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Through the educational fundraising program Leave a Good Mark, Bioteka is working intensively on launching its two-year STEM education program for 40 children from vulnerable groups in Zagreb. To ensure that this program remains free for young participants, we are conducting the fundraising campaign “Creating Opportunities for Our Talents”, aiming to raise the necessary funds…
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Bioteka selected for the 3M Impact Program as one of the few organizations globally!
The year 2024 marked continued international collaboration and expansion for Bioteka. With the support of multinational company 3M and the organizational backing of PYXERA Global from the USA, we developed…
MoreWe participated in the Parliamentary roundtable “Science is Feminine”
In celebration of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science on February 11th, 2025, the Vice President of the Croatian Parliament, Sabina Glasovac, gathered female scientists, researchers, professors,…
MoreAre you ready to experience urban nature?
This February, we are launching our exciting new project: Experience Urban Nature! Through this initiative, we aim to inspire people of all ages to explore, discover, and experience nature in…
MoreLet’s Help Marta Become an Engineer!
Dear readers, meet Marta! Marta is highly talented in programming, loves spending time with her school’s robotics team, and finds relaxation in solving math problems. Unfortunately, Marta finds school extremely…
MoreSTEM Mobile laboratory delights Split: over 1,000 students explore the world of STEM!
In November and December, our STEM Mobile Laboratory traveled to Split where we conducted the “STEM Mobile Laboratory in Split” project! As part of the project, we visited five elementary…
MoreBioteka launches a special STEM program for girls! You can join too!
In a world where STEM careers are becoming increasingly important and are key to solving ecological, climate, technological, and other contemporary challenges, Bioteka continues to expand its services and develop…
MoreJoin our STEM program in English!
Welcome to the world of education that changes children’s lives for the better! At Bioteka, your child will develop creativity and critical thinking, ignite the innovator within, learn to solve…
MorePANDA 7 project completed!
“PANDA 7 – Project-Based Learning for Gifted Children” is a project run by the Bioteka association for the seventh consecutive year, offering innovative, project-based STEM education for primary school students.…
MoreEnroll your child: season for STEM workshops 2024/25 is now open!
Welcome to the world of education that changes children’s lives for the better! At Bioteka, your child will develop creativity and critical thinking, ignite the innovator within, learn to solve…
MoreInnovation and inspiration: become a part of Bioteka’s teacher community!
Bioteka is proudly launching Bioteka’s Teacher Community (BUZ), a unique online platform for classroom teachers, STEM educators, and all interested colleagues. BUZ is a place where teachers come together to…
MoreGirls shaping the future: using STEM projects to solve local community problems
The “Girls Own STEM” project is a multi-year initiative by Association Bioteka in which high school girls with an interest and motivation for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) develop…
MoreWe conducted the 2nd STEM Camp in Zagreb!
As part of the “Girls Own STEM” project, the 2nd STEM Camp took place from October 22nd to 25th, 2023. After several months of planning and implementing their own local…
MoreBioteka participates in the STEM Education Summit in Saudi Arabia in September 2023!
IBEFORUM to Host National STEM Education Conference in September 2023 [Riyadh], 19th September- 20th September — The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is set to host the highly anticipated National STEM Education Summit on…
MoreThe winter STEM camp in Zagreb has concluded!
As part of the “Girls own STEM” project, the winter STEM Camp took place from January 29th to February 1st, 2023. A total of 49 high school girls from all…
MoreSTEM in the clouds!
The project “STEM in the clouds” will bring together five civil society organizations engaged in nonformal education for children and youth in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math). The project…
MoreThe “Active youth in the local community” project is completed!
After nine workshops held in Bjelovar, Požega, Karlovac, Nova Gradiška, Virovitica, Koprivnica, Krapina, Sisak, and Otočac, involving more than 130 young participants, and two independent youth-led projects, we have successfully…
MoreThe “Green environment” project is completed!
Through 12 interactive workshops, students from Elementary School Odra and Elementary School Ivo Andrić had the opportunity to explore how their daily activities can contribute to environmental protection. Using real-life…
MoreWe have completed the “What surrounds me?” project!
As part of the project “What surrounds me?”, Bioteka Association conducted outdoor workshops for seventh-grade students of 2nd Elementary School Čakovec. During the workshops, students carried out their own small-scale…
MoreEnroll your child in Bioteka’s Field Researchers 2022/2023!
