Interdisciplinary Project Research Articles

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The Passion of Jesus was once a central theme for versified meditations, even in the Swedish language, and according to preserved book auction catalogues, these were found in many libraries. In the 1720s, two longer passion poems were published, written by Sophia Elisabet Brenner and Jacob Frese. The latter clearly used Haquin Spegel's recently printed passion sermons as a resource, while Brenner wrote with greater proximity to authors like Johann Gerhard. In these poems, the suffering and death of Jesus are depicted with an "I" present in the scene – a witness who actively observes and contemplates what is happening. Such poems can serve as examples of a piety characterized by introspection and individualization. But are these poems also examples of what the German hymnologist Lukas Lorbeer identifies as the era's "Personalisierung"? It is doubtful. Here, an almost anonymous "I" establishes a connection with later readers, inviting us to follow along and see what is happening. However, a proposal is presented in this article for an interdisciplinary research project based on this early modern interest in the individual, manifested in, among other things, biographies in funeral sermons, the rich occasional poetry, numerous copperplate portraits, and a frequent use of acrostics.

Games and gamification in archaeology: Developing analogue modelling as a research tool into cultural evolutionary processes

Abstract This article reports from an interdisciplinary, archaeological and philosophical research project developing and using an analogue model in archaeological research. With prominent uses outside of archaeology, analogue models can offer a unique participatory perspective to prehistoric processes. As such the paper contributes to recent discussions in this journal and elsewhere on the role of games, play and gamification in archaeological research, teaching and cultural heritage. Our analogue model critically discusses cultural-evolution-based models of selected European Neolithic and Bronze Age models and develops a perspective based on the life history and the Capability Approaches. In times of climate and war stress, our model can offer a hopeful perspective of the human past, present and future without compromising on scientific insights.

The challenges of reconstructing the historic urban landscape of Lublin in the Lublin Union period (1569) in an interactive map

Lublin in the Union of Lublin Period (1569) is a 2019 interdisciplinary research project with the idea to develop an internet portal (https://teatrnn.pl/unia-lubelska/), which would introduce the user to the world of 16th-century Lublin. A key task was to create an interactive map (WEB-GIS) using spatial data and noninvasive research. The basis for the retrogression of 450 years of transformation was mainly noncartographic sources of information (written sources, conservation documentation, engravings). The involvement of an interdisciplinary team and modern tools resulted in a model that, on the one hand, is state-of-the-art and, on the other, brings scientific findings closer to a non-specialist audience in an illustrative form.

Stewardship of digital language archives: training development and testing through collaboration of information scientists, linguists, and communities

Introduction. Specialized repositories aggregating digital data that focus on languages (of indigenous groups, refugees, etc.) are known as digital language archives (DLA). DLA rapid growth is galvanized by language documentation efforts supported by funding agencies. Recent studies examine DLA user needs and explore support of these needs in digital repositories. Training of LAM professionals in curating and managing DLA to support user needs is emerging, with no research yet into its effectiveness. Method. Our federally funded interdisciplinary project creates and tests the 1st US LAM graduate course with DLA focus. The curriculum development builds on team’s experience with DLA, available DLA user studies, and collaborations of LAM and linguistics researchers with language communities. We report on the current state of curriculum development, discuss analysis results and future steps. Analysis. Quantitative and qualitative analyses of data collected through course-level and module-level surveys, and content analysis. Results. Overall, the project-developed training materials are effective in developing learning objectives. Areas for improvement are identified. Conclusions. The team is refining the LAM curriculum and developing language community DLA training workshops based on student evaluation results, collecting community feedback for future analysis. The project is expected to positively impact LAM education and DLA users’ experiences.

Design and Implementation of AI-infused STEAM Curriculum in Junior High School —A Case Study of the Interdisciplinary Project "Animal Home "

With the increasing popularity of AI courses, teachers need to constantly innovate their teaching philosophies and methods, emphasizing the cultivation of students' comprehensive qualities. In the teaching of AI courses at the junior high school level, teachers continuously reform and in-novate subject teaching based on the STEAM concept, providing high-quality education and teaching for students, optimizing their learning experience, further meeting their learning needs, effectively solving problems encountered in the learning process, enabling better learning of AI knowledge, continuously developing their comprehensive abilities, and constructing efficient information technology curriculum teaching in junior high school.

