Fundacion Nacional para el Desarrollo de las STEAM

The National Foundation for the Development of STEAM was created after participating for the first time in the World Robotics Olympiad in Sochi, Russia in 2014. The Panamanian Delegation suffered a terrible defeat, remaining penultimate in the standings against more than 65 countries and 70,000 boys and girls. This experience makes FUNDESTEAM start in 2014 to structure projects focused on the implementation of STEM-STEAM Education (Sciences, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics). Using methods such as projects (ABP), challenges (ABR), problems (ABP), Engineering Design, Design Thinking, and Gamification as tools that help children develop academic and professional skills that the 21st century demands.