Hands-on science education activities - Challenges and opportunities of distant and online teaching and learning

Abstract

The current COVID 19 pandemic situation has been extremely demanding to all of us. The human tragedy that daily unfolds in front of our yes, the social distancing, the uncertainty on our lives, puts a huge pressure and stress on everybody. Including, of course, on teachers and educators. Once more Science appears to everybody’ eyes (with few exceptions…) as key to the solution of this problem. And fortunately, the appreciation towards Science, and STEM, is once more increasing making the task of us science educators and teachers a little bit easier and surely even more rewarding. However, these times of distant and online Teaching and Learning demanded and are still demanding a major adjustment on the way we educate our students.