After the success of last year’s Bioteka Field Researchers, we are continuing this truly special program again this year! The goal of the program is to explore local biodiversity, investigate…
MoreThe “JAK” project is completed!
Association Bioteka, in partnership with the Ena Center from Sisak, has successfully completed the project “JAK – Strengthening Children’s Capacity for Scientific and Mental Literacy.” The workshops were held in…
MoreWe have presented the printed STEM Educators’ Handbook!
On July 19th, 2022, a public presentation of the handbook was held at the Nikola Tesla Technical Museum in Zagreb. Children should be encouraged to discover knowledge on their own!…
MoreProject team visits Portugal as part of a study trip!
As part of the project “Razvoj mreže STEM ambasadora” a group of thirty members—including STEM ambassadors, organizers, and project partners—participated in a study trip aimed at professional development on modern…
MoreFree educational workshops by Association Bioteka in Maksimir!
The hot summer has arrived, and with mid-June comes the summer school holidays. To provide your children with an opportunity to spend part of their summer holidays in fun and…
MoreThe “LORA – Sustainable Development Laboratory” project has concluded!
Throughout Croatia, 21 successful school projects focused on sustainable development were carried out, all completed by elementary school students with the mentorship of their teachers! The LORA project, which ran…
MoreSTEM education in kindergartens!
As many future jobs will be based in STEM fields, and in order to spark children’s interest in STEM, it is important to introduce scientific phenomena to children in a…
MoreIn community with nature – achieving sustainable development of tourism through interpretation of natural heritage
At the end of October, employees of the Bioteka Association, in cooperation with the “Mihovil” Tour Guide Association from Šibenik and external experts, held a two-day course about the natural…
MoreWhy is STEM education important?
When you hear or say the word “science,” what’s your first association? Do you think of scientists like Albert Einstein or Marie Curie? Do you think of the coronavirus and…
MoreEnrol your child in STEM workshops – the best of the best and many NEW STEM WORKSHOPS in this season!
A new school year has begun, with many challenges and uncertainties, but we hope that it will be peaceful and safe. As in the last 9 years, the school year…
MoreChallenging and encouraging classes necessary for gifted children
Gifted children are extremely valuable human capital. However, cooperation between schools, the non-governmental sector and the wider community is necessary in order to develop their full potential. It is the…
MoreEnrol your child in Bioteka’s STEAM Summer Camp!
After a turbulent and uncertain, as well as rather unusual school year, summer is coming. We hope that the worst is behind us and that there are many good things…
MoreJoin us at the “Šikaro, otvori se!” volunteer camp in July on Učka
As in the previous years, the Bioteka Association, in cooperation with the Biom association and the Učka Nature Park, organises a volunteer camp on Učka. This year’s camp will take…
MoreChildren across Croatia carrying out sustainable development projects!
Imagine that while you were in school, you had the chance to develop your project ideas, solve a particular issue in your local community, learn to draw up a financial…
MoreMINT Exchange 2014-2017, Erasmus+
Starting in 2014, the Bioteka Association was part of an international project in which organisations from four countries participated: Great Britain, Germany, France and Croatia. The project included an exchange…
MoreCompleted project Citizen scientists!
The Bioteka Association is carrying out the final activities in cooperation with partners from the Tragus Association and the network of citizen scientists in the project of support and monitoring…
MoreBringing experiments to schools!
The “Bringing experiments to schools!” project enabled primary school children to research topics from the field of natural sciences through practical work, i.e. through experiments thematically and structurally appropriate for…
MoreYoung Buzet inhabitants learned about water protection in karstic terrain!
At the end of May, the science and education centre Speleo Kuća in Vodice (Lanišće municipality) brought together the children attending the Grdelin kindergarten, the students of the Vazmoslav Gržalja…
MorePARQ project carried out!
After the first presentation of the “PARQ – an interactive guide through the Brijuni National Park” project at this year’s 6th International Tourism Fair CroTour in Zagreb, we can proudly…
MoreSustainable development – Youth exchange
At the end of 2012, members of the Bioteka Association started cooperating on another project from the Youth in Action programme financed by the European Union. This project was held…
MoreEco-Lifestyle in Practice – Youth exchange
The topic of the project was the application of basic ecological principles in everyday life, which 30 young Europeans learned about for 12 days in May 2012 in Estonia, through…
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