Stories

When Democracy Entered the Classroom New

When Democracy Entered the Classroom

One lesson in the Democracy Inquiry project became a starting point for complex conversations, critical thinking, and a new way for twelfth-grade stud...

Lea Zazon · 04/06/2026
Learning as Inquiry: When Students Become Researchers New

Learning as Inquiry: When Students Become Researchers

The “Sleep: One Third of Life” project as a space for developing independence, responsibility, and research skills among students

Yael Binder · 04/06/2026
From Seventh Grade to University: An Encounter with Real Research New

From Seventh Grade to University: An Encounter with Real Research

How a structured process and close guidance enabled students to take an active part in academic research at a young age

Valeriia Svidsky · 04/06/2026
Students Step into the Historian's Shoes New

Students Step into the Historian's Shoes

When working with an ancient text from the Cairo Geniza became an unforgettable lesson in responsibility, inquiry, and curiosity  

Yehudit Weinstock · 15/03/2026
When the Teacher Is Also a Researcher: An Initiative Connecting Citizen Science to Professional Advancement New

When the Teacher Is Also a Researcher: An Initiative Connecting Citizen Science to Professional Advancement

What happens when students engage in systematic research that is relevant to their lives, and the teacher also takes an active part in the scientific ...

Limor Radoskovich · 26/01/2026
An Encounter with the Geniza: Living History in an 8th-Grade Classroom New

An Encounter with the Geniza: Living History in an 8th-Grade Classroom

This is how I engaged my students in the work of a historian by documenting ancient sources as part of the “In the Footsteps of the Cairo Geniza” proj...

Yuval Koperman · 29/12/2025
Balancing Research Goals and Educational Goals — the Adaptation in the "Nature, City, Emotion" Initiative New

Balancing Research Goals and Educational Goals — the Adaptation in the "Nature, City, Emotion" Initiative

How adjustments to the educational program made it possible to maintain the validity of the study while simultaneously providing a meaningful learning...

Keren Kaplan Mintz · 21/08/2025
The small adaptations that made the project more meaningful for gifted students. New

The small adaptations that made the project more meaningful for gifted students.

Not every subject allows for changing the syllabus in the middle of the school year. In most cases, the sciences and mathematics offer less fl...

Oren Mitz · 10/08/2025
Connecting Science to Life — the Experience of Psychology Students in the "Nature, City, Emotion" Initiative New

Connecting Science to Life — the Experience of Psychology Students in the "Nature, City, Emotion" Initiative

How Experiential Learning, Authentic Inquiry, and Academic Connections Changed My Students’ Approach to Learning

Yael Yaffe · 10/08/2025
The Pride of Sharing — a Journey with Data and Information Track Students in the Sleep Initiative New

The Pride of Sharing — a Journey with Data and Information Track Students in the Sleep Initiative

When students are given the opportunity to take responsibility and present their own insights, new and surprising abilities emerge, both for them and ...

Noy Abutbul · 10/08/2025
The Power of Connection — a Meeting Between Blind Individuals and Gifted Students in East Jerusalem New

The Power of Connection — a Meeting Between Blind Individuals and Gifted Students in East Jerusalem

Through careful preparation, mutual openness, and technological inspiration, we have built a human bridge that connects different worlds and strengthe...

Bayan Abu Qatish · 10/08/2025
Connecting to Reality: Students Who Learned About the Cairo Geniza Through an International Lens New

Connecting to Reality: Students Who Learned About the Cairo Geniza Through an International Lens

When a 10th-grade science class met the international researcher via Zoom, the personal and meaningful connection made them feel like they were part o...

Lea Zazon · 10/08/2025
When Science Meets the Classroom — Yifat's Experience in the “Sleep – A Third of our Life” Initiative New

When Science Meets the Classroom — Yifat's Experience in the “Sleep – A Third of our Life” Initiative

How a classroom research experience became a meaningful process that connected students from the periphery to the academic world

Yifat Edri · 10/08/2025
A Transformative Experience Through Citizen Science — the “Yes to Zippori Stream" Initiative New

A Transformative Experience Through Citizen Science — the “Yes to Zippori Stream" Initiative

From Environmental Education to Social Activism: How Students Became Partners in the Restoration of the Zippori Stream

Dr. Raid Muallem · 10/08/2025
Experiential Learning in the "Mystery of the Oxalis" Initiative New

Experiential Learning in the "Mystery of the Oxalis" Initiative

How Incorporating Citizen Science Made Learning in Sixth Grade More Meaningful

Maha Nasreldin. · 10/08/2025
Discovering History Through the Students' Own Eyes New

Discovering History Through the Students' Own Eyes

When the hands-on experience brought the project to life in the classroom.

Anna Koriat · 08/08/2025
Make the road accessible!

Make the road accessible!

How did a single lecture and the expansion of the activity to the entire grade level strengthen students’ understanding that measurement and data coll...

