Apart from the three main large objectives we clearly formulated in the description of our project (O1 - Developing key competences through STEAM activities for 100 students and 15 teachers by the end of the 24 months, O2 - Tackling learning disadvantage and early school leaving through inclusion for 30 students by the end of the project and O3 - Developing an eco-friendly behavior of 100 students and 30 teachers by the end of the project.), there were so many other things we wanted to achieve by implementing this project, such as: -giving our best students, who most often belong to quite disadvantaged families, the opportunity to thrive and show their talent at work in an international context which helped them understand the world better; -giving the teachers the chance to improve their methods and approaches which definitely needed an upgrade so as to integrate the most recent technologies which attract pupils so much and make our lives so much easier; -promoting school as one of the most important places where education is provided effectively and meaningfully to our pupils who will be our support later on in our lives. Nowhere can a teacher prove their irreplaceable role than in a modern fully equipped school.
We applied for this project because we understood how intermingled school subjects are getting nowadays given the infinite sources of information and the more various resources used in the process of teaching and learning. For us, interdisciplinarity makes learning more meaningful and more effective. And the STEAM approach seemed the most appropriate means to address our needs of developing key competences, of tackling learning disadvantage and early school leaving through inclusion and of developing an eco-friendly behaviour among pupils, teachers and parents alike. The reason we have also applied is because we wanted to share our ideas, LEGO and scientific-based experiments at a larger scale with other nations who have their own schemes and vision and so, together, make school education more appealing for our pupils and teachers. And, given the intrinsic aim of all the planned activities to promote more care for nature and immediate action from every single individual, this project seemed the perfect idea to make everything happen the way we wanted. Because, when people find a common goal, they will always make greater things together. And that is why we called it STEAM Team for Nature!