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Resources for educators

Here there is a compilation of projects that we have done around education, directly or indirectly with other partners.

Typically, you can use the Smart Citizen Kit at quite different ages. Some more advanced materials require concepts to be previously acquired in other subjects or years. Each section below contains resources for different themes, ranging from general natural science and environmental topics, to air pollution or oceanography and data.

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Measuring our environment

About this resource

Resource: DOIT Toolkit - Measuring our environment (EN)- Future Learning Unit at Fablab Barcelona

  • Duration: 28h - 8 units
  • Setting: Inside School
  • Group size: 20-25 students
  • Age: 14-15 years old

This resource presents activities that can be used to apply maker education practices and open design for students to collect data and use it as a transformative tool for their immediate environment.

School project in Barcelona?

You can have a look here to borrow sensors and SCKs for a period of time with activities and other guides included.

Projecte Atenció - Citizen Science empowerment for students

About this resource

Resource: Module 3 - Researching air pollution - Teachers manual and Module 3 - Researching air pollution - Students manual (only in Catalan)

  • Duration: 6h - 4 units
  • Setting: Inside School
  • Group size: 20-25 students
  • Age: Adaptable to various ages, generally secondary school.

This resource was created by: "Tena, E., Solé, C., Couso, D. i Hernández, M. (2018). Mòdul 3: Investiguem sobre la contaminació del’aire. Seqüència didàctica del Projecte ATENC!Ó. Barcelona: Publicacions CRECIM"

More information on the Atenció Project - Citizen Science empowerment for students, with additional material can be found on the project's page.

Later project

A later version of this project was theMultipliers project, with their Open Schooling Hub.

CLAB

About this resource

Resource: Analiza tu entorno con Smart Citizen (only in Spanish)

  • Duration: Undefined. Adaptable.
  • Setting: Inside School
  • Group size: 20-25 students
  • Age: Adaptable to various ages, generally secondary school.

This content was created by FabLab Barcelona, in the context of the CLAB project - INNOVACIÓN EN PROCESOS DE FABRICACIÓN CIRCULAR Y ABIERTA PARA ENTORNOS EDUCATIVOS, funded by Aid program to support innovative business groups from the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism. Call 2022.

Additionally, you can use the project materials:

Aulamar

About this resource

Resource: Aulamar - the classroom to the sea - school project for coastal oceanography (only in Spanish)

  • Duration: 8h-14h - 4-5 units
  • Setting: Inside School and in the beach
  • Group size: 20-25 students
  • Age: Adaptable to various ages, generally secondary school.

This material was created as part of AULAMAR (Fundació Bit Habitat, ref. ID253) in collaboration with the Institut de Ciències del Mar (ICM - CSIC, Barcelona).

This resource contains a didactic sequence with activities to bring the class to the coast, and learn about oceanography and sensors.

Additional resources

Below, you can find additional resources that we have collaborated with or found very useful in the past, we hope you do too!