Steam teaching material development for students’ awareness of climate change and sustainability: The SMILE project


Published: Sep 17, 2024
Keywords:
STEAM education climate change sustainable mobility
Chara Bitsaki
Francisco José Castillo-Hernández
Lucy Avraamidou
Abstract

This project is a collaboration between academic institutions and educational organisations under the European Erasmus+ program. The program aims to enhance awareness of Climate Change and Sustainable Mobility by implementing green activities for climate change education. Specifically, strategies will be investigated to increase students’ engagement in activities regarding climate change and sustainable mobility through a STEAM approach. The findings of this investigation result in blended learning teaching materials, which will be integrated into an open e-learning platform and utilised for teachers’ and students’ education. Finally, we present the results of the implementation to teachers.

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