Oslo Science Centre

On behalf of the Norwegian Directorate of Education, the Norwegian Science and Technology Association has, through Den teknologiske skolesekken, received funds to carry out basic programming courses for all the country's 6th graders and their teachers. Oslo Science Centre is responsible for Oslo and Nittedal. From 2019-2022, we have trained 97 schools in programming, had 5,603 students and 471 teachers on the course. The feedback is good and we can announce that 100% of the teachers have replied that they think the student program contributes to increased interest in programming (1,041 teachers, national evaluation). From autumn 2022, the focus has been on teacher courses, primarily in schools, where the ambition is for around 1,900 teachers to receive the offer. The project is a collaboration between the Norwegian Science Center Association, Sparebankstiftelsen DNB and NRK Super.  

In the spring of 2020, the science center association started a digital learning offer in programming aimed at students in the 9th and 10th grades. The project was continued in 2022. The vast majority of classes now carry out the program physically at the museum, and it is also possible to follow the program digitally from the school room. The project is called Kodekraft, and is financed by Equinor. Oslo Science Centre 's area of ​​responsibility is Oslo and Nittedal. During 2022, 1,740 pupils and teachers participated in this project.   

The establishment of talent centers in science is a follow-up to the science strategy Close to science, which was put forward by the Ministry of Education in the autumn of 2015. The Talent Centre in science is an adapted training offer for students with great learning potential. In the spring of 2019, the talent center program was established as a permanent training offer for students with great learning potential, subject to the Education Act, commissioned by the Ministry of Education. The Talent Centre is an offer for students in grades 7 to 10 in primary school, as well as students in the first two years of upper secondary education.

The Talent Centre in science takes as its starting point theoretical science subjects such as mathematics, chemistry, physics and biology, and integrates them with technology development, prototyping and practical use of theory. The obligation in the Education Act to adapt the education also applies to pupils who need extra academic challenges, who are particularly eager to learn, and who quickly get bored because they quickly master the tasks they are given.

In 2022 The Talent Centre in science at Oslo Science Centre had 396 students from four different counties spread over 5 branches.

Through the collaboration with Sparebankstiftelsen DnB, three branches have been established at three different upper secondary schools in Oslo. Pupils from nearby secondary schools attend these branches. In August 2022, we opened a new branch in Kongsberg to expand our offer to a larger part of the Østland region.