HOLOMAKERS - Motivating secondary school students towards STEM careers through hologram making and innovative virtual image processing practices with direct links to current research and laboratory practices

Share this project

The Holomakers project aimed at inspiring secondary school students (aged 14-17) in making STEM fields a career choice by introducing them to the magic world of hologram making and virtual image processing and design. In addition, the project focused on teachers’ professional development and skill-building through a number of teacher training sessions that span the project implementation period.

The objectives for the project were to:

  • design and model an active, learner-centred teaching approach for engaging secondary school students into STEAM-related projects through holography
  • encourage integration of Art + Design in STEM and combine disciplines which have been isolated from one another under the traditional educational model
  • motivate and enhance secondary school students’ interest in STEAM-related disciplines and careers by engaging them in creative and hands-on learning experiences in holography
  • enable the making of holograms outside scientific labs in makeshift locations such as school classrooms or any other educational sites
  • enact activities and workshops that promote the professional development of teachers in STEAM teaching
  • create OERs that will support school community members to apply the Holomakers learning intervention
  • build synergies among schools, academia, research and innovation groups towards creative and meaningful engagement in STEAM education

An innovative aspect of the project was the development of the portable holography kits that can be used for hologram making in the classroom by the students and for outreach purposes, during school events, science festivals and teacher training workshops. The portable holography kits were used along with the Open Educational Resources that were developed in the context of the project.

Pilot studies with secondary school students were carried out in Poland, Greece, Italy and Spain.

 

If you know of European or national project in STEM education, please let us know. 

Submit project

 


Read more on what Scientix offers to science education projects


For project managers:

connect with Scientix!


For project managers:

Request support for your project from Scientix Teacher Ambassadors!