Stemar educational program

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About the program

The program aims to shift towards inquiry based and interdisciplinary STEM education. This will be achieved through a comprehensive project-based education model supported by educational resources, physical modules, cooperative platforms, and teacher training series.

Vision

We believe that the development of a contemporary strategy for STEM education will promote the enrichment of youth social values and analytical skills, resulting in high-quality production, sustainable innovation, and a collaborative scientific community.

Mission

Our mission is to facilitate STEM experiential and problem-based collaborative education for school-aged children. One of the cornerstone aspects of our strategy is fitting into the current ecosystem and connecting the dots, as opposed to competing to replace.

Goals

The primary objective of the program is to enhance project-based holistic STEM education for youth. This is aimed at fostering the development of youth social values, analytical and entrepreneurial skills, problem-solving, and initiativeness, which will ultimately result in high-quality output, sustainable innovation, and a collaborative scientific community.

Partners

Program Components

1st Year

Empowering a project-based scientific professional approach to collaborative STEM Education.

  • Teacher training on project-based holistic STEM education
  • Project-based education kits
  • Hands-on research problem statement.

2nd Year

Fostering experiential learning and entrepreneurial mindset for addressing local needs.

  • Teacher training and mentorship on development of entrepreneurial skills within the concept of STEM education
  • Work-based learning, company visits.

3rd Year

Bridging public schools with industries. Fostering school mentorship capacity.

  • Teacher training on shared projects and mentorship strategies
  • Mentorship frameworks
  • Internship opportunities

PROGRAMS FOR THE 2025-2026 ACADEMIC YEAR

  • Teacher and school leadership staff training
  • Coordination and execution of project-based component
  • Educational kits and technical service
  • STEM EXPO 2025
  • Company and laboratory visits
  • Public awareness campaigns
  • Internship opportunities framework
  • Interschool mentorship

Ed projects

SolvX Robotic Kit

SolvX robotic kit

STEMAR LLC produces the SolvX robotic kit, which offers students the opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of robotics through step-by-step learning.

Smart Greenhouse

Smart Greenhouse

A collaborative STEM project on optimizing and automatizing agricultural work in the community.

Manipulating Hand

Manipulating Hand

The Manipulator-Hand educational project kit serves as an interdisciplinary platform, integrating subjects such as mathematics, programming, biomechanics, electronics, and 3D modeling.

Learn through 3D modeling

Experiential application of STEM knowledge for the design of multidisciplinary models.

science boat

Science boat

“The Science Boat” is the third project created by STEMAR, which involves a water-floating robot. It offers children practical and theoretical knowledge in various STEM fields.

Success story

STEM EXPO 2023 took place on April 16 in Ijevan, Tavush

The event was organized to summarize the 2022-23 academic year program of Stemar project-based learning in four schools of Tavush region: Ijevan school, Achajr secondary school, Dilijan N5 secondary school, and Getahovit secondary school.

Students and STEM teachers from the four schools presented the results of Stemar projects, communicated in the STEM environment, and led impactful discussions with industry representatives.

Based on the feedback we received from the schools, the event was an innovative and meaningful summary of project-based learning. The students learned not only to present their works in an exhibition format to an audience with different levels of educational attainment but also to construct revealing questions and conduct professional conversations with specialists in the field and with each other.

According to an anonymous survey, 88% of the participating teachers believe that the project and participation in the EXPO contributed to the professional orientation of students in the field of STEM. The part of panel discussion was also exciting, in which such representatives of the field as:

  • CEO and co-Founder of AIP Tech Marina Aghayan,
  • Researcher at the A.I. Alikhanyan National Science Laboratory Artur Mkrtchyan,
  • CEO and the Founder of Armenian Bioinformatics Institute Lilit Nersisyan,
  • Founder and CEO of RealSchool Foundation Vahagn Poghosyan,
  • VP of Technology at Instigate Robotics CJSC Levon Hovhannisyan,
  • Director of YerevaNN Machine Learning research lab Hrant Khachatryan

 

participated. While conducting the discussion with the experts in the field of science and engineering, the students not only showed serious preparation but also targeted the topics of interest to the audience through multi-layered and open questions.

Interschool STEM Experience Exchange

The students participating in the Stemar project-based learning create the basis for interschool collaboration. In the fifth week of the project, the 10th graders from Ijevan Lyceum visited Getahovit secondary school to share their experience and support assembling the automated greenhouse.

The video is prepared by Vahan Sargsyan, a student of Ijevan Lyceum.

Learning through 3D Modeling in Achajur Secondary School

When you visit a school and observe the students working on Stemar projects, you receive a positive charge for the rest of the day. Active discussions of research questions, comparative analysis, engineering assembly, and collaborative learning process of students from different grades make the school education vivid and motivating

Stemar Projects at School. A Day at a Glance

Learning through 3D Modeling in Achajur Secondary School
Every participant in STEM 3D modeling projects found their interests and the opportunities to use their strengths to benefit teamwork.

In the first week, the students got familiar with the curriculum, planned the work, and met the teachers and Armath mentor to discuss the planning.

Consequently, the students used Google Classroom to access the materials. 3D modeling was introduced, and the students received mini-project tasks to improve their 3D modeling and 3D printing skills. Along with obtaining theoretical knowledge, the students can activate their experiential memory by modeling STEM-related didactic objects and using them in their classes.

The post is written by Mane Balasyan, a student of Achajur secondary school.

Getahovit Students Reflect on the Smart Greenhouse Project

“When we first learned that our school was selected for the Smart Greenhouse project, we did not know about the process and the outcomes. However, at the introductory meeting with our teachers, we clearly understood the plan and the project’s goal, which motivated us to work enthusiastically.

We formed a team of 26 students from different grades. Once a week, we have a whole-team meeting to discuss the progress and planning at every level. The format of the meetings was hybrid since we had both face-to-face and online meetings. Our teachers guided us through the learning material. We also practiced using additional resources to answer the research questions reasonably. We also appreciate the support of our Armath mentor, who helped us understand the project’s electronics and programming.” (by 7-8th graders)

“The first stage of the Smart Greenhouse project was about getting familiar with Stemar resources and the project description. Next, we learned about the technical resources, their characteristics, and their usage. Our physics teacher helped us understand the sensors’ working mechanism. We studied the germination and growth conditions of the provided seeds from the perspective of chemistry and biology. At the same time, our Armath mentor supported us with installing the required programming libraries and adding the code to ESP32.

Last week we hosted students from Ijevan Lyceum, who shared their experience constructing the greenhouse. We plan to seed the plants this week and compare the theoretical knowledge of the growth conditions with the practical implementation. Therefore, we wish ourselves and our fellows in other schools good luck!” (by 9-11th graders)

Our Schools

DIRECT IMPACT

  • 96 teachers
  • 300+ students

INDIRECT IMPACT

  • 1500+ students

IMPACTING

  • 19 schools
  • 3 regions

In 2024-2025 academic year Stemar program covers Tavush, Gegharkunik and Ararat Regions.

Description for Teachers: School Registration Form Overview

Welcome to the School Registration Form! Here, you’ll provide information about your school and its academic environment to help us better understand your institution’s focus and resources. This form collects details about the school’s location, levels of education offered, and STEM-related activities.

Once you submit the form, the information will be reviewed. This process helps us understand the educational focus at your school and how it aligns with STEM and project-based learning initiatives. A team member may reach out for additional details or with follow-up questions, using the contact information provided.

Thank you for sharing insights about your school!

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