FOSTERing Science Through STEM

With the help of the tools in the lab we were able to do a DIY Microscope. With this instead of buying a real microscope which would cost us a fortune with only four required parts we were able to assemble a microscope.

For this experiment the required tools are:

Micro SD Card 16GB (minimum requirement for a micro SD card is 4GB)
Raspberry Pi
Raspberry Pi High Definition Camera Module
Microscope Lens for Raspberry Pi HD Camera Module

The steps for the following experiment are:

Step 1.
Flash Raspberry Pi OS image on a Micro SD card
Step 2.
Attach the Camera Module to the Raspberry Pi
Step 3.
Make sure the Camera Enabled
Step 4.
Open the terminal and type the following command:
$ raspivid -pf -t 600000

If the steps were executed right the following experiment should work.
And with only these steps we are done, we also took some close up photos of some items we could find and thought might look interesting under the microscope lens.

The first transnational meeting was held at University, Sweden attended by partners from South East European University (SEEU) Galatasaray University SH.M.K Gjimnazi Dr."Ibrahim Temo" and High School Kiril Pejcinovic from Tetovo.
During this meeting partners from LNU shared their best experiences in the field of STEM education and cooperation with high schools in Sweden. We discussed preparation and distribution of STEM packs to high schools in North Macedonia.

https://www.seeu.edu.mk/en/information/news-events?id=2112

SEEU Faculty of Contemporary Sciences and Technologies recipient of the grant for FOSTering Science Through STEM Education Faculty of Contemporary Sciences and Technologies of South East European University is the recipient of the grant under the Erasmus KA201 (Strategic Partnerships for school education).

https://lnu.se/en/research/searchresearch/research-projects/project-fostering-science-through-stem-education/

Project: Fostering science through STEM education (Fostem) This research project aims to increase the interest among youth in North Macedonia for education in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).

On April 28, at high school “Ibrahim Temo” in Struga, professor Visar Shehu together with the professor of informatics at the Ibrahim Temo School, professor Nijazi Xhumkar, gave a lecture on the topic: “Drone Programming”. In this lecture were discussed topics of the technical aspect about drones, their characteristics and their programming using the Python language. At the end of the lecture students had the opportunity to test their knowledge in practice. This lecture is also part of the activities planned within the Erasmus+ FOSTEM project that aims to promote STEM education to high school students. Partners in this project are the South East European University, Linnaeus University in Sweden, Galatasaray University in Turkey, Ibrahim Temo High School in Struga and Kiril Pejcinovic High School in Tetovo. In this lecture we used DJI Tello EDU and DJI Mavic Air 2 drones from the SEEU STEM laboratory.

Opening of the STEM Laboratory at South East European University. This laboratory will serve students as well as high school pupils. Promoting STEM education through fun activities.