"<< Background >>""Knowledge of and about science are integral in preparing our population to be actively engaged and responsible, creative and innovative citizens, capable of working collaboratively and fully aware of and conversant with the complex challenges facing society"" (Science Education for Responsible Citizenship, EC, 2015). At the same time, social inclusion is one of the most profound aspects in today’s society where the school population is becoming more and more multicultural (due to migration flows) and different in terms of disadvantages, in one word highly diversified (UNESCO Guidelines for Inclusion, Paris, UNESCO, 2005; OECD Education Working Paper No. 227, 2020; Ambrose, S., Bridges, M.W., DiPietro, M., Lovett, M.C., & Norman, M.K. 2010; Lawrie, G., Marquis, E., Fuller, 2017). ThINKER LAB partnership intends, to broaden the educational offerings available to students weaving learning paths less tied to technical aspects and more connected to co-construction learning processes based on a laboratory-based approach.<< Objectives >>ThINKER LAB general objectives:1. to increase the social inclusion of young students (14-19 y.o.);2. to increase students' STEM skills through active inclusion methodologies and working techniques based on Tinkering and the creation and use of low-cost fablabs with recycled materials.ThINKER LAB specific objectives are:1. to increase the skills of teaching staff with respect to the use of inclusive methodologies for learning;2. to increase the skills of teaching staff in using didactic-pedagogical strategies to facilitate STEM learning in inclusive environments;3. to increase students' competences in the field of technical/scientific micro-language, through the TechnoCLil methodology;4. to increase teachers' and students' digital skills, utilizing low-cost laboratories employing recycled materials and co-built simulations;5. to increase the internationalization capacity of the partnership, through comparative and cooperatively constructed studies, in order to achieve ""European"" results.<< Implementation >>To reach the previously stated objectives, the partnership has divided the project in 4 Work Packages: WP1 Project Management and Coordination (transversal phase);WP2 Monitoring and Evaluation (transversal phase);WP3 Dissemination and Valorization of Results (transversal phase);WP4 Implementation of ThINKER LAB Results.Concentrating the attention on the implementation phase, partners will collaborate through different and consequential actions (legenda: A.x = Action. x): A.1-A.5 Identification of the most suitable methodologies through Desktop analysis of successful European case histories and national Focus Groups comprising teachers, students and parents;A.6-A.11 Creation of the ThINKER LAB digital platform (Social area + Repository);A.12-A.15 Creation and uploading of the digital platform content and creation of the low-cost laboratories;A.16-A.19 ThINKER LAB HACKATHONS (use of the digital platform content and tools as well as the low-cost laboratories);A.20-A.23 Development of the Teacher’s Handbook (guidelines for student engagement involvement and inclusion through low-cost laboratory activities);A.24-A.27 Development of the Student’s Handbook (guidelines for student engagement involvement and inclusion through low-cost laboratory activities).<< Results >>R1. ACTIVE METHODOLOGIES AND TECHNIQUES FOR INCLUSIVE AND PARTICIPATORY TEACHING (=ThINKER LAB methodologies);R2. EUROPEAN PLATFORM ""ThINKER LAB COMMUNITY FOR AND ACTIVE AND INCLUSIVE LEARNING"";R3. TEACHER’S HANDBOOK;R4. STUDENT’S HANDBOOK."