BOTSTEM _ Quality Management Evaluation
This deliverable describes the Quality Plan and Evaluation of the project BOTSTEM In a highly specialized and technologized world, critical and competent citizenship in science and technology is more needed…
O 2 final report BOTSTEM IO2v5
Virtual Learning Environments (VLE), also known as Learning Management Systems (LMS) are online platforms developed to support distance learning using the internet and internet connected devices. VLE platforms have been…
O3A1_report
STEM programmes are receiving increasing attention since they are considered efficient for developing scientific literacy for citizens and for increasing the number of young people choosing to study scientific-technological disciplines…
FINAL BOTSTEM_O1A1_report
This document contains a description and list of good practices that have been found. It is a Document of Work (DoW) that is jointly developed and shared, and it will…
BOTSTEM_Final Communication and dissemination report
The dissemination and communication report is based on the activities undertaken by the partners during the whole “BOTSTEM – roBOTics and STEM education for children and primary schools” project implementation.…
EXPLOITATION PLAN REPORT
The botSTEM project aims to develop new tools by means of inquiry teaching, open robotics and code-learning for enhancing current didactics of STEM subjects in the early education (4-7 years…
Toolkits
Robotics and Stem education for children and primary school download it here: Toolkit in English Hits: 44 Post Views: 133
Resources for conding activities at school
In computer language, “coding” means writing the sequence of instructions that must be executed by a computer. In the world of education, this concept is linked to that of computational…
A description of STEM practices designed to encourage scientific vocations
STEM programmes are receiving increasing attention since they are considered efficient for developing scientific literacy for citizens and for increasing the number of young people choosing to study scientific-technological disciplines…
BotSTEM Social Impact Analysis
An impact model and a theory of change were provided, focused on kids, as end-users, reached through the service-users, who are teachers. Thus, the impact on school-aged children was assessed…
New report: Recommendations for stakeholders
In this last stage of botSTEM project, we have carried out a review of all the intellectual outputs that we have developed during these two years. Two years that have…
Research report: Preschool Teachers’ Role in Establishing Joint Action During Children’s Free Inquiry in STEM.
Preschool Teachers’ Role in Establishing Joint Action During Children’s Free Inquiry in STEM. Marie Fridberg and Andreas Redfors. An article about preschool teachers’ didactic strategies when working with digital and…
Entradas y salidas digitales y analógicas en microcontroladores / Digital and analog inputs and outputs on microcontrollers
Español Como se comentó en una entrada anterior del Blog (¿Qué son los dispositivos progrmables?) los microcontroladores se llaman también sistemas empotrados o embebidos, porque están contenidos en el dispositivo…
BOTSTEM first Multiplier Event in Verona
“Free and mindful opportunities in schools to change the Future” Verona 30th March 2019 The first botSTEM multiplier event has been organized in Verona (Italy) by Polo Europeo della Conoscenza…
Evaluating the Social Impact of early-STEM education and innovative technologies
Our partner Kveloce I+D+i is conducting the baseline for evaluating the social impact assessment in the BOSTSTEM project. This evaluation aims at enlightening is our project can change attitudes, perceptions…
Botstem.org: an Online Community of Practice
One of the aims of BOTSTEM is to create an online community of practice for teachers interested in implementing STEM activities in their teaching. The botstem.org platform is based on…
The botSTEM Game
The BotSTEM partners have created a new game called THE BOTSTEM GAME in 5 languages (English, Spanish, Swedish, Greek and Italian) for teachers to facilitate the introduction of STEM (Science,…
The joy of creating your own command
Modification of the Toolkit activity ”Children programming each other as bluebots” As a result of teachers trying out the different activities in the botSTEM toolkit, the practices are modified and…
BOTSTEM travels around the world
During 2019 botSTEM Project has been introduced at different conferences in order to make the project objectives, contents and actions developed till now, known worldwide This action of dissemination let…
¿Qué son los dispositivos programables? / What are programmable devices?
