Blooming the future of STEAM
Promoting inclusion and diversity in STEAM for a sustainable future
Blooming STEAM toolkit
The goal of WP2 is to develop the Blooming toolkit that will include resources that highlight the importance of inclusion in STEM for a sustainable future:
- Create Stories of STEAM women of the past.
- Create a repository of STEM scientific articles written by leading women.
- Create guidelines for teachers on how to promote inclusion in a STEAM.
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How to promote inclusion in STEAM
Empathy Map Guidelines (Teachers, Students)
State of diversity and inclusion in STEM in each partner country
Blooming Storybook
WP3 aims to create a collection of stories -The Blooming story book that will tell stories of women working in STEAM fields today in different cultural settings around Europe and address the importance of inclusion and sustainability in STEAM.
- Tell the stories of modern STEM women using storytelling methodology and spark young learners ( 14 and above ) interest in STEAM.
- Promote the use of inclusive teaching methodology in STEM classrooms by providing ready to use lesson plans.
- Raise awareness about the gender gap in STEM.
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Modern STEAM Women
Stories of modern STEAM women
SONIA NEGRAO (Biology)
PAULA CARROLL (Engineering)
ANCA DELIA JURCUT (Cybersecurity)
MIHAELA LASCU
(Biomedical engineering)
SIMONA POPA (Chemical Engineering)
ANTONELLA PIRROTTA
(Mathematics)
BARBARA BRANDOLINI (Mathematics)
ARTEMIS PROVOU
(Visual Arts Design)
CHRISSOTHEMIS KAMTSIORA (Engineering)
ELENI VALAVANI (Aeronautics)
ELISAVET KIOURTI
(Computer Science)
MARIA NERANTZAKI
(Chemistry)
NELI ARVANITOPOULOU (Architecture)
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Gender gap in STEAM
Blooming STEAM Training
WP4 aims to create and hold a face-to-face and online training programme for educators and graduate students in education, about the importance of promoting inclusion and diversity in a STEAM classroom.
- Create a training programme for educators on how to promote inclusion in the STEAM classroom
- Train educators to implement in their classrooms activities that promote inclusion and diversity and use the Blooming toolkit and Storybook
- Promote the Blooming toolkit and blooming storybook in order to raise awareness about the gender gap in STEAM and inspire young learners ( 14 and above) to pursue a STEAM .
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Training for Educators on how to promote inclusion in their classroom
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Teachers' Training
Information about the training in Palermo
"Science, for me, gives a partial explanation for life. In so far as it goes, it is based on fact, experience and experiment."
- Rosalind Franklin, chemist, molecular biologist, and one of the key figures behind unlocking the structure of human DNA
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This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication [communication] reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein. Project number: 2022-1-EL01-KA220-HED-000088745