University of Nigeria Nsukka in conjunction with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) will hold a Science fair from today, June 17th-22nd to exhibit recent advances in methods of teaching and learning science.
The Science Fair would feature a micro-science and global water experiment, mobile learning science workshop as well as engineering without borders science outreach training for science teachers and students.
Nigeria CommunicationsWeek gathered that `over 1200 students and 85 teachers from secondary schools in Enugu state would participate in the workshops and carry out practical experiments with the latest tools.
They would participate in the UNESCO-IUPAC micro science and global water experiment designed to offer secondary school students the opportunity to conduct practical works in physics, chemistry and biology, using kits that come with booklets describing the experiments.
The kits are veritable mini-laboratories that are compact, affordable and can be reused. UNESCO developed them in the late 1990s within the framework of International Basic Science Programme.
The UNESCO-ICTP Mobile-Learning Workshop is targeted to guide academic staff in developing countries to be conversant with the newest mobile educational possibilities and the creation of scientific contents for mobile devices.
The programme offers a balanced mix of technical details, general overview, societal impact and a sense of possibility with “Scientific Mobile Learning”. The training will accommodate 100 members of the academic staff of UNN.