Self‐Selection Versus Trial‐and‐Error of Exporting: Evidence From SMEs

ABSTRACTThis article presents an empirical analysis of export entry process of small‐ and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) by evaluating two mechanisms: self‐selection and trial‐and‐error of exporting. We build a recursive non‐linear model in which the likelihood of permanent export entry over the period 2009–2012 depends on export trials and the predicted productivity stemming from innovation activities, both over the previous period. Our sample of French SMEs from Community Innovation Survey (CIS 2008) strongly supports the mechanism of trial‐and‐error of exporting and the crucial role of different types of innovation in labor productivity without upholding the mechanism of self‐selection. However, productivity favors occasional entry, suggesting a potential new and more complete SMEs export entry mechanism. Furthermore, we show evidence of the simultaneous existence of accelerated and gradual export entry. The results are confirmed using a second sample of Normandy SMEs from the interdisciplinary project on enterprise development, innovation, and strategy (IDEIS) project that provides highly pertinent information on SMEs’ innovation and export activities.

Ogród Balsamiczny II. Warsztaty queerekologiczne dla seniorek z Mysłowic i Tychów

“Balsamic Garden II. Queer-ecological Workshops for Seniors from Mysłowice and Tychy” is an interdisciplinary project, whose goal was to invite seniors to partake in a conversation about queer culture. The project was based on the ecosystemic approach, as its creators paid special attention to the multilevel relationships, such as those established between the participants and the local ecosystems, or the environment of the engaged institutions and organizations. The present article describes the project goals, undertaken actions as well as developing partnerships, including the collaboration with Kolektyw Śląsk Przegięty (The Queer Silesia Collective). Discussed were the key actions such as botanic walks focused on the observation of the local biodiversity as well as the presentation of The Queer Silesia Collective’s archives and the outcome of the Queer Literary Club. The project - using nature as a space for searching for openness and diversity - highlights the potential of queer ecology as an effective tool in breaking down cultural and social barriers.

Empowering Health Care Actors to Contribute to the Implementation of Health Data Integration Platforms: Retrospective of the medEmotion Project

Health data integration platforms are vital to drive collaborative, interdisciplinary medical research projects. Developing such a platform requires input from different stakeholders. Managing these stakeholders and steering platform development is challenging, and misaligning the platform to the partners’ strategies might lead to a low acceptance of the final platform. We present the medEmotion project, a collaborative effort among 7 partners from health care, academia, and industry to develop a health data integration platform for the region of Limburg in Belgium. We focus on the development process and stakeholder engagement, aiming to give practical advice for similar future efforts based on our reflections on medEmotion. We introduce Personas to paraphrase different roles that stakeholders take and Demonstrators that summarize personas’ requirements with respect to the platform. Both the personas and the demonstrators serve 2 purposes. First, they are used to define technical requirements for the medEmotion platform. Second, they represent a communication vehicle that simplifies discussions among all stakeholders. Based on the personas and demonstrators, we present the medEmotion platform based on components from the Microsoft Azure cloud. The demonstrators are based on real-world use cases and showcase the utility of the platform. We reflect on the development process of medEmotion and distill takeaway messages that will be helpful for future projects. Investing in community building, stakeholder engagement, and education is vital to building an ecosystem for a health data integration platform. Instead of academic-led projects, the health care providers themselves ideally drive collaboration among health care providers. The providers are best positioned to address hospital-specific requirements, while academics take a neutral mediator role. This also includes the ideation phase, where it is vital to ensure the involvement of all stakeholders. Finally, balancing innovation with implementation is key to developing an innovative yet sustainable health data integration platform.

Establishing and Evaluating an Interdisciplinary Summer Undergraduate Research Training Program in Maternal, Child, and Family Health.

Representation of professionals from populations affected by health disparities is crucial for equality in healthcare practice and research. Undergraduate research programs focused on health disparities can deeply impact students' self-efficacy, interest, and persistence in health and research-focused careers. In this study, we designed, implemented, and evaluated a novel summer undergraduate research program focused on maternal, child, and family health. Over four summers, 45 students from a range of majors engaged in interdisciplinary faculty-mentored research projects, using methods ranging from molecular biology to community-based participatory research. The impact of the program on these students-the vast majority of whom were from historically marginalized communities-was demonstrated through an evaluation study including pre-program and post-program surveys and tracking post-program student outcomes, including co-authoring publications and conference presentations, and persisting in health and research fields after graduation (an outcome for 76% of our graduates). This program was designed to be accessible and supportive and to offer students the opportunity to engage in research projects focused on the health of the communities in which they are personally invested. Our program makes a novel contribution to the field of health disparities training programs, as we did not encounter in the literature any prior studies describing the establishment and evaluation of an undergraduate research program in maternal, child, and family health. The insights we gained from implementing this program could be utilized by other institutions seeking to design undergraduate research programs focused on maternal, child, and family health specifically, or on health disparities more broadly.

