Attica Region organized, for the first time, the action of "Children's University" which concerned the completion of courses in the form of lectures, seminars and workshops at the Academic and Research Institutions of the Attica Region, for students of Primary Schools and Gymnasiums of the Region.
The purpose of the action was the contact of the students with the Sciences, Research and Innovation in the preeminent places where they are developed and taught, such as the Academic and the Research Institutions of the Attica Region.
This first academic year, Children's University operated experimentally for four (4) months, from February 2020 to May 2020 (interrupted due to pandemic) and offered two (2) parallel Curricula:
- Program-1 (P1), addressing to students of the 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th grade of Primary School and received the maximum of 200 students.
- Program-2 (P2), addressing to high school students and received the maximum of 200 students.
Participating Institutions:
- National Kapodistrian University of Athens
- National Observatory of Athens
- University of West Attica
- Agricultural University of Athens
- Athens University of Economics and Business
The Thematic Units (TU) of each Curriculum are:
Program 1 - P1
- TU.1 - Ask a Scientist, National Kapodistrian University of Athens
- TU.2 - Astronomy to go, National Observatory of Athens
- TU.3 - Form - Composition - Moving Image, University of West Attica
- TU.4 - My ecological footprint, Agricultural University of Athens
Program 2 - P2
- TU.1 - Circular Economy, Agricultural University of Athens
- TU.2 - In the role of a Nuclear Scientist, National Kapodistrian University of Athens
- TU.3 - Tourism-Research, Athens University of Economics and Business
- TU.4 - When Research Leads You to the World of Law, National Kapodistrian University of Athens