Discovery Space competition #2: “Bring Discovery Space in your school”

Take part and have the chance to win an online talk from a European physicist for your school!

As we are approaching to the conclusion of the Discovery Space project, we are launching the competition “Bring Discovery Space to your school” to thank enthusiastic teachers for their commitment to advocate for and implement Discovery Space project results.

How to Participate as an Organisation

For the first time, teachers are encouraged to create an “Organisation” profile on our online platform to compete as a group.  Individual teachers are still welcome to participate, but the total number of implementations will be counted by organisation, so you are encouraged to invite colleagues to increase your chances of winning.  Your organisation can be any group of teachers you chose to create, whether teachers at the same school, in the same town, or friends you met at a workshop, or any other group of your choice.  The only conditions are that you create/join the same “organisation” on the Discovery Space platform, and that you share the prize, and coordinate a time when the physicist will talk to all of your students together.

We invite you to implement any inquiry-based educational scenario(s) already available or to create a new tailor-made scenario. The available scenarios are designed to spark curiosity and promote deep scientific thinking, helping students explore and understand complex phenomena in an engaging way.

Bonus for Creating New Scenarios

To encourage and reward teachers who create, modify or translate learning scenarios, all implementations of your new scenarios will also be added to your total, regardless of who leads the implementations.  (For example, a teacher who co-authored a modified scenario at the Discovery Space Fall Workshop in Mulhouse will be credited for any implementations of this new modified scenario.  If you or someone in your organisation leads implementations of a scenario you have created or modified, then the implementations will count double!)  Any teacher-authored scenarios can be eligible whether they have already been created in the past months or whether they are added during the contest.

How to Enter

To get started:

  1. Register on our dedicated AI platform.

  1. Create an organisation for increased chances to win (optional)

  1. Implement any scenario(s) in your classroom.

  1. Track your progress directly through the platform.

  1. Once you reach 75 implementations and by the deadline, let us know via this form: Discovery Space November Challenge – Fill in form

Click here for detailed instructions on platform registration and use.

Competition Prize

Teachers from EU countries’ schools who complete 75 or more implementations per organisation by December 20, 2025, will be eligible for a talk. Talks will be awarded to organisations with the highest numbers of implementations. The European Physical Society is happy to organise personalised talks from esteemed European physicists for the schools with the most implementations of inquiry-based educational scenarios using the Discovery Space Exploratory Learning Environment. The number of online talks rewarded will depend on total participation, but we will make an effort to reward as many enthusiastic teachers as possible.

This is a unique chance to:

  • Connect with a vibrant community of educators

  • Explore cutting-edge applications of AI in teaching

  • Celebrate your contribution to the Discovery Space project

For More Information

If you have questions, please get in touch with EPS Project Officer Michael Gregory: michael.gregory@eps.org

Email us at: competition@discoveryspace.eu