the local research funding program and the national contact point organisation for the EU Research and Development Framework Programme (FP).

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