About the Project

The “Science At Theatre” project promotes instructional methods that convey scientific topics, as outlined in the compulsory education curriculum, through drama techniques. This method was developed by the Department of Physics at the University of Rome “Tor Vergata” and the cultural association “IL Globetto.” It is the result of over a decade of experience in producing, organizing, and disseminating “Science Performances” aimed at middle school students. Through the SAT project, this method will be transferred to Italy, Greece, Turkey, Latvia, and the Netherlands.

Project Partners

• Experiential Training Centre - Türkiye

• Department of Physics – University of Rome Tor Vergata

• Cofora International Projects BV

• Valsts izglītības satura centrs (VISC)

• Institute for Education & Vocational Guidance – IEKEP

• Societa’ Cooperativa MOISELLE LE BLANC a r.l.

• Istituto Comprensivo “Ennio Quirino Visconti”

Main Features and Outcomes of the SAT Method

• Educating students towards “rational thinking” and “logical reasoning.”

• Encouraging students’ creative attitudes and training them in teamwork.

• Adding value to the teaching of scientific topics.

• Improving students' learning outcomes related to scientific topics.

• Training a new profile: “science educator-animator.”

• Combining the enjoyable and technical elements of drama with an experiential, interactive, and collaborative approach.

Main Objectives

• Increasing the learning and willingness to work on scientific topics among all students, especially those at risk (such as those who may drop out or fail).

• Promoting the design of innovative and instructional tools and methods through the dissemination of experiments and trials.

• Supporting the attainment of EU measurement and criteria by increasing enrollment rates in scientific studies at the tertiary education level.

• Encouraging networking between schools and universities within the same country.

• Updating the competencies of secondary school science teachers (chemistry and physics) by transferring the theoretical and practical principles of the SAT method.

Main Activities and Outputs

• Development of educational modules for chemistry and physics curricula in Italy and Latvia.

• Training workshops on the SAT model for secondary school teachers and educators in Italy and Latvia.

• SAT model workshops for secondary school students in Italy and Latvia.

• Printing of programs/visual guides on selected scientific topics (chemistry, physics) in Italy and Latvia.

• Theatre-Science competition performances based on programs prepared by students in Italy and Latvia.

• Publication of the SAT guide in English and Italian.

• Research directed at science teachers on the methods and educational practices supported by the project in Italy, Latvia, the Netherlands, Greece, and Türkiye.