OUR VISION IS TO BE A GLOBAL EDUCATION COMPANY, PROVIDING STATE OF THE ART STEM TECHNOLOGIES TO CAPACITATE YOUNG MINDS TO BE BETTER PREPARED FOR THE FUTURE
InovLabs is an educational startup supporting and providing an all integrated ecosystem to teach STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) activities and projects in the classroom and beyond.
We provide interdisciplinary STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) projects to schools and teachers, tailor made for the current curricula, which can be directly deployed through our ready-to-go experiments.
What we Offer
Inovlabs is a facilitator of STEM educational projects and equipment kits for primary and secondary schools.
We offer tutorials and guidance for teachers and students, and all the necessary material and technical support required for teaching STEM in the classroom, at any level.
Electronics
Programming
Robotics
3D Printing
We deliver a full learning ecosystem for schools, teachers, parents and other parties, to expose young students to the world of “hands-on” learning strategy using electronics, programming, robotics, 3D printing, and other technologies.
The Gulbenkian Institute of Science has joined Inovlabs for another citizenship and science project.
The project consists of creating and implementing 6 Air Quality Monitoring Stations in schools in the municipality of Oeiras.
The implementation of the programme also includes the training of students within the scope of this project.
Project Examples
The STEM projects we provide are specially designed to be integrated directly into the curricula of schools.
The projects are tailor made to combine all the aspects of natural sciences, engineering and arts into interesting, interdisciplinary and exciting projects for young people students. See below for some examples of our projects.
Ultrasound sensor, servo motor and programming
Circuit, Ohm Theory, Resistance
Model a Tangram in 3D
Participation of students, teachers, ITQB-UNL and IGC scientists
Carpet that automatically separates cubes, based on their colors - IR sensor, servo, DC motor and programming
LDR, Resistances, Programming and LED
students, teachers ,ITQB-UNL and IGC scientists
DC Motor, Servo Motor, Potentiometer
Programming by blocks
meet our team
We are an international team (Dutch, Portuguese, Brazilian and French) all sharing the passion for innovation, education and technology.
We come from science, engineering and product design backgrounds, which results in a team that has the technological expertise to understand where the current curricula of schools coming short in providing the best education possible for our future generations.
Olivier Hofman
Co-Founder
Data Scientist, Chemist, devoted to mathematics, programming, innovative education and StartUp environment. Loves to travel by bike.
Nuno Charneca
Co-Founder & CEO
Biophysics Engineer, PhD in GIS and geoinformatics, parent, sport enthusiast, researcher and teacher. In love with creativity in education.
Cristina Charneca
Technical Advisor
Professional Coach & Trainer, Licensed Translator, passionate for causes, innovation and good practices. Creative and artistic.
Frederic Mendes
Digital SPECIALIST
Graduated in Marketing. 10 years as Supply Chain Manager. Coder and New Technologies Enthousiastic. Guitar player, sushi devourer.
Fábio Ferrentini
R&D Director
IT Engineer, PhD in Science & Technology. Teacher and Researcher in Brasil and Portugal. Passionate about Education and Computer Science.
Olivier Hofman
Co-Founder
Data Scientist, Chemist, devoted to mathematics, programming, innovative education and StartUp environment. Loves to travel by bike.
Nuno Charneca
Co-Founder & CEO
Biophysics Engineer, PhD in GIS and geoinformatics, parent, sport enthusiast, researcher and teacher. In love with creativity in education.
Frederic Mendes
Digital SPECIALIST
Graduated in Marketing. 10 years as Supply Chain Manager. Coder and New Technologies Enthousiastic. Guitar player, sushi devourer.
Fábio Ferrentini
R&D Director
IT Engineer, PhD in Science & Technology. Teacher and Researcher in Brasil and Portugal. Passionate about Education and Computer Science.
Cristina Charneca
Technical Advisor
Professional Coach & Trainer, Licensed Translator, passionate for causes, innovation and good practices. Creative and artistic.
NEWS
Estudo Exploratório sobre o Uso da Robótica Educacional no Ensino de Introdução a Programação
Este trabalho é um estudo exploratório que se apoia em três pilares na busca por um melhor
ensino de programação: a robótica educativa, a abordagem construcionista e a Taxonomia
de Bloom revisada, com o intuito de identificar métodos e estratégias para o crescimento da
qualidade do ensino de programação introdutória.
Fernão de Magalhães: A STEAM activity to celebrate the 500th anniversary of CircumNavigation around the globe
This paper presents a case study of
a workshop that used the celebration of 500 years of circum-navigation of the globe, by
the portuguese navigator Fernão de Magalhães, as a motif to develop hands-on activities integrating history and STEAM topics, including physics and geography.