· 29/07/2026
What Do Dolphin Sounds Tell Us?

What Do Dolphin Sounds Tell Us?

The dolphin project, in which students identified and classified dolphin sounds, provided them with a rich, interdisciplinary learning experience.

Oshra Duak · 10/08/2025
The Community and the Stream Research — Meaningful Field-Based Learning

The Community and the Stream Research — Meaningful Field-Based Learning

How Biology Majors at Carmel Zvulun High School Learned Citizen Science Through Their Involvement in the Restoration of the Zippori Stream

Galit Hagay, Ph.D · 10/08/2025
Collaborative Remote Data Analysis 

Collaborative Remote Data Analysis 

Photos of wildlife from three streams in Haifa were distributed among the students participating in the project, and each group of students was respon...

Keren Levi, Ph.D, Tzvia Abadi · 01/05/2021
The Story of a Project: Behind the Scenes of the Great Bird Count 

The Story of a Project: Behind the Scenes of the Great Bird Count 

The citizen science project “Bird Count in the Yard” was launched 16 years ago, even before the term “citizen science” had become commonplace. Here is...

Yudith Hammerschlag, Shlomit Lifshitz, Silvia Sposhnik · 12/01/2021
"What a Romantic Place!" — How to Encourage Student Agency

"What a Romantic Place!" — How to Encourage Student Agency

How the Irises Captivated the Students and Inspired Them to Become Environmental Activists        

Hila Shefet, Nirit Lavie Alon, Yael Kali, Iris, Yael Ben-Nun · 05/01/2021
Leading a Project: Field Challenges? Creativity Is the Name of the Game!

Leading a Project: Field Challenges? Creativity Is the Name of the Game!

In a conversation with a project leader, it became clear that the actual events, with the students in the field and in the classroom, give rise to fas...

Maya Benichou, Noam Malkinson · 15/12/2020
From Class Research to Personal Inquiry 

From Class Research to Personal Inquiry 

The story of a student who participated in a class citizen science project and, following the project and his encounter with the scientist, developed ...

Osnat Atias, Maya Benichou, Dr. Racheli Levin-Peled · 10/11/2020
Students as Learning Designers 

Students as Learning Designers 

The Reversal Challenge: Invite your students to design a learning unit, and they will enjoy the learning far more, and will also develop essential ski...

Ronit Dolev Shaham, Shani Waltman, Ira Machlev · 20/10/2020
Learning About Radon Gas Using the Jigsaw Activity 

Learning About Radon Gas Using the Jigsaw Activity 

The story describes an activity using the Jigsaw approach, through which ninth-grade students independently learned about radon gas.  

Rania Hussein-Farag · 17/10/2020
Radon Scientists Grapple with an Unrepresentative Measurement

Radon Scientists Grapple with an Unrepresentative Measurement

When the desire to measure an unusual reading outweighs the desire to measure a representative and accurate one.

Aline Peri · 01/10/2020
Sleep Diary — When the Researcher Peeks into Your Journal… 

Sleep Diary — When the Researcher Peeks into Your Journal… 

Dear diary... students document their sleep habits as part of a study on adolescent sleep.  

Hani Svirsky · 24/09/2020
Researching Wetland Habitats in the Golan — Learning That Grows from the Field 

Researching Wetland Habitats in the Golan — Learning That Grows from the Field 

Ecological fieldwork combined with in-depth data analysis found that...  

Elaor Levy · 24/09/2020
ORT Carmim in Research: “Mapping Accessibility in Public Spaces” — How Did the Initiative Begin?

ORT Carmim in Research: “Mapping Accessibility in Public Spaces” — How Did the Initiative Begin?

Starting off on the right foot! Students help map walking routes in their city for people with visual impairments.

Dalit Lan · 24/09/2020
Wild Boars Arrive at the Haifa District Science Fair 

Wild Boars Arrive at the Haifa District Science Fair 

Students from the scientific-technological track at Leo Baeck excelled in presenting a research project at the science fair. Research topic: the effec...

Tzvia Abadi · 17/09/2020
Jellyfish Spark School-Wide Change

Jellyfish Spark School-Wide Change

Embedding educational innovation through the jellyfish initiative while engaging and integrating the school in scientific research.

Osnat Atias, Vanessa Bouzaglo, Lital Toledano Tzadok · 06/08/2020
Radon Gas — Students Research and Make an Impact

Radon Gas — Students Research and Make an Impact

Students drive scientific research on radon gas in the area where they live, and become agents of change in their community.

Aline Peri, Keren Aridor · 29/07/2020
Doing Science Communication — Saving the Irises Through the Media

Doing Science Communication — Saving the Irises Through the Media

Saving the irises through the media, students involved in identifying and researching endangered irises and relocating them to safety.

Hila Shefet · 16/07/2020
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