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Next stop: the second partner meeting in Warsaw
In November 2026 the partners meet in Warsaw to finalise the SmartExplorer materials and train the trainers who will run the teacher workshops.
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Plan a space mission,
learn real science.
SmartExplorer brings space exploration into secondary-school STEM lessons. Students plan a mission to another body in the Solar System and use physics, geography, biology, chemistry, mathematics and computer science to make it work.
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The SmartExplorer consortium
A space research institute, a teacher-training centre, a science museum and a university bring together space science, education and public engagement.
About the project
SmartExplorer links the school curriculum to space exploration, so students see what their science lessons are for.
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- Partners
- 3
- Countries
- 30
- Months
- 6,500+
- Teachers reached
Poland, Greece, Cyprus
November 2025 - May 2028
Through training, publications and conferences
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Five teams, one mission: how SmartExplorer works in class
Students split into scientific, technical, navigation, economic and mission control teams and plan a real-style mission to another body in the Solar System.
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SmartExplorer gets under way
A 30-month Erasmus+ partnership between Poland, Greece and Cyprus starts work on bringing space exploration into secondary-school STEM lessons.
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Bring SmartExplorer to your classroom.
Teacher training runs in Poland, Greece and Cyprus. All materials will be free to use under an open licence.
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Next activity
2nd Transnational Project Meeting (TPM #2)
- November 2026
- Warsaw, Poland
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Deliverables & results
Lesson scenarios, a teacher guide, calculators, simulations and multimedia, published as open educational resources.
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