Veselina Georgieva
Alexander Georgiev-Kodzhakafaliyata Primary School
https://doi.org/10.53656/voc22-251stem
Absract. The report presents a series of STEM exercises realized with the students from the second grades (“A”, “B” and “C”) of the primary school “Alexander Georgiev -Kodzhakafaliyata” – city of Burgas. The tasks include mathematics, engineering, creativity and are performed in the classes for activities
of interest within the all-day organization of educational activities, as well as in the classes for activities of interest to a group of children formed under the Ordinance on Inclusive Education. STEM tasks realized with second graders can be divided into: Making models of objects related to a particular plot; Making useful objects for our everyday life. To make the models, the students are divided into teams of two. The task of each team is the same: to make a model. Students take on the
role of engineers, who have to design and build a model, working within certain
limits. To make it easier for the little “engineers”, they are given an algorithm at the beginning of the class.
Keywords: STEM; mathematics; project-based learning