THE EXPERIENCE OF USING FIELD RESEARCH IN FORMING PRACTICAL SKILLS OF BIOLOGY STUDENTS

This article examines the impact of field research on the formation of practical skills of biology students, based on the global experience of Turkey, the USA, Germany, Kazakhstan and other countries, analyzing the methods and approaches used, as well as evaluating the results of their implementation in the educational process. Because field research is an integral part of the training of biology students, contributing to the development of their practical skills, research thinking and professional competence. In world practice, there are many approaches to organizing and conducting field research based on the specifics of educational systems in different countries, natural features and the level of technological development. The purpose of this article is to compare the experience of using field research in Kazakhstan, Turkey and other countries, as well as to identify common trends and differences in the methodology of their organization. For this purpose, the structures of educational programs, research methods, their impact on the formation of professional skills and the level of preparedness of graduates are considered. The results of the study show that the use of project-based learning during field research contributes to a deeper assimilation of the material, the development of independence and research skills among students. Interdisciplinary projects are widely used in countries with a high level of technological development, in which students solve real environmental and biological problems. At the same time, traditional methods of data collection and processing remain in regions with limited resources, but the project approach is gradually being introduced there. In conclusion, it is noted that combining field work with project-based training is the most effective method of training future biologists, ensuring their competence in modern science and the practical application of knowledge.

Mehrebenenannotation argumentativer Lerner*innentexte für die automatische Textauswertung

Abstract This article presents a multi-level annotation approach for argumentative learner texts that was developed as part of an interdisciplinary DFG project. The project aims at the automated generation of individualized, development-promoting and learner-sensitive feedback on argumentative student texts and is situated in the field of AI-supported text production. To generate automated feedback, the first step was to manually annotate an extensive text corpus consisting of 1,320 argumentative texts written by fifth and ninth graders. This then formed the basis for the development of corresponding computational linguistic procedures. The article focuses on the special features as well as the challenges that arose in connection with the annotation of learner texts and the generation of learner-sensitive feedback. The article is structured as follows: First, the relevant computational linguistics and language didactics research findings and digital support systems for argumentative writing are outlined. In the main part, the procedure of multi-level annotation is explained in detail. Due to the methodological approach, above-average inter-annotator agreement was achieved resulting in the multi-level approach implemented being adaptable for further corpus-based studies. Finally, the results are interpreted and discussed.

The Exclusivity of 'Vulnerable': Exploring How a Canadian Community Dental Clinic Defines and Describes Its Targeted Population.

Addressing inequitable oral health access is a global priority. In Canada, community dental clinics (CDCs) play a crucial role in this endeavour, yet limited resources necessitate strategically targeting communities for interventions. Various methods exist for defining communities and measuring outcomes, but how CDCs determine their target populations is under-researched. This study aimed to explore how decision-makers planning an inner-city CDC define the population they intend to serve. Data was collected through key informant interviews, document analysis, and field observations. Purposive sampling was employed to select key informants and documents related to clinic planning and design. The researcher was immersed in the data throughout the study, which underwent inductive content analysis facilitated by NVivo software. Analysis included semi-structured key informant interviews (n = 11), textual data from public sources and key informants (n = 9), and field observations totalling 275 hoursover 1 year (2020-2021). Key informants agreed that the clinic served a "vulnerable" population, but definitions of "vulnerable" varied. Initial coding revealed two distinct patient groups with differing portrayals. Based on five patient characteristics Sossauer etal. (2019) described, one group was portrayed positively, while the other was depicted negatively. This study underscores the necessity of establishing a shared understanding of "vulnerability" in interdisciplinary projects like the CDC examined here. Assumptions about community groups hold significant consequences, shaping resource allocation, programme implementation, and policy decisions. It is imperative to critically assess who is making these decisions, their conception of vulnerability, and the repercussions of these beliefs on affected communities.

