From OrganKits, we are proud to present the Guidelines of the OrganKits Educational Model, the pedagogical framework resulting from our Erasmus+ project. These Guidelines provide schools with a structured pathway to implement OrganKits: ✔️ How to integrate plastinated organs into STEAM learning ✔️ Didactic sequences and project-based methodologies ✔️ Open resources, teacher training, and quality…
We are excited to announce the release of a comprehensive educational monograph that brings together cutting-edge resources to enhance STEM learning in secondary schools. The OrganKits Project offers a unique way to engage students with real anatomical specimens—plastinated organs—combining science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics (STEAM) in a project-based learning environment. This educational monograph, developed…
On 27–28 May, the International Conference on OrganKits took place, bringing together the project’s seven partners alongside one of the associated educational secondary schools (IES Ingeniero de la Cierva), and two science museums: the Museo de la Ciencia y el Agua (Murcia) and the MUDIC (Orihuela). The conference was a final and crucial milestone in…
Introduction Understanding health and well-being goes far beyond memorizing anatomical facts — it requires real engagement with the body and its systems, especially when these concepts intersect with everyday challenges and lifestyles. The OrganKits project, funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union, offers an innovative STEAM-based educational framework using real plastinated organs to…
Plastination is a revolutionary anatomical technique that is transforming the way anatomy is taught in universities, offering an unparalleled method for preserving real biological specimens which can be manipulated with bare hands in any educational set up. This innovative approach is at the core of the OrganKits project.Originally invented by Dr. Gunther von Hagens in…
The OrganKits Educational Model represents a novel pedagogical approach for Secondary Schools with the primary objective of fostering active learning within the STEAM domain. Distinguished by the innovative utilization of plastinated organs as a tactile and manipulative asset, this material is coupled with an educational framework that offers adaptable teaching modalities for the STEAM disciplines….