Biochemistry: A view of two countries The two participating schools in the project are upper secondary schools; Rudbecksgymnasiet in Örebro, Sweden and DIZ-ISIS Jožef Stefan in Trieste, Italy. Both schools have an education directed towards biology, chemistry and biochemistry. There are four main objectives for the cooperation project. The first is to strengthen and enhance the interest in science education among students at the upper secondary school. The second is to strengthen teaching skills in natural science both in Sweden and in Italy. The third is to enhance scientific language skills in English for participating students, as well as for their teachers. The fourth main objective is to develop and improve the understanding for other cultures. This aim will be reached through lab projects that the students will carry out together. The themes chosen for the lab projects are connected to important health and environmental issues for both schools and their home regions. The language used during the project is English. Throughout the project the participating teachers and students will communicate over Skype. There will be an ongoing dialogue about the lab themes and our common targets. The project and its results will be given to the participating schools through presentations and reports. The long term benefits will emphasise a better understanding between cultures within EU, an improved understanding for the curricula in biochemistry, chemistry and biology through the work of development.
Biochemistry: A view of two Countries The two participating schools in the project are upper secondary schools: Rudbecksgymnasiet in Örebro, Sweden, and DIZ -ISIS Jožef Stefan in Trieste, Italy. Both schools provide education focused on biology, chemistry, and biochemistry. There were four main objectives for the project. The first was to strengthen and enhance an interest in science education among students at the upper secondary schools. The second was to strengthen teaching skills in the natural sciences, both in Sweden and in Italy. The third was to foster and develop scientific language skills in English for participating students and their teachers. The fourth main objective was to develop and improve understanding and appreciation of other cultures. This aim was to be achieved through lab projects that the students carried out together. The themes chosen for the lab projects were connected to important health and environmental issues for both schools and their home regions. The language used during the project was English. Throughout the project, the participating teachers and students communicated mainly over skype and other web tools. There was an ongoing dialogue about the lab themes and the common targets. Four learning teaching and training activities were planned and performed. The first in Trieste "Olive Oil", the second in Örebro "Molecular Biology and Biochemistry",the third in Trieste: "Wine and Agriculture", and the fourth "Molecular Biology and Health". A virtual learning teaching training activity replaced the fourth scheduled learning teaching training activity. Information about the project and its results were presented to the participating schools through presentations and reports. The long-term benefits included better understanding between cultures, and, through the development work, improved understanding of the curricula in biochemistry, chemistry and biology.