The Impact of Project and Problem Based Learning Approach on Entrepreneurship and Innovation among Engineering Students

Development of engineering students demand the application of technical knowledge in projects to meet standards of competitive market. Along with this basic requirements, some other prerequisites which must be cemented in personality of engineering students are communication with interdisciplinary teams, conflicts resolution, project management and leadership skills. Mostly, up to limited degree, practical skills are applied by engineering students in final year project. To improve technical and management skills of students, focus should be diverted towards project and problem based learning approach. Along with development of technical knowledge in engineering students, both type of approaches can contribute towards entrepreneurship and innovation. In these approaches, students are trained to face certain type of projects/problems which enhances the potential thinking among students and ultimately injects entrepreneurship and innovative skills. Thus, the purpose of current study is to find the impact of project base and problem base learning approach on entrepreneurship and innovation. For this purpose a sample of 283 students participated in this research. It is found that application of project and problem based learning approaches enable students to take initiative, be creative, polish decision making, improve communication and establish leadership skills. In Pakistan, project and problem based learning approach at university is not being utilized effectively like in developed countries and many students lack practical as well as transversal skills even after graduation. Therefore, this study shed light towards the effective utilization of project and problem based learning methodologies at university level in future.

Enabling good transition processes from child to adult medical care: a study protocol.

Hundreds of patients each year transfer from child to adult medical care when they become adults. The transfer in health care comes with a risk of interrupted treatment or a failure to follow treatment properly, which can have serious consequences for the physical and mental health and well-being of the young person, and for their future ability to engage in education, work or social life. The Child to Adult Transition project (CAT) is a cross-country and inter-disciplinary innovation and research project that aims to address this pertinent topic. CAT focuses on young people in rheumatology and mental health care in Denmark and Germany and develops transition programmes to support young persons and their parents in the transfer from child to adult medical care, while exploring how young people experience and reflect on this transition and their experiences of the CAT programs. The CAT study has a longitudinal, mixed-methods study design, surveying young patients (age 15-25 years), their parents/guardians, and health-care professionals via interviews (individual or group), field observations, and/or online surveys. At baseline, interviews will be conducted with 24-68 adolescents and young adults, 24-68 parents/guardians, and 24-68 health-care professionals in both countries and across disciplines. 13-14 observations will be made in three settings and, at baseline, 400 adolescents and young adults will receive the survey. Interviews and surveys will be repeated after six and 12 months. The study will focus on topics such as everyday life as a young patient, transition experiences, somatic, and mental health, and quality of life. The CAT project period runs from January 2023 to December 2025. Recruitment to the CAT study is ongoing and all ethical approval have been obtained from the different departmental sites and ethical committees. The project combines different medical disciplines (child, adolescent and adult rheumatology and mental health), academic disciplines (medicine, anthropology and psychology) as well as countries (Germany, Denmark). It also combines person-groups (young persons, parents, professionals) and methods (interviews, observations, surveys). This approach provides new perspectives on the medical, psychological and anthropological aspects of the complex nature of the medical transfer. The findings will feed into the guidelines on transitional care, can also be used in other medical disciplines, and can be prepared as popular publications and other media enabling a broader audience to be reached. The study protocol is registered on the Open Science Framework: https://osf.io/vdy9p.

ЭКСПЕДИЦИИ КАК КЛЮЧЕВОЙ МЕХАНИЗМ В СТАНОВЛЕНИИ И ФУНКЦИОНИРОВАНИИ МУЗЕЯ ЗЕМЛЕВЕДЕНИЯ МГУ

Expedition work is an important aspect of the activities of any natural science university museum, starting directly from its formation as a scientific, educational and enlightening center. As the museum structure develops, the role of such expeditions is transformed, acquiring the character of an evolutionarily necessary structural and functional mechanism. In the 75-year history of the Earth Science Museum of MSU, three main stages of expeditionary activity are distinguished. The first one is associated with the formation of the Museum in the 1950-60s and reflects, as the main task, the formation of an array of naturalia (natural objects), as well as photographic materials and works of art, which formed the basis of the exposition and collection base. The second stage is marked by targeted expeditions for specific local exhibition and research tasks, involving field collection of natural facts. At the third stage in the 21st century, the functional spectrum of the Museum’s expeditionary activities is expanding: field work, in addition to the traditional mechanism of new acquisitions, becomes an arena for positioning the Museum for the general public outside its classical space, an interactive cluster of education and popularization of science, involving various social groups in the area of the expedition’s work in museum co-creation. The Museum’s expeditions are widely reflected in popular science films and books, at “Science Festivals”, in the media space and blogosphere. These innovations have been testing in recent years in the mode of the scientific and educational expedition “Floating Universities Flotilla” in the Volga region, which has become an important resource for the implementation of the concept of a mobile network museum, as well as the formation of a youth museum as a promising interdisciplinary project of the Earth Science Museum of Moscow State University.

