Desctiption of the Go-Lab project and its possibilites, aims and goals on an example like the SalsaJ software.

1. On line Visionary Workshop
Gina Mihai & Evita
Tasiopoulou
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Co-funded by EU (7th Framework Programme)

2.  What is Go-Lab:
The Go-Lab Project wants to provide teachers and students
with access to scientific instruments (remote & virtual
laboratories) to help them, respectively, to enrich their
teaching and have a hands on experience on science.
Main aim (s):
 Offer students the opportunity to perform personalized
scientific experiments with online labs
 Offer teachers the possibility to enrich their classroom
activities with demonstrations and access to online
laboratories
About Go-Lab
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Co-funded by EU (7th Framework Programme)

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An example activity:
How long does a day last in Jupiter?

4. How long does a day last in Jupiter?
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Co-funded by EU (7th Framework Programme)
 Educational Scenario including
- astronomical pictures
- Geometry
- the SalsaJ (or ImageJ) software
 Duration: 2 x 45min
 Age Range: 12-15, 15-18 years

5.  Educational Objectives:
o Get information and planetary pictures from the
Internet.
o Underline the importance of Physical systems’
modeling.
o Use simple actions of SalsaJ software.
o Teach students how to perform normal round
equations for statistics calculations of a Physical
system.
o Develop actions, motivation and attitude for
Astronomy.
How long does a day last in Jupiter?
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Co-funded by EU (7th Framework Programme)

6. 6© Go-Lab Project - Global Online Science Labs for Inquiry Learning at School
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Using a remote robotic telescope
to capture images of Jupiter
Teacher: Which
laboratory can I use?

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spot
rotation
plane
equator
rotation axis
N
S
Working on the theoretical
background

8. Using SalsaJ to
collect and analyze data
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Co-funded by EU (7th Framework Programme)
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Fig 2. The spot rotation from Jupiter South Pole
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Fig 2. The spot rotation from Jupiter South Pole

9. Supporting the activity with
digital educational resources
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Co-funded by EU (7th Framework Programme)

10. The need for a federation of online labs
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Searching for educational
materials and tools

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A search on Google for
“conservation of momentum
lab” retrieves 2.000.000
resources!
Searching for educational
materials and tools

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Necessity for a federation
of online labs

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Co-funded by EU (7th Framework Programme)
The vision of Go-Lab

15. Searching for a Laboratory
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Search for a Laboratory,
experiment or scaffold

17. Mock-up (How the tool will look like)
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Co-funded by EU (7th Framework Programme)
https://golab.mybalsamiq.com/projects/golab/naked/A-Main-
Orientation?key=a0502e554e2838fc744d76bd45773aab6d5ea442

18. Interested in the project and want to stay informed?
Fill in the online survey:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Go-Lab_visionary_ws
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Co-funded by EU (7th Framework Programme)