The public voting of the International StarT Competition has ended and the votes have been counted. This year, the voting was carried out via a questionnaire based on the project and practice videos. We hope that these videos have been inspiration towards project based learning all around the world.
In this season of StarT there were about 1500 learning communities from 33 different countries from all around the world. In the public voting we had 10 projects and 10 practices. Just to be nominated in the public voting is a great achievement itself. You can watch the videos of the projects and practices here. Based on the number of votes the videos received by the 31th of May we have made the decision of public’s favourites.
The favourite project of the public
Public’s favourite projects was by the incredible amount of votes, 61 685, Disaster Search and Rescue UAV Project – the Servator by Vinschool Education System, Vietnam. Congratulations to the public’s favourite project!
The favourite best practice of the public
The most liked educational practice got an impressive amount of votes, 6 110. The public’s favourite educational practice is Learning based on crisis and disaster management skills by Elementary School Bani Aouf, Tunisia. Congratulations on your designation as a public’s favourite!
Welcome to the StarT Gala and get ready for the next season
Congratulations to the public’s favourites! Do not forget to join us at the StarT Gala on 13th of June at 4 PM to 5.15 PM (EEST: UTC+3). Everyone is welcome to participate in the Gala via internet. Learning is sharing so see you soon!
At the StarT Gala, there will be announced this year’s winners of the International StarT Competition. After the Gala, StarT will have a summer break. We will be back on business again in autumn.
The LUMA Centre Finland welcomes everyone to take part in the public voting of StarT 2021-2022. The voting is possible till the end of May. The goal of the public voting is to share joy and ideas but also to make it possible for everyone to participate.Tell us your favourites!
You can find the videos of the projects and teaching practices included in the voting below. When you have chosen your favourites, vote for them via the form below. The public voting time is from 2nd of May to 31th of May! Voting is a part of the assessment process and can influence on the decisions of the winners of the International StarT Competition.
The International LUMA StarT Award 2022 nominees (project nominees):
Estudi de la contaminació atmosfèrica a Martorell by Martorell, Spain
Urban Farming as alternative adaptation for climate change and source of income for urban community in the pandemic era by Matoa D5, Indonesia
Green Space by Veikkolan yhtenäiskoulu, Finland
Additional Factors In Growth by Lyseonmäen koulu, Finland
Sustainable recycling of contaminated sediment in Yantian River by Yangang Primary school, China
The Exploration of the Secrets of Mangrove Roots — Exploring the Ecological Value of Mangrove Windbreak and Sand Fixation by Shenzhen Yantian Donghe Branch of Foreign Language Primary School, China
We have published 61 videos of StarT projects by students and best educational practices by teachers on our Padlet. Now a public voting has been carried out among these videos. We hope that these videos have been inspiration towards project based learning all around the world.
In this season of StarT there were about 1000 learning communities from 35 different countries from all around the world. In the public voting we had 37 projects and 24 practices. Just to be nominated in the public voting is a great achievement itself. You can see videos of projects here and videos of best practices here.
The international public voting has ended on April 15th. Public voting of StarT 2020-2021 was ongoing on our Padlet platform from the 22nd of March until the 15th of April 2021. During this time everyone had the opportunity to participate by liking their favourite videos. Based on the number of likes the videos received by the 15th of April we have made the decision of public’s favourites. Even though the videos are still available and it is possible to like them, any votes given after the 15th of April have not been taken to account.
Public voting is serving its’ purpose: sharing the discoveries and innovations created by both young people and passionate educators around the world!
The favourite projects of the public
Public’s favourite projects was by the incredible amount of votes, 19 918, Water Rationalization System by WRS youth team from Jordania! Congratulations to the public’s favourite project!
The favourite best practice of the public
The most liked educational practice got 2 722 votes, which is surely impressive! The public’s favourite educational practice is The educational program towards a sustainable society by Aldur Almanthour School from Jordania! Congratulations on your designation as a public’s favourite!
Warm congratulations to public’s favourites for the year 2020-2021!
The annual international StarT gala will be held on 9th of June. There, the best projects and educational practices will be announced. The gala will be held virtually so everyone can participate! Read more about the gala here.
The LUMA Centre Finland welcomes everyone to take part in the public voting of StarT 2020-2021. Due to the pandemic the voting starts a little later this year. Videos of the projects and best practices of this season’s StarT will be released on our Padlet on March 22nd.
The StarT programme was launched in 2016 by the LUMA Centre Finland and their collaborators to support the implementation of interdisciplinary project-based learning in accordance to the newest national core curriculum of Finland. StarT is aimed for learning communities ranging from early childhood education to upper secondary schools.
The long-term goal of StarT is to establish the collaborative StarT model into the annual activities of schools and other learning communities. The StarT teams consisting of children and youngsters from kindergartens, schools, extracurricular groups and homes share the joy of learning in the national and international StarT community, which consisted of over 1000 learning communities from over 35 different countries in this season alone.
We have now published the videos of the StarT projects and best practices that the learning created have produced on our Padlet. The videos celebrate the joy of learning and share the excitement of students’ discoveries! Click the links below and vote!
The goal of the public voting is to share joy and ideas but also to make it possible for everyone to participate. Like the video on our Padlet that in your opinion is the best project or best educational practice. Like that everyone can vote simply by giving a like! The public voting time is from 22nd of March to 15th of April!
The LUMA Centre Finland invites everyone to take part in the public voting of StarT. Videos of the projects and best practices of StarT 2019-20 have now been released on our Youtube channel. Have a look, get inspired and vote for your favourites!
The StarT programme was launched in 2016 by the LUMA Centre Finland and their collaborators to support the implementation of interdisciplinary project-based learning in accordance to the newest national core curriculum of Finland. StarT is aimed for learning communities ranging from early childhood education to upper secondary schools.
