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By using the metaphor of constellations we aim to make all students feel part of something greater (the Universe) where each one has its place and is important for the others right because of his/her peculiarities.Exploiting interdisciplinary didactic knowledge, generate a "social" inclusive constellation.

• creativity & innovation;
• communication & collaboration; 
• ICT & media literacy; 
• intercultural and social skills.

Science: learning about stars and the universe;Mother tongue: learning about myths and legends connected to constellations;ICT: using digital tools and coding to create their own constellation

Evaluation could take place in two steps:

1. at the beginning of the project we can ask participating students to express their feelings about their “inclusion”, namely how much they feel part of a group, if they feel they are important, etc.
2. at the end of the project, we could submit the same questionnaire to verify if there have been any changes.

Lower Secondary School Students (age 12-13)

Students aged 12-13 from Italy, Greece, Cyprus, Bulgaria

Main social issues addressed by this activity are cultural and linguistic differences; we plan to address them by creating different groups that will collaborate in order to create a personal star that, combining with stars of other group members, will generate a novel constellation. Each group will create a product to represent the group constellation (i. e. art attack, ppt, video, multimedia file)

• learning about the universe;
• identifying and naming of constellations;
• learning about the myth of each constellation’s name;
• creating their own stars and constellation;
• appreciate music and connect it to feelings and values.