Formative Evaluation of Suicide Prevention Websites for Men: Qualitative Study with Men at Risk of Suicide and with Potential Gatekeepers.

The suicide rate among men exceeds that of women worldwide. One important measure in suicide prevention for men is digital communication interventions, as they enable easy and anonymous access to information resources. This is especially important for men who might not be reached by traditional, in-person prevention methods. Thus, as part of an interdisciplinary project on suicide prevention for men, two specific digital communication prevention measures were developed: (1) a website to inform men at risk about suicide prevention, and (2) a website to educate potential gatekeepers who are in contact with men at risk of suicide about appropriate life-saving measures. Both websites needed evaluation to explore how they are perceived by (1) men and by (2) potential gatekeepers of men at risk of suicide. This is crucial, as existing research lacks formative evaluation that informs the development of intervention communication materials. This study aimed to analyze whether these websites were perceived as (1) comprehensible and engaging, (2) authentic and trustworthy, as well as (3) useful by (potential) users. Furthermore, we examined (4) additional ideas for effective communication about suicide prevention. We conducted (1) individual videoconference interviews with 24 men to evaluate the website and (2) four focus groups with 8 gatekeepers in each group (32 participants) to evaluate the online education program. The focus group sample was equally distributed regarding gender and age. Recruitment was conducted together with a field research partner who posted adverts on Facebook and Instagram (Meta) to reach as many potential participants as possible in an efficient way. All participants were asked to evaluate the intervention materials using a fictitious scenario of a man experiencing a mental health crisis before the interviews or focus groups took place. The videos were perceived as (1) catchy, comprehensible, and empathetic, but too long for a short introduction. A balanced mix of emotional and informative content was considered appropriate and helpful. The health information provided was perceived as (2) serious and trustworthy due to citing scientific institutions and video material of men who had experienced suicidal ideation. (3) The intervention's applicability for men experiencing acute crisis was critiqued, but it was regarded as very useful for comprehensive information. (4) Further communication channels and addressing other male subgroups or gender identities were presented as possible extensions of the program. Effective suicide prevention research should address both the groups at risk and their support network. Digital communication interventions can provide low-threshold access. Videos with personalized examples are important to give men someone to identify with, which validates their emotional responses and supports their self-esteem, while videos with experts provide relevant and credible information.

Benefits of a physics-driven interdisciplinary final project for mechanical engineering undergraduates

In the context of higher education, the call for interdisciplinary learning is becoming increasingly imperative. This holds especially true for fields like Mechanical Engineering, where complex challenges often transcend the boundaries of traditional disciplines. On the other hand, active learning activities promote curiosity, enjoyment, and interest. An interdisciplinary final project with an 'active' approach creates an opportunity for students to integrate and apply knowledge across multiple subject areas. In this contribution, we discuss the results obtained in the Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering of the University of Palermo (Italy) in the last three years, since the Bachelor's degree candidates have had the possibility to choose an interdisciplinary final project, showing that it offers a myriad of advantages that not only prepare students for real-world scenarios but also foster innovation and holistic problem-solving skills. By exposing students to interdisciplinary challenges, these projects ensure that graduates are equipped to navigate the complexities of emerging technologies and adapt to changing industry dynamics. The challenges and possibilities of these self-directed thinking are also discussed.

