Archives: News
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Half-year check-in — training concept on track for July
Six months in, SPARK closes the data-gathering phase and pivots toward content production. The training concept lands by end of July; the first WP3 modules follow in Q3.
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Eighteen STEM-meets-finance best practices wanted by mid-June
Each partner is asked to surface three classroom examples of STEAM and personal-finance teaching done well. The combined catalogue feeds the SPARK curriculum framework and the upcoming training concept.
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Country needs assessment closes — national reports in
Six weeks of student surveys, teacher interviews and company input have been compiled into four national reports — the first concrete look at what SPARK’s curriculum needs to address.
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Spring survey wave reaches schools in four countries
Student and company questionnaires are live across all four partner countries — first data from the field starts arriving in the SPARK shared Drive.
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Eight animated videos, four languages — scripting phase opens
The storyboard for our first whiteboard animation, “Why compound interest is a scientific phenomenon”, is now in review with partner schools before voice-over recording.
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Behind the scenes: designing the SPARK virtual escape room
youTHrive shares the first look at the puzzle architecture connecting compound interest, supply-chain reasoning and critical-path analysis into one 45-minute experience.
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SPARK officially launches: six partners meet in Rome for the project kick-off
Coordinator SOML joined the full consortium in Rome, hosted by CRES, for two days of alignment on goals, work package planning and the first joint design sprint.