"Robots of the future" was constructed with the collaboration of Slovenia and with the cooperation of Bulgaria, Turkey, Italy and Portuguese. The project's target group is students aged 4-11 years and STEM field teachers. When we face the advantages and challenges of a 21st- economy focused on both globalization and knowledge, scientific and technical advances are becoming increasingly relevant. In order to be competitive in this information- and technology- society, it is important to raise the STEM skills of the students. In total there will be 100 mobilities performed with 5 teachers from each school during the project. The project activities concentrate primarily on Astronomy and STEM. Workshop, analysis, development, and review methods are commonly used; imagination, teamwork, critical thinking, and problem-solving are frontal. Expected project results are: The ability of students to incorporate expertise and ability into interdisciplines and to practice them in order to solve real problems will emerge their spirit of creativity in innovation, entrepreneurship and innovation with the help of teachers who directly particpate. The learning experience of the students about STEM and astronomy will help them plan for their future studies and careers. Students will think objectively by looking at challenges in a different way and connecting learning through subjects and disciplines. The professional capacity of teachers, collaboration between partners and schools will be enhanced. Partner schools will intend to conduct STEM education in a way that is efficiently tailored to the needs of students and their interests at school level. students will explore how science impacts us in our everyday lives, they will learn exciting space, math, technology and engineering worlds. Students are inspired to have a career in science, math and technology by joining the project activities at their school with teachers from different countries, and grow their innovative problem. Participants can discover realistic applications of robot and space science technologies. As a result of sharing expertise with their colleagues in European partner schools, teachers develop their professionalities. Exchange of good practices at European level and information sharing experience will introduce innovative pedagogical methods in the field of STEM+Astronomy to the participating teachers. Thus; teaching performance in partner schools science will improve with more qualified staff. Partner schools will have a broader curriculum and more trained STEM+Astronomy field staff. The events at local schools will start with AstroStem Club. Each year local schools host typical STEM fairs and STEM career days. So; the knowledge and skills of the students will be permanent, as well as STEM skills will be acquired by students who will enrol in school in the following years.
"Robots of the future" was constructed with the collaboration of Slovenia and with the cooperation of Bulgaria, Turkey, Italy and Portuguese. The project's target group is students aged 4-11 years and STEM field teachers. When we face the advantages and challenges of a 21st- economy focused on both globalization and knowledge, scientific and technical advances are becoming increasingly relevant. In order to be competitive in this information- and technology- society, it is important to raise the STEM skills of the children and students. We have performed mobilities of teachers from each school during the project. The project activities concentrated primarily on Astronomy and STEM. Workshop, analysis, development, and review methods were commonly used; imagination, teamwork, critical thinking, and problem-solving. We have achieved expected project results: The ability of students to incorporate expertise and ability into interdisciplines and to practice them in order to solve real problems has emerge their spirit of creativity in innovation, entrepreneurship and innovation with the help of teachers who directly participated. The learning experience of the students about STEM and astronomy has helped them plan for their future studies and careers. Students are thinking objectively by looking at challenges in a different way and connecting learning through subjects and disciplines. The professional capacity of teachers, collaboration between partners and schools were strongly enhanced. Partner schools conducted STEM education in a way that is efficiently tailored to the needs of students and their interests at school level. Students explored how science impacts us in our everyday lives, they have learned exciting space, math, technology and engineering worlds. Students were inspired to have a career in science, math and technology by joining the project activities at their school with teachers from different countries, and grow their innovative problem. Participants can discover realistic applications of robot and space science technologies. As a result of sharing expertise with their colleagues in European partner schools, teachers enhanced their professional growth. Exchange of good practices at European level and information sharing experience has introduce innovative pedagogical methods in the field of STEM&Astronomy for the participating teachers. Teaching performance in partner school’s science have improved with more qualified staff. Partner schools have developed a broader curriculum and more trained STEM&Astronomy field staff. The events at local schools will start with AstroStem Club. Each year local schools hosted typical STEM fairs and STEM career days. The STEM knowledge and skills of students and teachers have developed and will have influence for all also for the future. The project “Robots of the future” has successfully showed importance of meaningful use of technology and STEM for education and curriculum.