Blooming the future of STEAM

Promoting inclusion and diversity in STEAM for a sustainable future

BLOOMING Teachers' Pilot: Step by Step Guide

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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STEAM Women from the Past

ADA LOVELACE (EN, GR, IT, RO)

HEDY LAMARR (EN, GR, IT, RO)

KATHERINE JOHNSON (EN, GR, IT, RO)

MARIA TELKES (EN, GR, IT, RO)

ROSALIND FRANKLIN (EN, GR, IT, RO)

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STEAM Scientific Articles

EN, GR, IT, RO

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Guidelines

Download BLOOMING Guidelines for teachers (English) Download BLOOMING Guidelines for teachers (Greek) Download BLOOMING Guidelines for teachers (Italian) Download BLOOMING Guidelines for teachers (Romanian)

How to promote inclusion in STEAM

Empathy Map Template (EN, GR, IT , RO)

Empathy Map Guidelines Teachers (EN, GR, IT, RO)

Empathy Map Guidelines Students (EN, GR, IT, RO)

State of diversity and inclusion in STEM in each partner country

National Reports (EN, GR, IT, RO)

Consolidated Report (EN, GR, IT, RO)

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.

Photo by The National Library of Medicine on Unsplash

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Modern STEAM Women

Stories of modern STEAM women

ELENI VALAVANI (Physics and Aeronautics)

NELI ARVANITOPOULOU (Architecture)

SONIA NEGRAO (Biology)

MIHAELA LASCU (Biomedical engineering)

SIMONA POPA (Chemical Engineering)

MARIA NERANTZAKI (Chemistry)

ANCA DELIA JURCUT (Cybersecurity)

ELISAVET KIOURTI (Digital Technologies for Society and Education)

CHRISSOTHEMIS KAMTSIORA (Engineering)

PAULA CARROLL (Engineering)

ANTONELLA PIRROTTA (Civil Engineering)

BARBARA BRANDOLINI (Mathematics)

ARTEMIS PROVOU (Visual Arts Design)

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Inclusive Lesson Plans

EN, GR, IT , RO

Promote the use of inclusive teaching methodology in STEM classrooms

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Gender gap in STEAM

Raise Awareness

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 .