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In this section you will find useful documents and information on science engagement in general, and Ecsite activities in particular. Browse through articles, toolkits, reports, websites...

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Resources

Report
The Cultural and Creative Cities Monitor 2017 - Cover
Spokes resource
The Cultural and Creative Cities Monitor: 2017 Edition
July 2017 - By the European Commission. This first edition of the Cultural and Creative Cities Monitor shows how well 168 selected cities in 30 European countries perform on a range of measures describing the ‘Cultural Vibrancy’, the ‘Creative Economy’ and the ‘Enabling Environment’ of a city.
Category:
EU and governance
Keywords:
cities, indicator, european commission, cultural policy
Report
LAB-FAB-APP_report
Spokes resource
LAB – FAB – APP: Investing in the European future we want
July 2017 - A 2017 report published by the European CommissionIt highlights 11 recommendations, including one on citizens' involvement with research and innovation.
Category:
EU and governance
Keywords:
science & society, european commission, research and innovation, report
Practical guide or toolkit
Just_Add_Imagination_Oxford
Spokes resource
Just Add Imagination
July 2017 - “Just Add Imagination” is a digital guide encouraging parents and children to explore the opportunities offered by a STEM career. It includes fun and easy science activities to do at home.
Category:
Education & learning
Keywords:
STEM, activities, Children, home, parents
Website
Synenergene Workshop, Copernicus Science Centre, Warsaw, 1-4 September 2016 Credit: Wojciech Surdziel/Copernicus Science Center
Spokes resource
Synthetic Biology Learning Platform
June 2017 - The Learning Platform contains materials about synthetic biology and its socio-scientific issues for teachers and science communication professionals who want to facilitate and support their publics in an open dialogue about this emerging science.
Category:
Education & learning
Keywords:
#syntheticbiology #synbio #synenergene
Material for workshops and exhibitions
Genes and Machines
Spokes resource
Genes and Machines
June 2017 - The brochure was co-produced by iGEM Team Warsaw (Aleksandra Bartosik, Marcin Ziemniak, Jakub Piatkowski) and the biological laboratory of the Copernicus Science Center
(Elżbieta Turek, Stanisław Łoboziak), within the SYNENERGENE program – Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) in Synthetic Biology, This publication aims to popularize the knowledge about synthetic biology. This is a new fast-growing scientific discipline that was inspired by the idea of designing and creating artificial biological systems. They can be modeled on systems that occur in nature or built from the scratch using genetic engineering.
Category:
Topics in science
Keywords:
#synbio #syntheticbiology #h2020
Practical guide or toolkit
Synenergene
Spokes resource
Public engagement with synthetic biology - toolkit
June 2017 - The toolkit aims at giving basic information, tips, and feedbacks about synthetic biology as a socio scientific issue and experiences held in the field of public engagement. At the end of the Synenergene project,the toolkit will synthesize and relate some ofthe experiences of science centres and museums involved in the organization of public activities on synthetic biology within the project.
Category:
Topics in science
Keywords:
#synbio #syntheticbiology #h2020
Science centre network representatives at the signature of the Tokyo Protocol in June 2017 (in Porto, Portugal)
Spokes resource
Tokyo Protocol
June 2017 - On the Role of Science Centres and Science Museums Worldwide In Support of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Signed in June 2017 by representatives of science centre networks from around the world.
Category:
EU and governance
Keywords:
Tokyo Protocol, scws2017, SDGs
Book or article
In “Wonderlab: the Statoil gallery”, captions systematically make a link between exhibits and people’s everyday lives, with carefully picked examples. Science Museum, London, United Kingdom.
Science capital in practice
June 2017 - Interviews published in Spokes #31, June 2017
Hear from four teams and organisations bridging theory and practice | Estimated reading time: 14 minutes (2-5 min per interview)
Category:
Education & learning
Keywords:
science capital, Spokes
Book or article
Spokes resource
Social justice and out-of-school science learning
June 2017 - 2017 article by Emily Dawson exploring equity in science television, science clubs and maker spaces
Category:
Education & learning
Keywords:
social justice, equity, out-of-school learning, science television, maker spaces, science clubs
Book or article
ESA - SocialSpace events
Take off with space
June 2017 - Interviews published in Spokes #31, June 2017
Invite your audiences on a space journey - why & how | Estimated reading time: 30 minutes (5-10 min per interview)
Category:
Education & learning
Keywords:
Space, space communication, space science, space group, Spokes
Ecsite 2017 Annual Conference logo
Spokes resource
2017 Ecsite Annual Conference - Storify summaries
June 2017 - A summary of each conference day's social media highlights - kept as a pdf for posterity.
Keywords:
#Ecsite2017, annual conference
Book or article
Paper_Emily_Dawson
Spokes resource
Social justice and out-of-school science learning
June 2017 - In her paper, Emily Dawson looks closely at the relation between equity and out-of-school science learning.
Category:
Education & learning
Keywords:
out-of-school learning, science, equity, education

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