Keywords: web-based learning environment, Helsinki Virtual Webschool, progressive inquiry, subject integration

Finnish mediaeval history was the topic of the On the Roads and in the Market Square project, which sought to introduce pupils to how life changed in the Middle Ages, how roads and towns developed, how information flowed and how Finland was annexed to Sweden. The project primarily focused on history, but also incorporated mother tongue and art and was carried out in compliance with the principals of progressive inquiry.

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Posted by Marianne Bollström-Huttunen at 25/02/2003

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Keywords: web-based teaching, web-based learning environment, Helsinki Virtual Webschool, subject integration

Finnish prehistory was the topic of the Stones and Rocks project, which sought to provide an insight into past times and an introduction to the prehistory of Finland. The approach to prehistory of Finland was by studying stones. Pupils could choose to approach the project from either a historical or geographical perspective. The historical perspective examined cultural development from the Stone Age to the present day. The geological perspective examined gemstones and various metals. The project involved subject matter relating to history, environmental and natural science, mother tongue and art.

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Posted by Marianne Bollström-Huttunen at 25/02/2003

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Keywords: electric circuit; interpretation of experiments

The course was arranged by Antonis Antoniou and Olga Chortaria. There were 28 students from 10th grade of the 5th Gymnasium of Nikaia (near Pireaus port of Athens) involved in the course. Students were 14 years old. During the course / project students examined a counterintuitive electric circuit.

Students were using the Synergeia computer supported collaboration tool which was combined with an experiment in the laboratory and a computer simulation.

Posted by Antonis Antoniou at 25/02/2003

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