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Calibration test and entrance exam: Information session
Did you know that your students increase their chances of success in a scientific or economics course by participating in a calibration test? What exactly is that calibration test? Is it mandatory for your students? How do they prepare and how can …
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Heat battery: STEM project
Can you reduce your energy bill at home by creating a setup that can recover the heat from spaghetti cooking water?
In this STEM project, students are challenged to design and realize a system that ensures that the large amount of heat invested in …
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Voice strings: Design your own musical instrument with Arduino and lasers!
This project challenges students to build their own musical instrument without real strings. Inspired by some examples with lasers, they get creative in designing a laser harp. Various concepts of computational thinking are discussed. The laser …
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You can reduce waste!
The Can Press is a STEM project that provides employment final students with the opportunity to develop important technical skills. This series of lessons is specially designed for the PAV lessons and can serve as a STEM-oriented preparation for …
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Engineering sunscreen: STEM project
Every year, thousands of people in Belgium are diagnosed with skin cancer, a worrying reality that reminds us how important it is to protect ourselves from the harmful effects of the sun. Sunlight can also lead to serious health problems such as …
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iSTEM Nocturnes: Playlist
This playlist contains all recorded nocturnes from iSTEM.
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Do small nuclear power plants save the climate?
Marc Alexander, the speaker of this webinar, is a member of the March 11 Movement 2015. This organization advocates 100% renewable energy and strives for a social and just transition. During his presentation he refutes the alleged advantages of …
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VIA, a step in the right direction: Workshops
Would you also like to contribute with your students to a better future for many young people, both here in Belgium and in our partner countries, without feeling like you have to work your butt off?
Then you've come to the right place at VIA, the …
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Where you are born determines your chances (not): Interactive workshop
During this interactive workshop, a VIA Don Bosco employee will come to your school to get the students to think critically in an interactive way about the question: 'Does your crib determine your further opportunities in your life?'
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Energy backpack
Are there energy guzzlers at your school? Let your students go on a scavenger hunt to investigate the standby consumption, lighting or heating in the classroom. Your students can use the measuring instruments in the backpack to examine the …
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Looking for work: Lesson sheet
This lesson sheet lists the most important things for young people who enter the labor market after completing their studies (having graduated or quitting their studies). Looking for work is also something that young people have to learn and this …
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Eye-controlled Interface: InnovationLab
If you want to participate in this project with your students, get acquainted with it during this refresher course.
Students first discover what electricity has to do with the eye, and then create the necessary electronic circuits themselves so that …
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