StarT is exceptional as everyone learns together as a learning community by carrying out phenomenon-based and cross-curricular projects. The main goal of StarT is to strengthen the interest of children and youngsters towards mathematics, science and technology. Furthermore, in StarT different learning communities share their best educational practices.
The long-term goal of StarT is to establish the collaborative StarT model into the annual activities of schools and other learning communities. The StarT teams consisting of children and youngsters from kindergartens, schools, extracurricular groups and homes share the joy of learning in the national and international StarT community, which consisted of over 600 learning communities from 40 different countries in 2019-2020.
We have now published videos of the StarT projects and best practices that the learning communities have produced on our Youtube channel. The videos celebrate the joy of learning and share the excitement of students’ discoveries!
The goal of the public voting is to share joy and ideas but also to make it possible for everyone to participate. Everyone can vote simply by giving a like for their favourite project or best practice video on Youtube from 16th of March to 5th of April!
Have a look at the videos, get inspired and vote for your favourite the latest on the 5th of April!
Voting pays off as your likes will be considered when the nominees for the International LUMA StarT Awards 2020 are chosen by the StarT jury. The winners of the public voting will also be awarded with a diploma at the international StarT gala. The international StarT gala is the grand final of StarT every year, and this year it will take place in Espoo on the 4th of June 2020 as a part of the international LUMAT symposium.
The photo of the article: the winners of the national public voting in Finland in the projects category in 2018-19, MERENLAULU (a song of the sea) project by Äänekoski high school. Watch their project video here
The international public voting of StarT 2019 was ongoing on our Youtube channel from the 18th of March until the 7th of April 2019. During this time everyone could share the videos and give likes for their favourites. Based on the number of likes and times the videos have been viewed, we are proud to announce that the favourites of the public 2019 are…
The project “ASPAR T-2” by Turkish students from Merkez, Turkey! Congratulations to the students Talha Talip AÇIKGÖZ and Alperen KAHRAMAN from Niğde Akşemseddin Bilim ve Sanat Merkezi! Congratulations also to the supervisors of the project, Ertuğrul ÖZAR and Cüneyt AKYOL! Watch their video below:
The best practice “Theatre for science” from GD-GSR (gestion déléguée du groupe scolaire la Résidence) learning community form Benguerir! Congratulations to the implementers, Fouad El Haski, Hachim Mortaqi and Rachid Wahabi! Watch their video below:
The “ASPAR T-2” project was carried out by a group of innovative upper secondary school students from Merkez, Turkey. Students Talha Talip and Alperen wanted to improve the design and functionality of wheelchairs, especially for disabled people without for example fingers or hands. This is how the students describe their project:
“The aim of the project is to provide disabled people who cannot control wheelchairs (with no fingers and arms) with the use of wearable technology to control the wheelchairs without needing help from anyone else. At the same time, we aimed to enable people with disabilities to move without needing others in the face of wheelchairs, door sills, ramps and pavements in public transport. In this context, using the wearable technologies, it is ensured that the wheelchair is controlled with sensors that detect arm movement. While doing all this, the interdisciplinary approach in the fields of software, design, mechatronics, robotics and science has been focused. In the process, ideas were gathered from various experts and non-governmental organizations.”
“ Theatre for science” is a best practice in which students take humankind to court for causing climate change. The events in the courtroom are displayed in the form of a play, and the students have prepared for the play by exploring the “scientific debate on the controversy of global warming and water depletion” and creating arguments based on scientific evidence. Watch their video to learn more about this inspiring way to approach climate change and scientific debate in classrooms! The teachers have also shared a report describing their best practice which you can access here.
Also the rest of the videos gained an admirable number of views and likes, and we at StarT are really happy to see that the public voting is serving its’ purpose: sharing the discoveries and innovations created by both young people and passionate educators around the world! Hopefully the videos have helped you by offering plenty of ideas and inspiration for carrying out project-based learning in your own learning communities! You can still see the rest of the videos on our Youtube channel (click here for teachers’ best practices and here for students’ projects).
Once more, a big thank you for everyone for sharing your great pedagogical innovations and wonderful projects with us and the rest of the world, and for participating in the international public voting!
The winners of the LUMA StarT Awards will be published in the International LUMA StarT Gala 2019
Next step in the StarT 2018–2019 is the announcement of the twenty nominees that continue on to compete for the main prizes of StarT. The StarT jury consisting of several people is now busy making their decision on the nominees, and they’ll consider your votes when making this decision. On the 16th of April 2019, we will announce the 10 best project nominees and 10 best educational practice nominees. From these 20 nominees, the honorary StarT jury will make the final decision as to who will receive the awards of the international StarT 2018–2019.
As such, please note that even though being named as the public’s favourite or a nominee is an incredible achievement and truly something to be proud of, it does not mean that the group has won the grand prize (the International LUMA StarT Award or Education Award). The International LUMA StarT Award will be given to three project teams and the International LUMA StarT Education Award for three best practices, and these six groups are the ones that will be winning the trip to Finland to receive their awards in the International LUMA StarT Gala.
The International LUMA StarT Gala is on the 6th of June 2019 in Jyväskylä, Finland. The gala is free of charge and everyone is welcome to participate in it. Unfortunately, we can only cover the travel costs of the six teams receiving the International LUMA StarT Awards, but everyone can watch the livestream of the gala online. Read more about the gala and find the links to watch it here (the link to the livestream of the gala will be added later). ‘
Also, remember to register as a learning community to the StarT 2019-2020 from May onwards! By registering you will receive additional information and support for carrying out StarT projects in your learning community.
First photo: Theatre for Science
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