Visibility of eTwinning Projects Groups July 2019 Newsletter Newsletter 9 | Page 126

Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2019 Newsletter
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how all countries speak the same scientific
language. All of us were very hopeful and confident
that this project will help us all to grow interest in
learners in the STEAM fields. We improved existing
knowledge and skills as well as acquired new ones.
As students were hosted by partner students’
families, we promoted cross-cultural tolerance and
developed their personal and social skills, along
with the English language use in everyday
situations, but also in a scientific environment. The
interaction between students started at the
beginning of the project, when the logo of the
project was chosen from a large number of designs
made by all students involved.
The first three transnational meetings were in
Mersin, Turkey, January 2019 - focus on
Engineering and Ecology; in Stockholm, Sweden,
April 2019 - focus on Robotics and Technology; in
Dublin, Ireland - focus on Basic Science and
Physics.
A usual day of a meeting will be full of challenges
for our students, developing also their creativity,
critical thinking and team work. Just a few
challenges they had to solve:
“Shelter” challenge - create a shelter for
immigrants or homeless people, using geometrical
shapes. Calculating area, volume, choosing suitable
materials for a better price/ quality ratio - Sweden
meeting.
“Bridges” challenge - create a bridge that can be
strong and wide enough, cheap and also aesthetic,
choosing suitable materials and creating designs as
a team, and then building it - Ireland meeting.
All activities were then presented and replicated in
our school conditions, so as many students as
possible could benefit from the experience of those
participating in the mobilities. They were mentors
for their colleagues, a role they have taken very
seriously. We are now looking forward to welcoming
our partners in Romania, in September 2019. Our
meeting focus will be on Renewable energy sources
and Recycling and we are preparing interesting
challenges for our partners, too.
Within the scope of the project, scientific fairs and
festivals were also organized; so that the project to
be known by more people and the parents also
realize the importance of the STEAM education. This
way it will be ensured that society's educational
perspective and innovative practices and creativity
in the 21st century education system are realized
with our project. We are on our way to become
great STEAM ambassadors!
“Save the pelicans” - create a transport device to
protect pelicans’ eggs on their way to a lab. It
should be cost efficient, but also very resistant in
case of any accidents and provide good conditions
for the eggs to arrive safely to their destination -
Turkey meeting.
Cristina Nicolăiță works at “Gh. Magheru” School in
Caracal, Romania. She is a Physics and IT teacher, an
eTwinning & Scientix ambassador, a Microsoft Innovative
Educator Expert, a teacher trainer, an SEG-TA course
facilitator, an INDUCAS community animator and an
Erasmus+ projects coordinator.
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