Español En los últimos tiempos se ha extendido el aprendizaje de la programación de dispositivos programables en niveles educativos cada vez más tempranos. Muchas veces estos dispositivos son utilizados, pero…
El Robot como recurso didáctico
La robótica es cada vez más parte de nuestra vida, sobre todo en las aulas, donde desde hace ya algunos años la utilizan para trabajar contenidos curriculares. Pero este trabajo…
Verona Botstem Multiplier event
On 30th. of March 2019 in and extraordinary international multiplier event of www.botstem.eu project took place Video of the morning conference Opening event – Main Hall Moderator: Prof Donato de…
II Congreso Nacional de Scientix. II National Congress of Scientix
Español El fin de semana del 2 y 3 de febrero se celebró en Madrid el II Congreso Nacional de Scientix. Este evento fue organizado por INTEF y la Fundación…
Estereotipos de género en los niños y niñas. Gender stereotypes in children
http://science.sciencemag.org/content/355/6323/389 Español Uno de los objetivos del proyecto BotStem es superar los prejuicios que las niñas y niños asumen durante su infancia y liderar una intervención STEM con enfoque de…
¿Qué es “Inquiry-based learning” o aprendizaje reflexivo?
El aprendizaje reflexivo o por indagación, muy a menudo expresado en inglés americano como “inquiry-based learning” – es la base de nuestro proyecto, BOTSTEM. Se trata de una metodología activa…
BotSTEM develops an online platform
After a year of successful collaboration, the partners of botSTEM project have managed to complete the first intellectual output of the project. IO1 is an online toolkit that contains good…
Robotics for inclusion
“What the students desire the most is to have value, to belong to their class, to give their contribution” (R. Dreikurs) The students with difficulties or special needs are…
The Kristianstad meeting – Sep 2018
A year after the kick-of meeting in Burgos, Spain, time had come for the second meeting, this time in Kristianstad, Sweden. Project partners from Spain, Cyprus and Italy joined their…
Introduce in your classroom Robotics and Programming with STEM disciplines in a fun and innovative way! New Free Toolkit for primary teachers
Teachers have long tried to introduce new strategies in the classrooms to get primary students excited about STEM subjects. Sometimes this task is time-consuming and does not reach all the…
Presentation of botSTEM to the education community in 2018
Throughout 2018 botSTEM Project has been introduced to the education community at different congresses internationally as well as in Europe. Firstly, it is worth stressing the presentation of a poster…
The Hourglass Race
Educational goals: Learning about the world using various technical objects in functional situations. Hits: 898 Post Views: 7,366
The colours
In Kindergarten, colour work is part of a larger study of light and its effects on the surfaces or materials it enlightens and it is a special theme for linking…
Microplastics: small but deadly
This is a practical activity that introduces students to microplastics, tiny plastic particles, and their impact on the marine environment. Hits: 486 Post Views: 6,940
Bluebots on math and ABC-rugs
The school subjects involved in this activity are Mathematics and language but also social aspects of the preschool curriculum, through group activities and collaboration. Hits: 473 Post Views: 7,673
Using the Bluebot as a link in natural science
Educational goals: knowledge in sequential thinking, programming and science, through linking different aspects of a phenomenon together. Hits: 374 Post Views: 6,815
Building with stones
This activity should lead children to have other perspective of their home by apprehending it as a technical object. For it, different activities will lead them to familiarize with materials…
Joint through technology
The project “Joint Through Technology” was funded from Google RISE Awards after a successful proposal by mathisis.org team. The aim of the project was to bring together kids from 5-15…
Robotics in the classroom: play to learn
botSTEM appears in national media, Diario ABC, Spain A European program led by the University of Burgos (UBU) encourages the use of robots in children to boost skills in Science,…
The sounds
In this activity the children write a play and musicalize it by creating musical ambiances with various sound bodies. Hits: 475 Post Views: 7,190
The vegetal biodiversity
In this activity the students observe trees in a forest to make sketches and then visit a botany garden for making a digital herbarium. Hits: 484 Post Views: 7,079
Learn Coding – Be a superhero
This activity will promote coding skills and cultivate critical and creative thinking through coding activities. Hits: 514 Post Views: 6,880
Beat the Flood
This challenge is designed to help pupils tackle a pressing global issue from a variety of perspectives. Hits: 438 Post Views: 7,117
Planting ideas: climate-change activities for primary school
This activity puts children in a real-life situation that will help them develop skills to discuss complex problems, examine pros and cons and make decisions. Hits: 420 Post Views: 6,661
Children programming each other as bluebots in primary school
Educational goals: knowledge of sequential thinking and programming, through the children experiencing physically with their bodies. Hits: 433 Post Views: 6,311
Erasmus exchange shows how robots can help STEM teaching
botSTEM appears in the news of HKR University – Text in Swedish and photos: Fabian Rimfors How can robots help children learn Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)? The European…
The wind
This sequence is extracted from the preliminary version of a book written by teachers participating in the Chinese Learning by Doing program as part of a cooperation established with La…