Project Leader (UK)
Harvey Mellar

Project Details
MOSEM:
2008-2010
SUPERCOMET 2
2004-2007
SUPERCOMET
2001-2004

Participating Countries
Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Italy, Norway, Poland, UK
Led by Simplicatus, Norway

Funder
EU Leonardo da Vinci programme

Project website

 MOSEM

Minds-On experimental equipment kits in Superconductivity and ElectroMagnetism - this project offers participating schools and teachers a collection of simple, thought-provoking tabletop physics experiments. Electronic and printed support materials use text, videos and animations to raise the user’s curiosity. Investigating the encountered phenomenon and doing one’s own research with the provided materials and other sources improves motivation and learning.

SUPERCOMET 2

SUPERCOMET 2 handled the challenges of localization and adaptation necessary to make successful translations of the SUPERCOMET materials into 12 languages. SUPERCOMET2 also developed an experimental kit and modelling activities to complement the materials produced in SUPERCOMET.

SUPERCOMET

SUPERCOMET targeted the in-service training of physics teachers through offering a new toolkit for inspiring and encouraging pupils to learn exciting physics in a non-traditional fashion. Combining modern pedagogical methods (e.g. collaborative learning and student-centered problem solving) with computer animations, the SUPERCOMET project developed a computer application that connects the intriguing phenomenon of superconductivity with the science curricula subjects of upper secondary schools.

References

[1] Engstrøm, V et al (2007) Teacher training of pupil-active learning in superconductivity and electromagnetism with interactive animations, simulations and minds-on simple experiments  (Presentation at Multimedia in Physics Teaching and Learning (MPTL) – 12)

[2] SUPERCOMET 2 Evaluation Report