STEM for youth through Robotics Erasmus Project

Project Title

STEM for youth through Robotics

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 2018

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Creativity and culture; International cooperation, international relations, development cooperation; ICT – new technologies – digital competences

Project Summary

In Europe we need employees that are motivated, well prepared and trained now and in future. Especially the STEM area (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) is important for further developement of European Economy and welfare. At the moment we have to face the problem that not enough young people choose the STEM area for studying and work. With our project we try to close this gap. We intend to interest our students for STEM topics and to motivate them to work for the further development of modern technologies.

At the 7th of April 2014 Dutch prime minister Rutte and chanceler Merkel have opened the Hannover Messe (the world biggest industrial tradeshow). Both of them adressed the need to work together in the area of STEM in order to compete against the rest of the world. This is our (small) contribution to address that need!

The development of our project revolves around robotics and sensor technology and their use in industry. We will deal with four different aspects of this technology:
a) Building of technical objects/robots
b) Sensor technology
c) Software programming
d) Communication tools and problem solving

At each of these steps we inspire the students to create their own models and, visiting industry, to compare it with real existing machinery and with, in exchange events, compare it with solutions of other teams. They will do it in border crossing international teams which will lead them to the necessity of using a common foreign language and modern means of communication. By this structure of the project, they will develop key competences they will need to face the challenge in the Global Market.

The aim of this project is to create a study environment for our students comprising of film, paper and challenges to be solved. It will also organise exchange events and competitions.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 25542 Eur

Project Coordinator

IES FERNANDO III & Country: ES

Project Partners

• Frits Philips, lyceum-mavo