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🌌 Young Minds at Work
🌌 Young Minds at Work
Within the scope of the Sky Patterns: Hipparchus’ Stars Bridge – STEAM Hackathon, young participants transformed scientific knowledge, cultural heritage, and creativity into innovative projects.Inspired by Hipparchus’ astronomical legacy, students explored:
celestial patterns and star maps,
mathematical relationships in the sky,
cultural motifs from Iznik tiles and Italian ceramics, and reinterpreted them through STEAM-based approaches.
🚀 What Did the Students Create?
🚀 What Did the Students Create?
Participants worked in interdisciplinary teams and produced:
digital and artistic representations of sky patterns,
STEAM-inspired designs combining astronomy, mathematics, art, and technology,
creative prototypes using digital tools, coding, 3D modeling, AI, and visual storytelling.
🧠 Learning Beyond the Classroom
🧠 Learning Beyond the Classroom
Through this process, students:
developed problem-solving and critical thinking skills,
experienced international collaboration,
learned how science and art can coexist within cultural heritage,
gained confidence as young researchers and creators.
🌍 A Bridge Between Past and Future
🌍 A Bridge Between Past and Future
These works reflect how ancient scientific knowledge can inspire modern innovation.
Each project is a step toward empowering young minds to shape the future through STEAM education.
📌 Below, you can explore selected student projects created during the hackathon.
THE WORKS
The works of IC Moscati Fonseca Middle School
Under the mentorship of Daniela Brogna, teacher from IC Moscati Fonseca Middle School (Pontecagnano–Salerno, Italy) developed interdisciplinary STEAM outputs by combining cultural heritage, astronomy, and digital technologies.
The Italian team designed 3D models of Iznik and Salerno ceramics, transformed these models into animated GIFs, and showcased their work in the virtual exhibition. In parallel, they explored the star catalogue of Hipparchus, emphasizing his foundational contributions to astronomy and trigonometry, and connected ancient scientific knowledge with contemporary digital practices.
moscati fonseca virtual gallery finale.mp4The works of Kartepe Ertugrul Gazi Anatolian High School
Under the mentorship of Esra Tuğçe Bal and Duygu Güney, teachers from Kartepe Ertuğrul Gazi Anatolian High School (Kocaeli, Türkiye) developed interdisciplinary STEAM outputs by combining cultural heritage, astronomy, and digital technologies.
Inspired by Hipparchus’ trigonometric approach, the Turkish team built geometric models using triangles and visualized angles and distances between celestial points through HEX and RGB color codes. They also integrated artificial intelligence to analyze face shapes and create personalized Iznik tile patterns, demonstrating how mathematics, astronomy, digital art, and cultural heritage can come together within an innovative STEAM approach.
works' video.mp4The team also recreated Eratosthenes’ experiment through storytelling, illustrating how the Earth’s circumference can be calculated using shadows and angles.
By blending astronomy and mathematics within a narrative framework, they made complex scientific concepts accessible, engaging, and meaningful for a STEAM-based learning experience.
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