AstroSTEM is Cool Erasmus Project

Project Title

AstroSTEM is Cool

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : School Exchange Partnerships

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2019

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Key Competences (incl. mathematics and literacy) – basic skills; ICT – new technologies – digital competences; Research and innovation

Project Summary

“AstroSTEM is Cool” has been constructed with the coordination of Slovakia and with the partnership of Bulgaria, Turkey, Italy and Poland. The target group of the project is the students of 10-14 aged and teachers of STEM fields.
As we are face to face with the benefits and difficulties of an economy that is based on both globalization and knowledge in the 21st century, scientific and technological innovations have become more and more important. In order to be successful in this society that is based on knowledge and technology, it is necessary to raise students’ skills of STEM higher and higher. In total, 120 mobilities will be performed during the project with 4 students and 2 teachers from each school. The project activities are totally focused on Astronomy and STEM. Methods of workshops, researching, producing and examining are generally used; creativity, cooperation, critical thinking and solving problem are frontal. Expected results of the project are: Students’ skills of integrating interdisciplines knowledge and skills and practising them in order to solve real problems, their spirit of potential in innovation, enterpreneurship and innovation will come out.Students’ learning experience about STEM and astronomy will help them prepare for their studies and career in future.Students will think critically by looking at problems in a new way and linking learning across subjects and disciplines.Teachers’ professional capacity, cooperation between stakeholders and schools will strenghten.Partner schools will plan practising STEM education in a suitable way for students’ needs and their interests in school level totelitarinally and effectively.Students will learn how science effects us in our daily life, they’ll learn incredible world of the space, maths, technology and engineering.
Students gain motivation for having career about science, maths and technology, develop friendships with the students from different countries, develop their skills of solving problem creatively. Participants learn practical applications of robot technologies and space researches. Teachers improve their professionalities as a result of exchanging knowledge with their colleagues in European partner schools.
Exchange of best practices in European level and experience of sharing knowledge will gain participant teachers innovative pedagogic approaches in STEM+Astronomy field. Thus; teaching quality in science field of partner schools will increase with more equipped personnel. Partner schools will have richer curriculum and more qualified personnel about STEM+Astronomy fields. AstroStem Club will go on with the activities at partner schools. Partner schools will organize traditional STEM fair and STEM career day every year. So; students’ knowledge and skills will be sustainable, students who will register in school in the following years will also gain STEM skills.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 130020 Eur

Project Coordinator

Základná skola Mihálya Tompu – Tompa Mihály Alapiskola, Srobárova 12, Rimavská Sobota – Rimaszombat & Country: SK

Project Partners

• Sredno uchilishte “Peyo Kracholov Yavorov”
• Primary School at Pasieki
• OZEL IZMIR OGUZHAN OZKAYA ORTAOKULU
• Istituto Comprensivo G. Nosengo