{"id":2467,"date":"2020-06-04T14:05:07","date_gmt":"2020-06-04T12:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/start.luma.fi\/en\/?p=2467"},"modified":"2020-06-05T09:27:50","modified_gmt":"2020-06-05T07:27:50","slug":"the-winners-of-the-international-awards-of-start-2019-china-lithuania-jordan-portugal-and-finland-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/start.luma.fi\/en\/2020\/06\/04\/the-winners-of-the-international-awards-of-start-2019-china-lithuania-jordan-portugal-and-finland-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The winners of the international awards of StarT 2020: China, Switzerland, Jordan, Portugal, Finland and Bosnia and Herzegovina"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

The International LUMA StarT Gala took place on the 4th of June 2020. Due to the COVID-19 outbreak the gala was held as a live broadcast. The LUMA Centre Finland awards annually three internationally most distinguished science, technology and mathematics related projects by children and youngsters, and three teachers\u2019 best educational practices at the StarT gala. This year the winners came from China, Jordan, Portugal, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Switzerland and Finland. Read more about StarT<\/b> here<\/b><\/a>.<\/b><\/p>\r\n

The International LUMA StarT Awards were awarded for the fourth time this year. The<\/span> internationally awarded StarT programme<\/span><\/a> has been organized by the LUMA Centre Finland, a network of Finnish science, technology and mathematics universities, since 2016. So far we have had participants from over 40 countries. In 2019-2020, over 850 learning communities, <\/span>4000\u00a0 teachers and 41 700 children and youngsters<\/b> have participated in the StarT programme. For the competition <\/span>we received this year over 580 projects and 300 best practices from 27 different countries<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Indeed, a very interesting and inspiring task; if every task in our working life was this inspiring<\/em><\/p>\r\n

Dr. Erik Fooladi, member of the Honorary StarT jury<\/p>\r\n

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In the winning projects<\/b> students created e.g. a solar-powered charging station for electric cars and raised awareness in their hometown about the local pollution problem.\u00a0 <\/span>The winning best educational practices<\/b> showed how cooperation between kindergarten and University of Applied Sciences can benefit both sides. When assessing the projects and best practices, the StarT jury has focused on<\/span> innovativeness, interdisciplinarity, collaboration and creativity<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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I am so blown away by the extensive, exciting and relevant work that the learners are engaged with. Oh my, I really loved working with this\u2026. What a beautiful, learning experience\u2026. It just shows what our children can do, given the opportunity.<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Dr. Angela James, member of the Honorary StarT jury<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n

The public\u2019s most voted favourite<\/span><\/a> projects of StarT 2019-2020 were also awarded at the StarT gala. In addition, the Finnish National StarT Awards were handed.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Winners of the International LUMA StarT Award 2020<\/h3>\r\n

Best projects by students<\/strong><\/p>\r\n