Bringing STEAM Closer to Every Student: Sensociencia Visits Classrooms This Spring

Over the months of February, March, and April, the Sensociencia team has stepped into science classrooms with one clear mission: to help students speak, do, think, and feel science as something that belongs to everyone.

Through dynamic sessions and open dialogue, we’ve explored important questions with students—like why some girls feel science isn’t for them, or how students at risk of social exclusion perceive their role in scientific learning. One memorable moment was when Mustafa, unsure of how to express himself in Spanish, managed to formulate a hypothesis that later proved correct. The applause from his classmates said it all: science is truly for everyone.

These visits weren’t just about engaging students—they were also an opportunity to work alongside in-service science teachers, showing firsthand how their students are capable of doing real science. It’s far more meaningful and rewarding for students to discover scientific ideas on their own than simply being told the answers.This month, we also took the opportunity to connect with leading researchers in science education, both at the Parque de las Ciencias in Granada and internationally with Dr. Daniel Capps at the University of Georgia.

Sensociencia is a Spanish research group from the University of Almeria, partner of the consortium of ‘An INnovative pedagogical method for an INclusive STEAM education’ IN-STEAM, a project funded by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union, with Grant Agreement number 2024-1-IT02-KA220-SCH-000257719.