The main priority of the project was to support the subjects of natural sciences (mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology), ICT and technical education, and also to connect the concept of STEM to the development of creativity. Moreover, important elements of the project were linking up education to a real environment, and teamwork at school and international level. The vast majority of activities were focused on group and collective learning in different environments, so the number of pupils involved was high. The project was going on two levels, school and international. The school part of the project was based on regularity, everyday activities, pupil's own motivation and participation calls. The project consisted of a number of sub-activities that ran continuously throughout the school year and were presented on the project website. These activities included class projects focusing on natural sciences and ICT subjects, lectures, discussions, as well as exhibitions and excursions to museums and science centers. The second level was represented by cooperation with our partner schools. Each partner school chose one topic from STEM. The school together with the local community prepared a five-day conference programme on the topic. The programme included workshops, discussions, competitions, exhibitions, cultural events, museum visits, meetings with experts, etc. The project focused not only on cognitive educational goals, but also on affective and social ones. Pupils learned to use their abilities, skills and knowledge, to find creative solutions and to create a positive relationship and motivation to study natural sciences and technical subjects. Pupils also learned to present results of their work both in the school environment and at international events. Thanks to the project, pupils also developed their cooperative and communication skills and met pupils from other European countries and learned mutual respect.

Stories (legends, myths and fairytales) often have cultural, historic or geographic significance and they provide a meaningful insight into the cultural identity of any country. Our project wishes to utilize these stories in order to engage the pupils of the partnership in shared cross-curricular activities.The main aim of this project is the realization of the European motto “united in diversity” through stories while the main objectives are: -To engage learners in meaningful activities that will help them discover their unique potentials and talents.-To boost the self-esteem of all students, especially of those who are in danger of experiencing failure in education.-To give students teachers and parents the chance to discover their cultural identity and find out the mutual inheritance that we share with the other European fellows. - To equip teachers with expertise in languages and use of ICT in order to be able to teach valuable lifelong skills to the students.-To expand the European dimension of the partner institutions in order to play an active role at local, regional and national level.The participant schools are from Greece, Lithuania, Italy, Turkey, Portugal, Spain and Bulgaria .The activities will be structured to accommodate pupils of all ages, abilities, multiple intelligences and ethnic backgrounds. Legends, myths and fairy tales will enable pupils to work across many areas of the curriculum. This will happen through various story-telling techniques:- Reading and listening to chosen stories;- Looking, creating and exchanging pictures, drawings and works of art inspired by these stories;- Producing new versions of these stories;- Dramatizing;- Exchanging predictions and telling possible ways of how the plot might continue;- Talking about the motives of action the heroes might have;- Creating poems inspired by these stories.Schools will use e-Twinning in order to work together on the project and the products will be published in an online magazine in twin space in the languages of the partnership and in English. Issues of this magazine will be printed and distributed to the local communities in the two years of the project. Apart from the transnational meetings, there will be common short-term teaching events at the end of the two school years with representative children cooperating and preparing common celebrations. Overall, it is expected that, through this project, an awareness of the importance of cultural and linguistic diversity within Europe will be promoted. As a result, this awareness will broaden horizons and strengthen the values towards combating racism, prejudice and xenophobia. Also, the engagement of all students in meaningful activities according to their unique potentials, will boost their self-esteem towards the prevention of early leaving from school.