The document describes the STEM4youth EU project, which aims to promote STEM education for youth through interactive courses on key scientific challenges. The project will develop multidisciplinary educational materials and tools centered around mathematics, physics, astronomy, chemistry, engineering and medicine. It will also pilot citizen science projects in schools to involve students in scientific research. The 30-month project involves 10 partners from different European countries and is divided into 10 work packages, including developing content, testing activities, and assessing recommendations.

1. STEM4youth
EU
project
or
when
research
is
done
with
schools
Josep
Perelló,
Isabelle
Bonhoure
Josep.perello@ub.edu
@JosPerello
@OpenSystemsUB
/
@CLabBarcelona
2nd
Annual
Workshop
on
Complex
Sociotechnical
Systems,
Valencia,
June
09
2016

2. Outline
PromoIon
of
STEM
educaIon
by
key
scienIfic
challenges
and
their
impact
on
our
life
and
career
perspecIves
Research
and
InnovaIon
AcIon.
SEAC-­‐1-­‐2015:
InnovaIve
30
months.
StarIng
date:
30
May
2016
2

3. Outline
Fixed
EC
keywords:
Open
access,
Science
educaIon,
Science
communicaIon
Free
keywords:
Learning
by
experiments,
ciIzen
science
experiments,
Inquiry
based
learning,
InteracIve
science
story,
Engineering
learning
process,
Hand-­‐
on
acIviIes
in
science
learning
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4. Abstract
STEM4you(th)
seeks
to
produce
a
comprehensive,
mulIdisciplinary
series
of
courses
presenIng
key
STEM
discipline
challenges
to
support
young
people,
primarily
high
school
students
aged
14-­‐19,
formal
and
informal
educaIon.
The
content
will
be
organized
around:
MathemaIcs,
Physics,
Astronomy,
Chemistry,
Engineering
and
Medicine.
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5. Abstract
The
scope
and
tangible
results
are:
1. A
mulIdisciplinary
guide
developed
for
different
exploitaIon
channels
2. Methodologies
and
tools
tailored
to
present
the
scienIfic
challenges
in
an
a`racIve
way
(learning
by
experiment,
gamin,
ciIzen
science
at
schools)
3. RecommendaIons
on
STEM
learning
best
pracIces
and
formal
school
curricula
(input
to
the
EU
policy)
5

6. Partners
Ins@tu@ons
Country
1
POLITECHNIKA
WARSZAWSKA
(WUT)
Poland
2
IDRYMA
EVGENIDOU
(EF)
Greece
3
INSTITUT
JOZEF
STEFAN
(JSI)
Slovenia
4
FONDAZIONE
UMBERTO
VERONESI
(FUV)
Italy
5
RESEARCH
PATHS-­‐ETAIREIA
EREYNAS
Greece
6
VYSOKA
SKOLA
BANSKA-­‐TECHNICKA
UNIVERZITA
OSTRAVA
Czech
Republic
7
UNIVERSITAT
DE
BARCELONA
(UB)
Spain
8
UNIVERSIDAD
DE
CANTABRIA
(UC)
Spain
9
OPEN
EVIDENCE
(OE)
Spain
10
INSTITUT
ZA
RAZVOJNE
IN
STRATESKE
ANALIZE
ZAVOD
(IRSA)
Slovenia
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7. Workpackages
#
Title
Leader
1
Ethics
requirements
WUT
2
Economic
and
societal
dimension
of
science
and
technology
OE
3
Research
of
learning
methodologies
and
educaIonal
tools
UB
4
CiIzen
Science
at
School
UB
5
Content
creaIon,
tools
and
learning
methodology
development
VSB
6
Open
Learning
Content
Management
System
WUT
7
Trial
and
outreach
acIviIes
JSI
8
Assessment
and
recommendaIons
UC
9
DisseminaIon,
exploitaIon
and
IPR
management
FUV
10
Management
WUT
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8. WP3
CiIzen
Science
at
School
The
general
objecIve
of
this
WP
is
to
pilot
the
introducIon
of
CiIzen
Science
concepts
and
methodologies
at
school,
as
a
complementary
method
to
the
producIon
of
new
contents.
ParIcipatory
pilot
research
projects
will
be
built
together
with
school
boys
and
girls
on:
human
mobility
and
decision
making.
The
research
approach
will
involve
young
boys
and
girls
in
all
the
steps
of
a
research
project:
1. the
original
idea,
the
design
of
the
experiment,
2. the
preparaIon
and
logisIcs
of
the
experiment,
3. the
experiment
itself,
4. the
treatment
of
the
data
and
the
model/conclusions
drawing.
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9. 9

10. Tasks
1. Small
scale
working
groups
–
hybrid
forums
2. CiIzen
Science
Pilots:
3
schools
in
Barcelona
and
sorroundings
3. ReplicaIon
in
Greece
and
Poland
4. GeneraIon
of
new
scienIfic
knowledge
(and
papers)
5. Inputs
for
educaIonal
material
creaIon
and
pilots
upscaling
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11. Our
experIse
11

12. Our
experIse
Recercaixa
project
«Ciència
ciutadana:
educació
i
recerca»
has
studied
the
impact
of
ciIzen
science.
h`ps://cciutadana.wordpress.com
• 11
schools
• 567
kids
(11-­‐15
yo)
• 16
teachers
• 5
different
ciIzen
science
projects
• Around
20
researchers
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13. PhD
opportunity
• Research
using
parIcipatory
pracIces
and
running
physically
embedded
collecIve
experiments
on
human
mobility
and/or
human
decision
making
with
experiments
situated
in
real-­‐world
but
controlled
scenarios.
• DuraIon:
3
years.
Envisaged
Job
StarIng
Date:
01/09/2016
• ApplicaIon
Deadline:
1st
of
July
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14. Contact:
Josep.perello@ub.edu
@JosPerello
@OpenSystemsUB