The Code of Success: STEM

"The Code of Success: STEM" is an Erasmus+ School Education Accreditation project aimed at integrating interdisciplinary STEM practices, environmental sustainability, and European educational standards into the local middle school curriculum.

Basic information

Research information

Teacher information

Description

The project focuses on real-world engineering challenges, project-based learning (PBL), and hands-on activities (such as biomimicry, structural engineering, and STEM escape rooms) without relying heavily on digital tools. Key activities include student group mobilities and teacher job-shadowing programs at Goethe-Realschule Plus in Koblenz, Germany. The ultimate goal is to foster students' analytical thinking, cross-cultural communication, and problem-solving skills while enhancing teachers' pedagogical competencies in STEM education.

 

Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the Turkish National Agency. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.

Basic information

Coordinator

Samiye Naim Eğitim Vakfı Ortaokulu, https://stemsnevo.weebly.com/​​​​​​​ 

Partners

Goethe-Realschule Plus , https://goethe-realschule.plus/​​​​​​​ 

Programme

Erasmus+ (programme-erasmus-plus)

Project Acronym

Target groups

general public, parents, researchers, secondary school students, teachers

Topic

Applied sciences, Biology, Engineering, Environmental sciences, Maths, Optics, Physics, Education

Start year

2026

End year

2027

Url

https://stemsnevo.weebly.com/

Contact person

SATI AYDEMİR, satiaydemir@gmail.com

Our research focuses on what happens when middle school students step away from screens and build STEM projects with their own hands. We are observing how low-tech engineering tasks—like designing geodesic domes or solving physical escape rooms—change the way 10-14 year olds think, solve problems, and communicate, especially during our Erasmus+ mobility in Germany. On the teacherside, we are conducting job-shadowing at Goethe-Realschule Plus to compare classroom management and STEM teaching methods between Turkey and Germany. Our final reports will share practical, teacher-tested lesson plans and observation notes. The goal is to give other educational researchers real, working examples of how to integrate sustainability and hands-on science into daily classes without needing expensive digital tools. 

Papers

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This project provides practical, ready-to-use lesson plans for teachers who want to do hands-on STEM without relying on digital Web 2.0 tools. We know how challenging it can be to keep middle school students engaged, so our materials focus entirely on physical, real-world tasks.

Our shared resources include:

• Step-by-step guides to set up an interdisciplinary "STEM Escape Room" in your classroom using simple lasers, mirrors, and origami.
• Instruction sheets for our "Let the Parachutes Open" engineering challenge, where students use everyday materials to test air resistance and gravity.
• Guidelines and rubrics for organizing a low-budget, school-wide STEM building competition.
• Practical job-shadowing observation checklists for Science and Maths classes, created for our Erasmus+ mobility in Germany.

All our materials are designed to be easily adaptable, using cheap and accessible everyday items rather than expensive tech.

Teaching materials

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