Hello everyone! We are Helsinki-based non-profit educational association Aurora Math and company EO Space Oy. We are a team of alumni of top mathematical institutions, psychologists, teachers and IT specialists.
We are working on changing the approach to teaching mathematics in primary school, and in general on improving children's understanding of math and their motivation to learn. We’re striving to make children of different levels of preparation find mathematics not just interesting, but inspiringly interesting. And so that every child develops at their own pace.
The project started in early 2024 in Helsinki, when we decided to hold the festival with the support of the local community.
In the end, 132 families joined us for the first event.
Almost 50% of the participants filled out the feedback survey after the event, with an average score of 9.54/10, the NPS was 84.6%!
8 organizers, 32 volunteers, presenters, translators, partners
It was an absolutely amazing event: the energy of children, volunteers, enjoyment of the event’s quality, magical aftertaste.
Updates:
On October 26, 2024, we held our second EO STEM Jam with 150 families and 60 volunteers. We achieved an average score of 9.79/10, an NPS of 96.15%, and received many positive reviews – it was absolutely amazing!
This second event confirmed the demand for the new festival and educational experience introduced by EO STEM Jam.
Building on that success, we held our third event on April 26–27, 2025, welcoming more than 200 families and expanding the format to include both EO STEM Jam (Preschool to Grade 3) and the brand-new EO STEM Lab (Grades 4–6), with completely new STEM activities for children. A separate article about the EO STEM Lab format will be published soon.
At this third event, we received remarkable support from many Finnish families. That gave us the confidence to grow EO STEM Jam into a full-scale festival movement around math and science for schoolchildren.
Our mission is to raise the visibility of math and science for children in society. Our dream is to bring EO STEM Jam to many schools across Finland and turn it into a new driver of positive change in STEM education.
EO STEM Jam is a bright educational festival. Hundreds of children and parents, a perfect venue with a stage and amphitheater, a sea of emotions and memories, a mathematical competition in a different way, inspiring activities. Creating a new look at education, volunteering and mathematics.
The event is hosted in 3–4 languages (Finnish, English, Swedish, and Russian) to ensure that every child feels understood and supported.