The GEOTHNK Platform: Connecting Spatial Thinking to Secondary Education

The GEOTHNK project focuses on spatial thinking, a newly acknowledged ability with profound and rewarding effects on numerous aspects of everyday life and science-from giving and following directions and interpreting maps and diagrams, to achieving innovation in STEM disciplines. Spatial thinking constitutes a key competence for life and work in the 21st century and therefore an essential component of European educational and training activities. GEOTHNK aims at enhancing geospatial thinking skills and engaging users in meaningful, inquiry-based learning experiences.