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17 November 2008 - A video presentation of the project is now available for the hungarian public:

19 September 2008 - Final workshop in Romania will be organised at University of Bacau.
27 August 2008 - Final workshop in Budapest organised in the garden of the Humusz House. Publication printed in 300 copies of printed documentation was distributed to educators.
6 - 7 June 2008 - 4rd Symposium "Educatie pentru un mediu curat" [Education for a clean environment], Politehnica University of Bucharest, Bucharest. During the first day it was presented the "Exploring the ground" development. The paper "Sa cunoastem solul, ne jucam si învatam!" ["Knowing, playing and teaching about soil"] was elaborated by a Bucharest and Bacau partners of the project.
5 June 2008 - On "The Environment Day" at Natural Science "on Borcea" museum from Bacau the drawings made by children from Bacau kindergartens was exhibited. The kids were reward with diplomas "The young researchers" for their activity.
June 2008 - Hungary - Final workshop for the presentation of project outcomes. Press release and announcements on various websites:

    Website of Hungarian science shop
    Greenfo - the green compass of the web
    [origo] news portal
    Ecoservice Foundation website
    Salad newsletter - green ideas for schools
    Ecoschool newsletter
    Forest schools and green kindergartens
10 May 2008 - An open lesson organized at Kindergarten no.15 Bacau, by educ. Patrantas Sandica based on "Exploring the ground" teaching modules took place. Educators from Bacau kindergartens participated. The lesson was broadcasted by Local TV "Alfa Bacau".
May 2008 - Project presentation at Cuexpo 2008 - "Community-University Partnerships: Connecting for Change", Victoria BC, Canada.
27 - 29 March 2008 - Project presentation at "Training and mentoring of science shops" (TRAMS), under FP6-2003-Science-and-Society-7, Moeciu-Bran, Judetul Brasov. "Exploring the ground" outcomes was presented to Romanian Scienceshops presented at the meeting ("Apropierea de stiinta prin experiment - cunoasterea solului in invatamantul primar si prescolar")
31 January - 2 February 2008 - "Communicating Science to the Young - Future Networks" ECFUN SYMPOSIUM - VIENNA. Meeting with several science education project participants, establishing networks, disseminating results of "Exploring the ground" project.
ECFUN symposium materials: http://ecfun.univie.ac.at/Cocoon/
16 November 2007 - "Cooperating society for sustainability?" Regional conference for environmental consciousness, Jászberény, Hungary. Presentation of the "Exploring the ground" project to environmental educators.
29 August - 1 September 2007 - The 3rd Living Knowledge conference, held in Paris. A poster "Dig and Learn- Boys and Girls Explore the Ground" was presented.
June 2007 - Project presentation on the Wissenschaftsladen Bonn's website.
8 - 9 June 2007 - 3rd Symposium "Educatie pentru un mediu curat" [Education for a clean environment], Politehnica University of Bucharest, Bucharest. At the opening of the first day it was presented the "Exploring the ground" project. The comments coming from participants emphasized the need for the development of understanding based on experiment in all curricula. EFSUPS flyers were distributed.
2 June 2007 - 2nd presentation of the "Exploring the ground" project during the training program for teachers at "House of teachers" Bucharest.
3 March 2007 - 1st presentation of the "Exploring the ground" project during the training program for teachers at "House of teachers" (National professional organisation of teachers) Bucharest. In this program the teachers are train on environmental issues like (air, water, soil pollution, waste, environmental monitoring) and teaching methodologies are discussed.
14 February 2007 - Paper article in the Bacau local newspaper, with presentation of the project.
January 2007 - Article on the Hungarian science shops website and call for voluntary participation of university students in the project.
January 2007 - Short presentation in the hungarian eco-school newsletter "Ökoiskola Hálózat" and call for participation of Hungarian schools.
December 2006 - Article EU-Projekt: Kinder lernen das Experimentieren in WILA inform No.53 (12/2006) - presentation of the main aims of the project.
 
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