Innovative Learning Environments, Lisbon, Portugal Good Practices presentation by Vitor M. N. Fernandes How to motivate students for STEM subjects? - Vitor M. N. Fernandes, Portugal ---- Science Teachers in Europe, @SpaceFoundation1 @STEMAllianceEU, #ALLSTEMScientix ---- I wish to thank the Portuguese eTwinning NSS and Laura Filipe for the invitation and opportunity to present "How to motivate students for STEM subjects?", the work developed on the InfoTech - Clube de Programação e Robótica.

2. eTwinning Multilateral Seminar, Good practices
Lisbon, 23th June, 2017
Vitor M. N. Fernandes, vmnf@yahoo.com
Secondary School of Forte da Casa
How to motivate
Students for STEM subjects?

3. High School of Forte da Casa
Portugal, Lisbon Just 25Km from here!

4. High School of Forte da Casa
Portugal, Lisbon

5. InfoTech project
Programming and Robotics club
Genesis
Vectors
• Competitive
programming
• Robotics
• Space
Methodologies and strategies

6. InfoTech project
Genesis
Allow students to participate in projects
Birth:
• March 2014…
• Engaged on National Olympiads in Informatics (ONI)

7. InfoTech project
Competitive programming vector
Participations:
• National Olympiad in Informatics 2014
• National Olympiad in Informatics 2015,
International Olympiad in Informatics 2015
• Topas Norte 2015
• FCUL Rally Pro 2015

8. InfoTech project
Competitive programming vector

9. InfoTech project
Competitive programming vector

10. InfoTech project
Robotics vector
Participations:
• Fireman Robot 2014, 2015
• RoboParty 2016, 2017

11. InfoTech project
Robotics vector

12. InfoTech project
Robotics vector

13. InfoTech project
Space vector
Participations:
• ESA Astro Pi 2017
• ESA CanSat 2016, 2017
• Workshops

14. InfoTech project
Space vector – ESA Astro Pi

15. InfoTech project
Space vector – ESA CanSat

16. InfoTech project
Space vector – Soldering & Electronics

17. InfoTech project
Space vector – Drones
“… innovative human environment, out of the box, relaxed.”
Fernanda Ledesma, Computer Science Teachers National Association (ANPRI),
Board of Directors President.

19. InfoTech project
Methodologies, strategies and
Next steps…
• Project Based Learning (PBL)
• Flipped classroom
• Encourage continued participation
in events, projects and competitions
• Motivate project members and
peers to learn STEM
• Introduce space in the teaching
learning process

20. How to motivate
Students for STEM subjects?
eTwinning Multilateral Seminar, Good Practices
Lisbon, 23rd June, 2017
Vitor M. N. Fernandes, vmnf@yahoo.com
Secondary School of Forte da Casa