Context/Background of the project. We are a group of 7 countries, some of whom have worked together for the last two years on a project about sustainability. It was a successful partnership and we wanted to continue our good work about sustainable issues. We were all interested in science, wanted to strengthen the teaching and learning of science and felt that it continued to link with the subject of sustainability. We established links with new partners to further develop our knowledge & experiences. Objectives of the project: To develop innovative and exciting ways of teaching and learning of science concepts. To foster a thirst for knowledge, a sense of excitement, increased engagement and a love of learning about the world in which we live. To improve the following. Levels of attainment for all children and in particular the target groups identified in the project plan. Teamwork. Reasoning and enquiry skills Speaking and listening skills. To understand the need for a sustainable environment. To increase the enjoyment and skills for teachers in the pedagogy of science. Profile of the participants We are a diverse group of schools and this further enhances the learning for both teachers and students. UK - Canning Street is an inner city Primary school with approx 450 pupils in an area of depravation but with a vibrant multicultural community. Pupils come to the school with very little experience of the world. English is a second language for many and amongst the indigenous population many families are unemployed. Spain - Escola Els Castanyers is a small rural school with approx. 85 children on role students. It is located in a Natural Park called Montseny. Children have fewer opportunities to experience the wider world. Czech - Základní škola Protiví is in a small town of approx 5,000 with 400 children age 6 - 15 and 28 staff. Children are mostly Czech but there are some of Slovak, Belarussian, Vietnamese and Ukraine origin. Norway - Madsebakken school is situated in a small town with appox. 25000 inhabitants. The school community consists of highly educated parents with high expectations towards the education. There are very few immigrants. Slovenia Primary School Log-Dragomer is located in a suburb of a capital city Ljubljana. It lies on a halfway between Ljubljana and Vrhnika. It was founded in 1981. The school's staff consists of 52 teachers and 15 other workers. Greece - Platon Primary school is a private one, located in Katerini a 70.000 population city near the sea and 25 Km far from mount Olympus, in the Northern part of Greece. It has 200 pupils and 25 staff. It's a department of Platon Ltd. which runs preschool, primary, secondary and adult education centers. Romania - Scoala Gimnaziala 5 lies in the centre of Brasov, a city of about 230000, located in Carpathian Mountains. It comprises 904 students and 48 teachers. Its children come from various family backgrounds. Description of activities & Methodology To work together to develop innovative teaching methods and resources for the following areas of science. Sound, Earth & Space, Properties of materials, Light and Electricity, Humans, Animals & habitats, Forces & Magnets. Each school will try different methods of teaching a concept. They will use their expertise in each school, and/or use external providers/trainers to develop the concepts and materials in an innovative and exciting way. The ideas, where possible, will be linked to sustainability and how we may need to sustain our planet in the future. For example while studying materials students may experiment with the materials that provide the best thermal qualities needed for building a house or keeping warm in the arctic, or keeping cool in the tropics. Description of the results Each term the most innovative ideas/lessons/resources will be collated to form a bank of resources that teacher, schools in the locality and the wider community can use to teach the that are of science. Impact of the project The project will have an increased the levels of attainment achieved in science for each school. It will have achieved an increase in attainment for all pupils, especially the target groups within the project. It will have increased the competency of teaching those areas of science. It will have increased the thirst for knowledge, excitement and engangement for learning of the students. Long Term benefits. It will have raised the profile of Science in all schools. It will have raised the expectations of teachers performance and capability of teaching of science. It will have promoted knowledge of Erasmus Projects to schools in the wider community It will have strengthened relationships and exchange of best practice between partner schools. It will have increased moral. It will have increased the incentive of staff and pupils. It will have increased knowledge and understanding of how to teach in an innovative and exciting way to stimulate the interests of all pupils.