Inventories as Keys to Exploring Castles as Cultural Heritage

Abstract This article explores the potential of engaging the public in an ongoing interdisciplinary research project on castle inventories at the universities of Salzburg and Innsbruck. Our aim is to create a digital platform that uses inventories as a key to explore the living conditions in late medieval and early modern castles. In this article, we want to give an initial insight into the research project in terms of the theme of this volume: how the digital platform we are creating will contribute to engaging the public with material culture projects. We start from the hypothesis that inventories are neither objective nor simple lists of things, but products of an inventory practice, with traces of this activity, found both in the texts and in the materiality of the archival records. They contain a wealth of information on relations between things, people, activities, rooms, and the words used for them. We use digital methods of text recognition to interpret a corpus of 130 castle inventories from the fourteenth to sixteenth centuries in the historical region of Tyrol (Austria/Italy) as historical sources and on castles as social spaces. With ontological modelling and deduction from the archival records, we want to make the historical practice of creating inventories visible and use the information to explore everyday life at the castles. For selected castles, we will combine historical data with results from building history to create virtual room books. Digital tools will allow presenting the relations of objects, spaces, individuals, actions, and social practices and provide results for the scientific community as well as for the interested public.

Strengthening the STEM pipeline: impact of project-based synthetic biology program on high school students’ science identity and competency

This study investigates the impact of a project-based science education intervention, BioBuilderClub, on high school students’ science identity, self-beliefs, and content knowledge in synthetic biology. Addressing the critical “leaky pipeline” issue in biotechnology education, this intervention focused on fostering scientific engagement and competency through hands-on, interdisciplinary projects. Using descriptive and correlational statistics (i.e., paired t-tests, residual change regression), we found that the project-based intervention resulted in significant improvements in students’ self-perceived scientific engagement, competency, and content knowledge regardless of gender, locale, and first generation status. Across expert raters, we also found an improvement in the understanding of synthetic biology and students reported an increased interest in biotechnology and related fields. These findings underscore the potential of project-based learning to enhance STEM retention by building strong science identities, particularly among underrepresented groups. Future research should explore the long-term impacts of such interventions and their integration into standard curricula to further bolster the biotechnology pipeline.

Development of Experimental Skills of Schoolchildren Necessary for Participation in Scientific Volunteering in the Implementation of Project Activities

The purpose of the study is to develop the experimental skills of schoolchildren necessary for the implementation of volunteer activities in the research laboratory of systematics and ecology of invertebrates of Omsk State Pedagogical University (OmSPU) through the organization of project activities.Materials and methods. To achieve this goal, the author of the article analyzed the directions of scientific work in the research laboratory of systematics and ecology of invertebrates of OmSPU and the content of regulatory documents (the Federal State Educational Standard of basic general education and the Federal working program of basic general education in chemistry of the basic level). Based on the analysis, the experimental skills necessary for volunteering in the laboratory and the topics of the school course of chemistry of the 8th and 9th grade, in which the formation of these skills takes place, were identified. The entrance testing of the necessary knowledge and assessment of the development level of experimental skills among potential volunteers showed their insufficient formation and allowed students to participate in the work of the interdisciplinary project group of the Technopark of Universal Pedagogical Competencies of OmSPU named after V.M. Samosudov in order to develop the necessary knowledge and skills.Results. The results of the initial stage of the pedagogical experiment are presented, during which, with the help of testing, the availability of knowledge necessary for work in the laboratory was determined and the level of development of the necessary experimental skills was assessed according to the method of V. Vivyursky.The lack of knowledge and the lack of formation of the necessary experimental ones made it possible to proceed to the main stage of the pedagogical experiment, during which schoolchildren carried out project activities to study the composition and properties of water and soil in the residual lakes of the Zamaraika river. They presented the results of their project activities at the educational and research conference and were awarded with laureates’ diplomas.At the final stage of the pedagogical experiment, knowledge about the basics of conducting scientific research was retested and the level of necessary experimental skills was determined, as well as the statistical significance of the results was assessed using the Mann-Whitney U-test. The results showed an increase in the level of knowledge and skills of the students and allowed them to identify a tendency towards an increase in the value of the measured parameters and the opportunity for students to start participating in scientific volunteering at research laboratory of systematics and ecology of invertebrates of OmSPU.Conclusion. The main types of activities carried out in the scientific research laboratory of systematics and ecology of invertebrates of OmSPU, in which volunteers can participate, have been identified. Based on the analysis of regulatory documents, it has been established that students of 8-9 grades can be involved in work in the laboratory. The choice of activities that a volunteer can carry out is based on the Federal State Educational Standard of basic general education and the Federal working program of basic general education in chemistry (basic level). It has been established that the implementation of project activities by potential volunteers can contribute to the development of knowledge and the formation of experimental skills necessary in the course of scientific volunteering.