Objectives
Strengthen in the partner regions (Sicily, Campania, Lombardy and Piedmont) the competences and aspirations of children through the acquisition of cognitive and non-cognitive skills
Activities
- Co-planning and training workshop for sharing and using an innovative educational methodology for teaching and learning STEMs and sharing of experiences.
- Preparation of local facilities called STEM*Labs, multi-functional spaces capable of hosting educational activities, laboratories and events
- Prototyping of STEM*Labs: testing of educational programs based on the input received from the co-design process
- Consolidation of the STEM*Labs: adjustment, programming and management of the activities of the labs and experimentation of transdisciplinary paths
- Sustainability tests, including training on fund raising activities, sponsor research and participation in calls for national and European funding, meetings with potential public and private supporters
- Empowerment of families: programming aimed at students’ families to extend the empowerment pathway initiated by the project to the entire family unit
Resources
- Realization of a “HOW TO build a STEMLab” online toolkit (https://padlet.com/comunicazionestemlab/howto);
- STEMLab webinar series: work in progress for an educating community (https://cesie.org/scuola/stemlab-lavori-in-corso-comunita-educante/);
- Prototyping and dissemination of a replicable model of STEMLab;
- Activation of supplementary services inside and outside the schools through the enhancement of the schools and of learning spaces;
- Integration and expansion of a networking among the actors of the educational system;
- Strengthening of the educating community through the expansion of the local network and educational community activities in the schools involved;
- STEM activities to empower the families of students;
Partners
Coordinator: Kairos scs, Torino
Partner for Sicily:
- CESIE, Palermo
- Istituto Comprensivo Statale Rita Borsellino, Palermo
- Istituto Comprensivo Statale Archimede – La Fata, Partinico (PA)
- Liceo Scientifico Statale Santi Savarino, Partinico (PA)
- PALERMOSCIENZA, Palermo
- ScientificaMente, Terrasini (PA)
- Museo dei Bambini Società Cooperativa Sociale Onlus, Roma
- Centro Internazionale delle Culture Ubuntu, Palermo
- Associazione Officina Creativa interculturale, Palermo
- Associazione Culturale Kaleidos Cultura e Natura, San Cipirello (PA)
