EcoStories: Bridging Borders through Citizen Science for Inclusive STEM and Environmental Action

EcoStories is an Erasmus+-funded cooperation partnership in school education that brings together secondary schools and research organisations from Cyprus, Greece, Croatia, and Germany to address a dual challenge: the social inclusion of migrant pupils and the development of science literacy in the face of climate change. Through structured Citizen Science (CS) activities, the project transforms secondary school classrooms into inclusive research communities where local and migrant students investigate real environmental issues together, generating new data while building intercultural understanding and STEM competences.
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Description

EcoStories empowers secondary school educators and students through inclusive, STEM-based Citizen Science. Co-created by European teachers and scientific experts, EcoStories offers a Customized Citizen Science Repository featuring 4 thematic modules, 15 ready-to-use lesson plans in Life Sciences, Design & Tech, and Environmental Science, and a rich suite of Digital Learning Nuggets(videos, interactive tools, and case studies). By engaging both local and migrant students in investigating real-world issues—from microplastics and soil health to weather tech and food waste—EcoStories bridges classroom learning with real-world climate action and STEM career awareness.

 

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 European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them. (Grant Agreement No: KA220-NW-24-26-243827)

 

Basic information

Coordinator

RWTH Aachen University, https://www.rwth-aachen.de/go/id/a/?lidx=1​​​​​​​ 

Partners

Programme

Horizon Europe (programme-horizon-europe)

Project Acronym

Target groups

education authorities, researchers, secondary school students, teachers

Topic

Biology, Environmental sciences, Information technology, Technology, Education

Start year

2024

End year

2027

Url

https://ecostories.eu/

Contact person

Chara Olympiou, chara.o@citizensinpower.org