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We are approaching the ending of  STEM4youth project, and we would like to celebrate with a great closing event in Milan!

We are pleased to invite you to the STEM4youth Final Conference – an international meeting organized to present STEM4youth work and results, with panels, guests from STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) education and job market, as well as practical workshops and many more.

The event will take place on 11^th October 2018 in Milan, in the Napoleonic Hall of the University of Milan.

During the STEM4youth Final Conference we will present the two-year project results, as well as a future roadmap with recommendations for the uptake of the best STEM learning practices by local, national and Europe-wide education systems.  Distinguished scientists, EU policy makers, school editors, science professionals and teachers from all over Europe will take part in STEM4youth Final Conference, to discuss recent trends and future directions for STEM education.

At the end of the event, you will receive a certificate of participation.

Are you a teacher, a science professional or an educator involved in STEM education?

We are waiting for you!

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Also, you can attend two different afternoon workshops based on STEM4youth modules – that will allow you to have a guided experience on the disciplines of Engineering and Medicine.

Would you like to know more and join?

Sign up now, places are limitated!

The STEM4youth Open Student Competition is over!

The student contest launched on January the 15th 2018 attracted interest of students and teachers from a few European countries! In total, 14 student teams had submitted their projects (one project was rejected due to formal issues). 13 projects were evaluated in the 2 stage process by an international Jury composed of four STEM experts and science promotors:

• MSc. Eliana Camacho
• Prof. María Dolores Lozano Pérez
• Dr. Dimitrios Velessiotis
• M.Sc. Eng. Dariusz Aksamit

Thanks everyone to your warm participation!

We have got many nice projects of student teams and had hard time to choose only the best six of them. Those six teams will be interviewed during next week and only three will be chosen to win the main prize of the Competition – the trip to European Facility of Nuclear Research (CERN).

One additional team will join those three and it is you to decide which one! Visit our voting page (https://olcms.stem4youth.pl/competition/vote/2), take a look at the project summaries and vote for the teams you think are the best. You can vote once per day.

The voting closes on April 26th at 5:00pm (CEST).

As a part of the STEM4youth student competition, STEM4youth will shortly organize 4 on-line coaching sessions (one for each competition topic). These online sessions will be chaired by the authors of the problems, and will be primarily dedicated for the students and teachers who have already worked on appropriate topics.

During each (appx. 45-60 min.) session, STEM authors will answer both students and teachers questions, as well as doubts about evaluation criteria and further problems details. If you cannot joint sessions, short summaries will be published on OLCMS platform and as update at the end of this webpage – available after the online events.

The coaching sessions schedule:

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How to join

Participants will join sessions using teleconference Vidyo software.

To participate in the sessions, you need first to install a Vidyo client on your desktop or mobile device. You will find below an easy two-step installation guideline.

STEP 1: DOWNLOAD

• Vidyo desktop version is available for download under:

http://information-technology.web.cern.ch/services/fe/downloads/Vidyo

• Vidyo Android application  is available on Google Play Store as “VidyoMobile”

During installation as Vidyo portal name please enter:  “vidyoportal.cern.ch”.

At this point, please do not login. You will find detailed information below in order to test your access. Participation in the sessions do not require prior registration.

STEP 2: SESSION LINK

When you have installed Vidyo software, you only have to access to the online session following our session link:

https://vidyoportal.cern.ch/join/BmSdPQziCg

We would also strongly encourage you to test the Vidyo access earlier (once again, log into session link), using one of the proposed date:

• Monday, March the 19^th from 5:00-6:00 PM (CET)
• Tuesday, March the 20^th from 5:00-6:00 PM (CET)

For any further infomation, please look at the following contacts:

Dr. Mirosław Brzozowy

STEM4youth technical Manager

Faculty of Physics; Warsaw University of Technology

Koszykowa 75; 00-662 Warsaw (Poland)

e-mail: contact@stem4youth.pl

STEM4youth invites students and their teachers from high schools across Europe to join the STEM4youth Competition, showing your creativity and your problem-solving ability to work on one of our multidisciplinary problems.

A two-day get together opened up the project and its work plan among partners and the funding authority of STEMFORYOUTH, the European Commission.

Secure your spot at one the most buzzing events on education of all Europe. This year’s theme is ‘Imagine…’.