4 Reports for Implementation Phase-B
4.4 Estonia
UTE conducted and coordinated the implementation activities in Estonia that are listed in the following table. Four activities for science classrooms were organized, with 208 participant students, where the Splash and Guppies labs were introduced and practiced along with their accompanying ILSs which are translated in Estonian. The subject domains of these activities and labs focused on physics and biology.
Date(s) Activity type
Participants (Schools)
Labs Subject(s)
26/03/2015 15/04/2015
Activity with students
82 (1) Splash, Guppies Physics, Biology
31/03/2015 15/04/2015
Activity with students
76 (1) Splash, Guppies Physics, Biology
08/04/2015 Activity with students
26 (1) Guppies Biology
14/04/2015 Activity with students
24 (1) Splash Physics
Go-Lab D7.5 Report on Implementation Activities Phase-B
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Report Code EEUTE-260315 Title Activity with students Country
City/Region Estonia / Valga Working language Estonian
Start/End Date 1st intervention on 26/03/2015 (90 minutes) 2nd intervention on 15/04/2015 (90 minutes) Partners Involved UTE
Coordinator name
and email Mario Mäeots, mario.maeots@ut.ee
School Profile Valga Põhikool (Valga Basic School) http://www.valgapk.edu.ee is a public basic school in Valga, Estonia.
Number and age of students
43 students in the first intervention and 39 students in the second intervention, age 14-15 years old
Activity Description
As part of science class lessons (physics and biology), basic school students went to the computer classroom to learn about science via the Go-Lab inquiry learning environment.
1st intervention: Together with an instructor students were introduced to the Go-Lab Inquiry Learning Space Kas on hea olla ilus? - Selgitame evolutsiooni läbi loodusliku ja sugulise valiku (Is it Good to be Beautiful? – Understanding evolution through natural and sexual selection). In this example Inquiry Learning Space students became familiar with how various Go-Lab Apps work (e.g. Hypothesis scratchpad) and learnt the five-phase structure (Orientation, Conceptualisation, Investigation, Conclusion and Discussion) of inquiry.
2nd intervention: Students independently worked through a Go-Lab Inquiry Learning Space Plärts! (Splash). In this Inquiry Learning Space students had to formulate research questions, hypotheses, an experimental plan and make conclusions based on evidence collected from a virtual lab.
Implemented online labs
Kas on hea olla ilus? - Selgitame evolutsiooni läbi loodusliku ja sugulise valiku (Is it Good to be Beautiful? – Understanding evolution through natural and sexual selection) http://graasp.eu/ils/555c388658351538d11ecec0?lang=et Plärts! (Splash!) http://graasp.eu/ils/552cc1c3680bfb937acf42c0?lang=et
Photos or other relevant material
Go-Lab D7.5 Report on Implementation Activities Phase-B
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Report Code EEUTE-310315 Title Activity with students Country
City/Region Estonia / Tartu Working language Estonian
Start/End Date 1st intervention on 31/03/2015 (90 minutes) 2nd intervention on 15/04/2015 (90 minutes) Partners Involved UTE
Coordinator name
and email Mario Mäeots, mario.maeots@ut.ee
School Profile Tartu Variku Kool (Tartu Variku Basic School) http://www.variku.tartu.ee is a public basic school in Tartu, Estonia.
Number and age of students
39 students in the first intervention and 37 students in the second intervention, age 14-15 years old
Activity Description
As part of science class lessons (physics and biology), basic school students went to the computer classroom to learn about science via the Go-Lab inquiry learning environment.
1st intervention: Together with an instructor students were introduced to the Go-Lab Inquiry Learning Space Kas on hea olla ilus? - Selgitame evolutsiooni läbi loodusliku ja sugulise valiku (Is it Good to be Beautiful? – Understanding evolution through natural and sexual selection). In this example Inquiry Learning Space students became familiar with how various Go-Lab Apps work (e.g. Hypothesis scratchpad) and learnt the five-phase structure (Orientation, Conceptualisation, Investigation, Conclusion and Discussion) of inquiry.
2nd intervention: Students independently worked through a Go-Lab Inquiry Learning Space Plärts! (Splash). In this Inquiry Learning Space students had to formulate research questions, hypotheses, an experimental plan and make conclusions based on evidence collected from a virtual lab.
Implemented online labs
Kas on hea olla ilus? - Selgitame evolutsiooni läbi loodusliku ja sugulise valiku (Is it Good to be Beautiful? – Understanding evolution through natural and sexual selection) http://graasp.eu/ils/555c388658351538d11ecec0?lang=et Plärts! (Splash!) http://graasp.eu/ils/552cc1c3680bfb937acf42c0?lang=et
Photos or other relevant material
Go-Lab D7.5 Report on Implementation Activities Phase-B
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Report Code EEUTE-080415 Title Activity with students Country
City/Region Estonia / Tartu Working language Estonian
Start/End Date 08/04/2015 (75 minutes)
Partners Involved UTE Coordinator name
and email Mario Mäeots, mario.maeots@ut.ee
School Profile Tartu Jaan Poska Gümnaasium (Tartu Jaan Poska Secondary School) www.jpg.tartu.ee is a public secondary school in Tartu, Estonia.
Number and age
of students 26 students, age 18-19 years old
Activity Description
As part of a biology class lesson, secondary school students went to the computer lab and learnt about evolution by using the Go-Lab inquiry learning environment. Students were asked to independently complete the Inquiry Learning Space Kas on hea olla ilus? - Selgitame evolutsiooni läbi loodusliku ja sugulise valiku (Is it Good to be Beautiful? – Understanding evolution through natural and sexual selection). In this Inquiry Learning Space students had to formulate research questions, hypotheses, an experimental plan and make conclusions based on evidence collected from the virtual lab Sexual Selection in Guppies. Two researchers from the University of Tartu were involved in implementing this activity at the school.
Implemented online labs
Kas on hea olla ilus? - Selgitame evolutsiooni läbi loodusliku ja sugulise valiku (Is it Good to be Beautiful? – Understanding evolution through natural and sexual selection) http://graasp.eu/ils/555c388658351538d11ecec0?lang=et
Learning outcomes
Students were expected to develop key inquiry skills such as identifying variables and formulating hypotheses. These skills were later tested using the TIPS (Test for Integrated Process Skills) inquiry assessment test.
Photos or other relevant material
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Report Code EEUTE-140415 Title Activity with students Country
City/Region Estonia / Tartu Working language Estonian
Start/End Date 14/04/2015 (45 minutes)
Partners Involved UTE Coordinator name
and email Mario Mäeots, mario.maeots@ut.ee
School Profile Tartu Kivilinna Kool (Tartu Kivilinna Basic School) https://www.kivilinn.tartu.ee is a public basic school in Tartu, Estonia.
Number and age
of students 24 students, age 13-14 years old
Activity Description
As part of a science class lesson, basic school students went to the computer lab and learnt about relative density by using the Go-Lab inquiry learning environment. Students were asked to independently complete the Inquiry Learning Space Plärts! (Splash!). In this Inquiry Learning Space students had to formulate research questions, hypotheses, an experimental plan and make conclusions based on evidence collected from a virtual lab. Two researchers from the University of Tartu were involved in implementing this activity.
Implemented
online labs Plärts! (Splash!) http://graasp.eu/ils/552cc1c3680bfb937acf42c0?lang=et
Learning outcomes
Students were expected to develop key inquiry skills such as identifying variables and formulating hypotheses. These skills were later tested using the TIPS (Test for Integrated Process Skills) inquiry assessment test.
Photos or other relevant material
Go-Lab D7.5 Report on Implementation Activities Phase-B