Superconductivity in Italian Secondary Schools: the experimentation carried out by Udine University with Supercomet2 (SC2) materials

Through a highly interactive tools on CD, which comprises animation and films of demonstrative experiments, and uses modern pedagogical methods, such as collaborative learning and problem solving, the Supercomet 2 Project (SUPERCOnductivity Multimedia Educational Tool phase 2 of the European Union) aims to introduce superconductivity to European high school curriculums. During the first year of the project the following were produced: a CD-ROM with didactic material, a teacher’s guide to clarify characteristics and roles of support material (texts, worksheets and computer presentations) and preview didactic courses. During the second year of the project It was: translated the material into the languages of countries participating in the project, experimented the application in high school classes in various parts of Europe, tested the updating course and the teacher’s guide with a group of reference teachers. At the end of the first period of experimentation and dissemination were revised and new material was integrated in order to produce a final version at the end of the project. Further integrated proposals have been included with the revised material. In this paper the main characteristics realized during the project will be described.