About

LUMA Centre Lapland aims to inspire and motivate children and young people to study topics in natural sciences, mathematics, technology and information technology. We belong to the Faculty of Education of University of Lapland. LUMA Centre Lapland is part of a national network of LUMA Centres called LUMA Centre Finland, which is led according to a common strategy.

In collaboration with different partners, we support and promote teaching and learning of LUMA subjects from kindergarten to university and work to increase interest among young people in topics related to them. Through development work and research we are constantly searching for new and innovative ways to accomplish our goals. LUMA Centre Lapland is closely connected to the sustainability and outdoor oriented teacher training and the science centre Arktikum.

Clubs and camps for children and young people

We organise a range of activities and events for schools, pupils and teachers. Read more >

In-service teacher education

Together with our partners, we are actively organising workshops and courses for teachers in current topics. We also host multiple courses developed in projects of LUMA Finland development programme.

StarT supports multidisciplinany studying

LUMA Centre Finland, together with its cooperation partners, encourages learning communities to adopt multidisciplinary learning methods through the StarT competition. The international competition is aimed at schools, nurseries, pre-schools and pastime clubs. You can participate in the competition by documenting a multidisciplinary, phenomenon-based and collective learning project related to mathematics, natural sciences or technology.  

Learn more about StarT and sign up your learning community at http://start.luma.fi

LUMA Centre Lapland supports local communities in project learning and is responsible for organising the StarT Festival in spring.

Saara Krook
Coordinator
LUMA Centre Lapland
tel. +358 40 508 7997

Pieti Tolvanen, M.A.
Director of LUMA centre Lapland
Didactics of mathematics, physics and chemistry
+358 40 4844165 

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