Vegard Stornes Farstad
Vegard Stornes Farstad presenting Science Show with the Möbius Superconducting Maglev Train Track at Palais de la découverte in Paris, October 2011 – part of the 100th anniversary celebration for the discovery of superconductivity
Book science shows, popular lectures or pedagogical seminars in physics and mathematics
Co-Founder and Scientific Director of Simplicatus (2000) and SRD (2010)
Vegard Stornes Farstad
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Current projects
- Science Centre Exhibits and Möbius Track for Levitating Superconducting Train
- Serious Games for Physics Learning on mobile devices
- Minds-On Experimental Equipment Kits for Physics learning
Short bio
- M.Sc. in physics with post-graduate degree in physics/mathematics teaching from NTNU, Trondheim, Norway
- 15 years’ experience as Scientific Coordinator of domestic and international projects
- Worked with over 60 partner organizations in 15 countries
- Managed 4 domestic and 4 international physics/mathematics/technology projects over the last 15 years for development of learning materials and resources
- Co-authored, co-edited and published several scientific papers and Teacher Guides on Minds-On experiments and learning activities in Physics and Mathematics, and also gave many conference presentations and public talks on science communication
- List of Publications
Past international projects
- Managed SUPERCOMET/MOSEM Leonardo da Vinci project series on Superconductivity and Electromagnetism for upper secondary school (last 2 of 13 years) including Conceptual Online Animations, Experiment Videos, Mathematical Modelling, Quantitative Simulations, Data Acquisition and 2 Minds-On Experimental Kits with Teacher Seminars, Teacher Guides and Activity sheets
Past domestic projects (Norway)
- Managed “Math Kit” projects at Simplicatus for development of 8 Experimental Kits with Teacher Seminars, Teacher Guides and Activity sheets in Mathematics for primary and secondary school (covering first 11 of 13 years)
- Managed “Technology Bag” project at Simplicatus for development of 1 Experimental Kit in Technology & Design for lower secondary school, together with The Norwegian Society of Engineers and Technologists (NITO)
- Managed “Superlab” project at NTNU on public communication of Superconductivity (in Norwegian)
- Initiated and/or managed around 20 smaller projects at Simplicatus including mentoring student theses, development of several serious games for learning mathematics (both online and board games, both multiplayer and single player) and smaller educational kits
Book science shows, popular lectures or pedagogical seminars in physics and mathematics
