The project “Volunteens Researchers in…STEMLand” aimed to introduce STEM activities in the educational praxis by enhancing learning via Science, Technology, Mathematics and Engineering (STEM) without theories and unnecessary terminology, and through analytical and problem-solving methods. At the same time, this project enabled the development of innovation skills, algorithmic & programming standards and team spirit demonstration. In parallel with language skills development, participants researched how STEM implementation may help everyday life and discovered how they can support in volunteering based actions. Teens as Researchers observed, designed and delivered questionnaires related to issues of the project and took interviews in order to triangulate the results of their research and evaluate their process. The eTwinning Project Volunteens Researchers’ in STEMLand is a project that is built around STEM topics

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Etwinning Project: Volunteens Researchers in STEMLand
by Eleni Rossiou, M.Sc., M.Ed., M.A., Ph.D
ICT and Maths Teacher in Experimental School of the University of Thessaloniki, Greece
eTwinning Ambassador, Scientix Ambassador, T4E Ambassador

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The term STEM ( Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics is an
acronym that is used mainly with fields related to Science, Technology,
Engineering and Mathematics. All European countries focus on developing
technologically, trying to embed STEM method in education. Since 2009, the
European Schoolnet Network, (authorities in Brussels) focus on this direction so
as the schools to start developing (in pilot) new educational activities of learning
and technology in the class via researching the exploitation of new pedagogical
tools for STEM teaching. The STEM method provides opportunities for skills-
development by encouraging students to answer in questions and get involved in
game-based activities related to Science, Mathematics, Engineering and
Technology.
The project “Volunteens Researchers in…STEMLand” aimed to introduce STEM
activities in the educational praxis by enhancing learning via Science, Technology,
Mathematics and Engineering (STEM) without theories and unnecessary
terminology, and through analytical and problem-solving methods. At the same
time, this project enabled the development of innovation skills, algorithmic &
programming standards and team spirit demonstration. In parallel with language
skills development, participants researched how STEM implementation may help
everyday life and discovered how they can support in volunteering based actions.
Teens as Researchers observed, designed and delivered questionnaires related to
issues of the project and took interviews in order to triangulate the results of
their research and evaluate their process.
The eTwinning Project Volunteens Researchers’ in STEMLand is a project that is
built around STEM topics and we were invited to share our experience (and
expertise) by writing (short) articles in English about our work within eTwinning. A
newsletter has been published (STEMLand project is in page 43)
https://view.joomag.com/visibility-of-etwinning-projects-group-newsletter-8-
visibility-of-etwinning-projects-newsletter-8/0711269001533315837

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Founders of the project:
Elei Rossiou, ICT & Maths Teacher
Peiramatiko Scholeio Panepistimiou
Thessalonikis, Greece Experimental School of the Aristotle University
of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, GREECE
Greek Peadagocial Team:
Eleni Petridou, Sapfo Fotiadou, Alexandra Mauridou, Nikolaos Michailidis
Rosario Giovani Scalia,
ISIS "M. Rapisardi", Catania, Sicily, ITALY
Sicilian Pedagogical team: Angelita Alba
PARTNERS SCHOOLs
IISS PERTINI ANELLI,
Bari, ITALY
BAŞKENT ÜNİVERSİTESİ
ÖZEL BAŞKENT LİSESİ,
Adana,TURKEY
2nd Lyceum School of
Chania, Greece
Teachers
Tiziana Panaro, Teacher
of english (Coordinator)
and
Agata Brescia
Berna Mansuroglou,
teacher of English
(Coordinator)
Eleni Menioudaki,
Teacher of ICT
(Coordinator)
Access to twinspace: https://twinspace.etwinning.net/57835/home
username: stemland2018.volunteens password: volunteens2018

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Volunteens Researchers in…STEMLand is an eTwinning Project with
which we have managed, with collaborative STEM activities, our students to be
able to: a) build problem solving skills b) discover how things work, c) explore
engineering as a career option d) learn math and sciences while having fun
e)engage in real world engineering problems. Digital teens researched how STEM
implementation may help everyday life and discovered how they can support in
volunteering based actions.
The STEMLand project achieved to promote participants to discover, investigate,
research, evaluate, become aware on environmental issues, develop their skills on
linguacy, economy, technology, collaboration, socialization and increase their
creativity and fantasy by creating artifacts.
Partner schools created national groups according to De Bono 6 Thinking Hats and
focused on STEM issues according to their choice. Transnational Groups, with ICT
as supporter, shared material, compared, recorded cultural differences and co-
produced digital artifacts. The Calendar of activities in the six months period of
the eTwinning STEMLand project included:
i) Educational contract of Students’ National Groups and
Trasnational Teachers’ group
ii) To Know us better as teams, as schools, as cities, as
countries/teleconference and educational contract between
transnational groups,
iii) Research STEM issues per Group, negotiate, vote, decide and
logo competition
iv) TAKE ACTION plan, create, Implement and share (formative
evaluation)
v) TAKE ACTION and SHARE vi) Preparing the final Product, Project
Dissemination (summative evaluation).
After research in STEMLand students focused on the four issues of the project.

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In the issue of Science students engaged in embodied learning activities, intended
to promote and externalize conceptual understanding in science.
So, they described any physical idea / phenomenon / theory using their bodies
and chose to start with the physical states of matter.
They presented depicted solids, liquids and gases through dancing and
particularly in Greece they participated in the National Competition “Physics in
Arts” and they were awarded with the first prize.
Science festival in Turkey
https://youtu.be/lJZEzKUbKxg STEMLand
Volunteens researchers present solids, liquids & gases
in a National Competion

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In the issue of Technology participants implemented
activities on SaferInternet and they created comics for
giving advices to kids, teens, teachers and parents
about how they should behave to be safe in web and
protect themselves. The Greek School was awarded
with the silver label of the eSafety project. Also, they
navigated themselves to Foretell in which they played
and learned the need to promote a culture of safety in Europe against natural
calamities, such as floods and fires.
Volunteens Researchers
in…STEMLand
participated in
DOPOUT – Social
Network and Peer
education against
doping.
Volunteens as digital
natives they are
familiarized with Social
Media
(https://www.facebook.
com/DopOut.eu/).
Volunteens tried to discover the Social media effect on dopping in the context of
the Dopout project and shared their research results to their partners. They have
prepared research reports on What is the affect of Social Media on Teenagers’
dopping? Is there academic dopping?
Also, they organised slowbiking event against dopping in the centre of the city
http://webtv.ert.gr/ert3/reportaz/mathitiki-ekdilosi-kata-ton-anavolikon-sti-
thessaloniki

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In Engineering issue all partners were informed end expressed what Scientix is
(https://padlet.com/volunteens2014/stemland4STEM). Collaboration was
achieved after uploading ppts or one short video, with comments on which part
they think is interesting. They also did scratch for arduino with gigo s4
programming bricks (https://padlet.com/volunteens2014/volunteens2018s4a
and http://www.s4a.cat).

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Also, the the Greek school was selected to be one of the five schools in Greece
which will implement Umi-Sci-Ed (http://umi-sci-ed.eu/) as a pilot
implementation and they shared their experience. Furthermore, a week summer
school was organised in the School for UMI technologies.
In Mathematics issue
Volunteens were able to get an
insight into geometry, calculus,
analysis and logic while observing
changes over a period of time, e.g.
changes in the currency values , the
inflation rates, or company profits. While discussing about a pie chart created by
themselves, they learned at a glance how a total amount is divided up such as a
budget, their expenses etc.
Parabola:
https://youtu.be/0-1VPJW8DZw