This document summarizes an ongoing international collaboration between 6 countries on strengthening European cultural heritage through STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and math). The main aim of the project is to use STEAM approaches to promote both tangible and intangible cultural heritage and engage students. It involves a cross-curricular methodology integrating STEM subjects, creativity from the arts, social sciences, and an international Erasmus+ project framework. Each participating country focuses on a different STEAM aspect related to their cultural heritage. The expected results are including more STEAM activities in school curricula, increasing student and teacher involvement in European projects, and strengthening connections between schools and families through heritage projects.

1. Strengthening European Cultural
Heritage
through STEAM
Chrysoula Nenou, Teacher of
English
Lazaros Moysiadis, Teacher of
Greek

2. International collaboration on
STEAM
The practice is one of the preliminary results of an
ongoing international collaboration of 6 countries,
Greece, Cyprus, Spain, Portugal, Croatia and
Poland, based on an Erasmus+KA229 project
entitled “STEAM Strengthens European Cultural
Heritage” as well as its corresponding eTwinning
project.

3. Main aim
The main aim of the project is to use each
element of STEAM so as to promote
cultural heritage, both tangible and
intangible, and consequently affiliate
students with STEAM applications and
also raise pupils’ awareness about their
own heritage as well as discover the
cultural heritage of the other European
countries.

4. Description of the Practice
STEAM strengthens European Cultural Heritage
is an educational practice which involves a cross
curricular methodology that includes:
 the scientific-technological-mathematical background of the
STEM subjects
 the creativity added by Art to expand it to STEAM
 the
Social Sciences environment provided by the historical heritage
 the international scenario of an Erasmus+ and
 a corresponding eTwinning project

5. Transversal Methodologies
All these contents are cooperatively studied and
the English language is learnt in real situations.
The partner schools of
the project share common
necessities
in order to turn their pupils to the real
world with transversal methodologies rather than
individual subjects.

6. Portugal
During the virtual meeting in Portugal
(February 2021) students learnt about Microbit
coding and attended a 3D printing workshop.

7. Greece
During the virtual meeting in Thessaloniki (April 2021),
students focused on the use of an orienteering application
in order to explore the European Cultural Heritage as well
as on the Art of Debating to promote their active
citizenship.

8. Each country focuses on a different
aspect of STEAM
 Croatia will focus on digital mapping, digital poster
s as well as photo editing.
 Spain will involve students in activities with the use
of
videos, infographics and digital tourist magazines.
 Cyprus will refer to the digitalization of cultural heri
tage and blend intangible cultural heritage with art.
 Poland will explore the use of Audacity,
the visualization of
music with the means of graphic

9. Educational material/resources
accompanying the practice

10. Expected Results
 the inclusion of curricular STEAM activities in
the Educational Project of the partner schools
 the increasing number of students and
teachers involved in European projects
 a better cohesion between the school and the
families due to the positive rating of these
experiences and a raising interest for the
heritage sites.

11. Chrysoula Nenou
Lazaros Moysiadis
Thank you for your attention!