STEMforYouth is a European educational project aimed at secondary school students and teachers, offering a series of “challenges” in 7 thematic areas: APPLIED ENGINEERING – MATHEMATICS – PHYSICS – ASTRONOMY – CHEMISTRY – MEDICINE - CIVIC EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS.
The “challenges” are instructional units/lessons and serve as a useful toolkit for teachers to present science and technology in an enjoyable and entertaining way in the classroom.
In this way, young people are introduced to STEM, develop their knowledge and skills, and receive guidance in choosing a field of study.
SEVEN LESSONS - CHALLENGES IN APPLIED ENGINEERING FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS.
The Eugenides Foundation, as a partner, has developed seven “challenges” in Applied Engineering, while one “challenge” in Applied Engineering has been developed by the Greenest Research Group of the Electrical Power Systems Laboratory (EES) of the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the National Technical University of Athens.
Teachers and students can choose one or more of the following “challenges” to implement in their classroom:
* Water rockets: How high can a water rocket model fly?
* Floating Bird Nests: Have you ever heard of floating bird nests?
* Electric Handheld Vacuum: Can dusting be fun?
* Hydraulic Arms: Lift a load using hydraulic arms!
* Hydrobot: Construction of an underwater robot.
* A robot that avoids obstacles in its environment.
* Solar Robot (B.E.A.M.): Build your own solar-powered robot that follows the sun!
Working in groups, students follow a 6-step process, using design principles and the working methodology of Applied Engineering, in order to solve a practical problem, such as building a hydraulic arm or a solar-powered robot (B.E.A.M.).
