The STEAM program (Science \u2013 Technology \u2013 Engineering \u2013 Arts & Mathematics) started today for the second year, implemented in collaboration with the Municipality of Thessaloniki and the Hellenic Industrial Property Organisation (OBI).<\/p>\n
The program targets students from the 4th, 5th, and 6th grades of schools in Thessaloniki. From January to March, the students will visit the \u201cManolis Anagnostakis\u201d hall at the Thessaloniki City Hall, where they will learn about smart cities, work in teams, and present their ideas. At the end, they will construct an electric car using authentic \u201cLEGO WeDo2\u201d equipment and participate in races.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur young citizens are here today at the Thessaloniki City Hall, and with the support of the Hellenic Industrial Property Organisation, they are working on their vision for the city, the environment, and at the same time, the authenticity and value of using authentic products. I\u2019m happy to participate as well,\u201d said Thessaloniki Mayor Konstantinos Zervas, who welcomed the children.<\/p>\n
\u201cSTEAM and robotics classes aim to introduce upper-grade primary school students to new technologies and innovation. As an organisation that safeguards intellectual property, it is very important for us to help students from a young age understand the terms of innovation, intellectual property, and its protection. Many of these children will be inspired to make their own inventions in the future and understand the value of human ingenuity,\u201d said Panagiotis Kanellopoulos, General Director of the Hellenic Industrial Property Organisation, who visited City Hall on the first day of the program.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor the second year, we are implementing the STEAM Greece program in collaboration with OBI, offering more than 400 students from ten schools in Thessaloniki the chance to engage with science and technology and shape their own vision for the smart cities of the future,\u201d said Alexandros Barbounakis, Deputy Mayor of Education.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe design and implement innovative programs that introduce children to new technologies and sciences. Today’s program is called \u2018Smart Cities for Young Students.\u2019 Through this, the children present their ideas on how the quality of life in future cities can be improved, which cities they want to live in the future. They design it on a model, record their proposals, and then build a smart car that works with sensors,\u201d explained Haris Theocharoudis, Director of the Steam Greece Programs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The STEAM program (Science \u2013 Technology \u2013 Engineering \u2013 Arts & Mathematics) started today for the second year, implemented in collaboration with the Municipality of Thessaloniki and the Hellenic Industrial Property Organisation (OBI). The program targets students from the 4th, 5th, and 6th grades of schools in Thessaloniki. From January to March, the students will […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":12526,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63,72],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-17508","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-important-en","8":"category-nea-en"},"yoast_head":"\n