The project deals with the content of culture, coexistence and language through MINT for a boundless future. In former times Styria - also known as Štajerska wasn't separated by a border, but the later bordered areas have always played an important role for the inhabitants. The people lived together and helped forming the culture, customs and stories. Closer connections have arisen not only through economic interests, but also at spiritual levels, with the residents jointly designing the festivals and plays related to the environment. Since the end of the First World War, Styria has been divided into two states. The former "Lower Styria" (Štajerska) is now the Eastern part of Slovenia. This is approximately one third of the territory of Slovenia. After the end of World War I Lower Styria and Styria have been seperated almost a century and developed very differently. Both, Austria and Slovenia, are now part of the EU. The connections are again getting intensive and well maintained in some places in Austria. Many Slovenians still speak German very well. In some cultural events, the separation in Austria and ex-Yugoslavia led to different stories but sometimes other cultural activities. The exchange has remained in the background, but European Union has reawakened common life on the border. Children get to know the history of old Styria through stories, courses, visits to museums or various lectures. Subsequently, they are to be used to identify their common roots and similarities and, as a result, to take a future-oriented and further common path through STEM. With technological progress, the demands on young people on the job market are also changing. The four specific disciplines of Stem (mathematics, computer science, science and technology) are increasingly in demand in a modern society and open up diverse professional and personal opportunities for young people. The STEM disciplines are practiced across borders through diverse access for girls and boys in the Austrian and Slovenian partner schools. Participation at the Safer Internet Day and other external competitions are also part of the project. The many workshops and teaching outcomes, that are carried out during the project, are carried out in the second language or bilingually. Great emphasis is placed on acquisition of vocabulary and expanding language development and language skills in the second language. Likewise, the use of new media will be promoted during the project period. The topics and contents are discussed at regular intervals with the pupils in the foreign language classes at the respective schools. They are prepared or followed up by the foreign language teacher. A dissemination of the project is given, both in the school building through presentations on pin boards, window decoration, on school's homepage, etc. In addition, this is provided via the regional media but also via the project-internal Twinspace of eTwinning. Hereby as many people as possible outside of the participating schools can be reached and informed about the project and its implementation. The project's end results are acquired skills with sustainability in the areas of appreciative social interaction with one another and with strangers. Despite the limited knowledge of the foreign language, fluently communication is possible. Knowledge about one's own and cross-border region is expanded. The pupils get an insight into the historical craftsmanship as well as the STEM disciplines (mathematics, computer science, science and technology) and in in further consequence they develop their digital competences according to the European Digital Competence Framework.
The project dealt with the topic of culture, coexistence and language through MINT for a borderless future. The Styria - Štajerska region was not separated by a border for a millennium. The border areas have always played an important role for the inhabitants. People have lived together and helped shape the culture, customs and stories. Closer ties have developed not only through economic interests, but also on a spiritual level, with the inhabitants jointly organizing festivals and plays with themes related to the surrounding area. Since the end of the First World War, Styria has been divided into two states. The former "Lower Styria" (Štajerska) is now the eastern part of Slovenia. This is about 1/3 of the territory of Slovenia. It was only after the end of the First World War that Lower Styria and Styria went their separate ways for almost a century and developed very differently.Now both Austria and Slovenia are part of the EU. In some places in Austria, the connections are still very intensive and well maintained. Many Slovenians still speak German very well. In some cultural events, the separation of Austria and the former Yugoslavia has led to different stories and, in some cases, different cultural activities. The exchange has remained in the background, but the new EU area has reawakened the common life on the border. The children were able to get to know the history of old Styria better through stories, educational excursions, visits to museums or various lectures. Subsequently, they were encouraged to recognize their common roots and similarities and, as a result, to follow a future-oriented and progressive common path through STEM. With technological progress, the demands on young people in the labor market are also changing. Skills in the STEM disciplines (mathematics, computer science, natural sciences and technology) are increasingly in demand in a modern society and open up a wide range of professional and personal opportunities for young people. The STEM disciplines were practiced across borders through a variety of approaches for girls and boys in the Austrian and Slovenian partner schools. Participation in Safer Internet Day and other additional external competitions were also part of the project content. The many workshops and teaching excursions that were carried out during the project were always conducted in the second language or bilingually. Great emphasis was placed on vocabulary development and the expansion of language development and language skills in the second language. The use of new media was also promoted during the project period. The topics and content were regularly discussed with the students in foreign language lessons at the respective schools and prepared and followed up by the foreign language teacher. The project was disseminated in the school building through presentations on the pinboard, windows, notices, homepage, etc. In addition, a padlet was made containing the project ideas, results and publications in the regional media so that as many people as possible outside the participating schools could be reached and informed about the project. Project results are acquired skills with sustainability in the areas of appreciative social interaction with each other and with strangers. Despite little knowledge of the foreign language, communication went smoothly. Knowledge of their own and cross-border region was expanded. The pupils gained an insight into historical craftsmanship and the STEM disciplines (mathematics, computer science, natural sciences and technology) and, in an extended sequence, digital skills were also promoted according to the EU competence grid.