Session 5. Broadening the STEAM perspective

Video explaining the objectives of the session: VIDEO LINK

We spoke with Digna Couso

Digna Couso talks to us about the opportunities, advantages, and risks of STEAM education. Language: Spanish (Duration: 4:57 minutes)

First pediatric exoskeleton

Elena García Armada is a Spanish industrial engineer who leads the CSIC group that has developed the world’s first pediatric exoskeleton for children with spinal muscular atrophy. Language: Spanish (Duration: 4:51 minutes)

This invention helped me write again.

Emma Lawton was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease at the age of 29. Haiyan Zhang has created an invention that could change Emma’s life. Language: English (Duration: 3:20 minutes)

News: ‘The 10-year-old programmer who has already been hired by Google.’

Article about Samaira Mehta, creator of CoderBunnyz, a popular board game that teaches children programming criteria and procedures. Language: Spanish. LINK

Irati Etxandi, the young mechanic from San Sebastian who is taking TikTok by storm

Article in Diario Vasco about Irati Etxandi, a 22-year-old mechanic from San Sebastian who is taking TikTok by storm. Language: Spanish LINK

1st Prize for Scientific Research in the FLL State Finals

Video of the FLL Spain 2019 Into Orbit Final, in which the WSTA Women’s Space and Technology Agency team from El Regato School won first prize for research. Language: Basque, subtitled in Spanish (Duration: 2:40 minutes) LINK

Leónjoven Youth Talks “With the left foot”

María Martín-Granizo (León, 2006) is the Spanish champion in adaptive surfing and has four Spanish championship titles in giant slalom and slalom in the absolute category of adaptive skiing. Language: Spanish. (Duration: 14:09 minutes)

Alai Blanco Lascurain – 2019 DIGITAL GIRL OF THE YEAR –

Alai is a 12-year-old tech girl who is passionate about technology and tells us all about it in this talk. Language: Spanish. (Duration: 6:12 minutes)

"Simone Giertz – YouTuber and robot inventor"

Youtuber Simone Giertz posts videos in which she creates robots to help her in her daily life. These videos provide another example of a modern STEAM woman who uses her creativity to build robots. More videos of her creations can be found on her channel. (These are just two examples):

In this video, Simone Giertz creates a robot to help her eat soup while she does something else, building it with the help of Google Home. Language: English, subtitled in Spanish. (Duration: 6:15 minutes)

In this video, Simone Giertz invents a robotic arm that feeds her breakfast. Language: English, subtitled in Spanish. (Duration: 0:29 minutes)

Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day

Engineering Day for Girls is an initiative to inspire young women by showing them the excitement of engineering and giving them the opportunity to envision themselves as engineers capable of making a difference in the world. Language: English (Duration: 3:34 minutes)

STEAM KIDS eBook

Video of the book STEAM KIDS, featuring STEAM activities that will eliminate boredom for children. Language: English. (Duration: 1:03 minutes)

When&Where

When&Where is an app created by a group of teenage girls that geolocates you when you go out alone, privately sending your location and destination to a trusted contact. Language: English, subtitled in Spanish. (Duration: 1:47 minutes).