Science Teaching Energizes Modernisation Erasmus Project

Project Title

Science Teaching Energizes Modernisation

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 : Strategic Partnerships for Schools Only

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2017

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Research and innovation; Creativity and culture; Energy and resources

Project Summary

The purpose of STEM project is to develop an innovative approach in science lessons. By doing this, our primary aim is to stimulate students’ creativity, help them gain critical thinking, questioning ability towards natural events and make them aware of their environment and energy sources. In other words our initial aim is to educate the future generations as questioning, criticising, creating individuals in physics lessons and expect them to be aware of renewable energy via STEM.
It is our project priority to create innovative learning environments where to exploit the same technological tools our students are so fond of once caught their attention, it will become easier to help them develop transversal skills such as critical thinking, ICT.
International cooperation will focus on the creation of a blended learning environment based on student-centered methodologies: through face to face activities.
At least 2 English teachers, 2 science teachers, 2 teachers within each school field of study; selection will be based on personal curricula and an interview, and selection parameters will be: ICT/language competences, personal motivation, involvement in school projects and previous LLP activities.
50 students from each school according to the following parameters to be detected through a written test and an interview: ICT/language competences, STEM skills, renewable energy awareness, creative skills, special education needs, personal motivation and willingness to be involved in school projects.
This project will provide an innovative approach “STEM” which will stimulate pupils’ creativity and questioning ability. In particular, the technology will be the main learning space where students will be stimulated to develop creative skills and learn the sustainable energy sources and be aware of resources within the following fields of study: Turkey (geothermal energy), Hungary (biomass energy), Portugal (hydro energy), Slovenia (photovoltaic), Denmark (wind), and Italy (solar). In other words , our STEM project will help students gain awareness about sustainable energy and sensitiveness towards green environment through searching, observing and experimenting the production of renewable energy like solar, wind, hydro, geothermal, biomass .
Teachers and students from project schools and schools in the neighbourhood, sister schools, parents, local communities will be involved in the project both directly and indirecty.
During the mobilities in each host county a culture fest will be organized in the hall or corridors of the host partner school for the involvement of all the students and the school staff. The host school will hold an exhibition which will be open all the schools in neighbourhood, the staff of sister schools, parents and local communities as well.
The outcomes of our project will be exhibited and shared online and accessible to the public. By means of these dissemination activities lots of students will be actively inside the project.
In certain aspects of the project eg. by voting the most productive power plant, the best picture, advertising, short film, logo etc..other stakeholders will take part in this project through e-Twinning, facebook, project website and youtube channel.
We will share the outcomes of our works on e-Twinning project where we will carry out collaboratively as well.
The involved students will be furnished the right skills and knowledge to become future generations aware of one’s own capabilities, able of critical thinking, problem solving and making significant committments to create something new. With the help of our STEM project we will not only inspire the future generations by using STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) approach but we also aim to educate them from their stem to branch so as to make them more facultative towards environment and alternative resources.
All the 2 years project experiences, both the virtual and the real ones, will be displayed in Erasmus Wall as well as on the STEM Project website and e-Twinning portal.
All “STEM” project outcomes will be spread through a detailed dissemination plan and supervised by the partner school leaders, through an agenda of events monitoring to what extent project activities will be implemeted compared with what initially planned.
After two years practicing and discovering new energy sources via STEM, Science Teaching will Energize Modernisation, students will be more equiped with technology, more open to innovations, will believe in themselves and get the stimulation to create more and more.
With the help of our STEM project we will not only inspire the future generations by using STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) approach but we also aim to educate them from their stem to branch so as to make them more facultative towards environmant and alternative resources.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 134495 Eur

Project Coordinator

Yasar Saniye Gemici Anadolu Lisesi & Country: TR

Project Partners

• Ferences Gimnázium
• SOLSKI CENTER VELENJE
• Agrupamento de Escolas do Forte da Casa
• MERCANTEC OVRIGE VIRKSOMHEDSFORMER
• Liceo Classico statale Pilo Albertelli