Programme: EIT RAW MATERIALS
Project title: BetterGeoEdu 2.0 – Teaching raw materials to primary schools with gamification
Acronym: BGE2
Duration: 01.01.2020 – 31.12.2021
Project budget: 569.273 EUR
ISMAR budget: 67.302 EUR
Web site: https://www.bettergeoedu.com/
Summary: BetterGeoEdu 2.0 will develop teaching material using BetterGeo – a modification of the popular game Minecraft. Teaching material will be tailored for primary schools, and cover innovation themes of the EIT RM KIC like mining, processing & recycling, complete with a train-the-trainer programme for teachers. BetterGeoEdu brings a unique and innovative way of teaching raw materials to primary schools using a game known and loved by millions.
Contact person in ISMAR: luca.bellucci@bo.ismar.cnr.it
Partnership:
- Geological Survey of Sweden, SGU – Sweden
- Geological Survey of Slovenia, GeoZS – Slovenia
- University of Leoben – Austria
- Tallinn University of Technology – Estonia
- Trinity College Dublin – Ireland
- Technical University of Madrid, UPM – Spain
- University of Liège – Belgium
- National Research Council, CNR – Italy