Impressive creative experience at "STEM Festival" in Tu Ky district

This is the first locality in the province to implement and maintain the district-level "STEM Festival".

Robocon Exchange

The first impression when coming to the “STEM Festival” is the Robocon exchange program with the theme “The Eastern Region Reaches New Heights”. Taking the idea of ​​2023, the Eastern Region begins its journey to reach new heights, a peaceful land becomes a bustling destination for robots returning to their homeland to participate in building a modern and smart Eastern Region, students compete to control robots to overcome challenges on a sand table simulating the process of transporting goods and energy to build a smart city in the future.

Each team's robot performs 4 challenges, including 3 automatic challenges, the final challenge is to remotely control the robot, moving energy blocks placed in different positions on the table.

As a member of the first prize winning team in the primary school category, Nguyen Thuy Duong, grade 5, Tu Ky town primary school said: "I am very excited to participate in the competition. Through this, I learned more about technology and trained in the spirit of solidarity and teamwork. In the near future, I will learn more about this subject."

Participating in the "Robocon Exchange" of Tu Ky district in 2023, there are 50 teams from 46 secondary and primary schools, an increase of 12 teams compared to last year.

"Introducing" many creative products

At the exhibition area, it is worth noting 276 STEM products of primary school students with topics about family, hometown, country, science and technology... 34 projects in the fields of mechanical engineering, biochemistry, social and behavioral sciences, physical energy... of 8th and 9th grade students from 24 secondary schools in the district participating in the Science and Technology Competition for secondary school students.

Outstanding, creative and highly applicable products such as electric wheelchairs for the disabled with integrated solar panels; rechargeable fans made from recycled materials; convenient coconut splitters; biological termite killers made from betel leaves, grapefruit peels and lemongrass leaves... Many practical products such as skills to refuse electronic cigarettes for school-age students; preserving and developing the traditional embroidery craft of Hung Dao commune...

All products are made by students under the guidance and instruction of teachers with available, low-cost materials or reused discarded, environmentally friendly materials... The students have devoted a lot of effort and applied the knowledge they have learned to create unique, creative products.

Nguyen Hoang Anh, grade 9, Minh Duc Secondary School, representative of the product design team "Electric wheelchair for the disabled with integrated solar panels" said that the product operates based on the principle of electromagnetic induction, converting magnetic fields into electrical energy. The special thing about the multi-function rechargeable battery product is its high safety. The product has a circuit breaker that will automatically turn off when the current is overloaded, or when the device is fully charged, or when not in use but still plugged in. The finished price is about 15-16 million VND/car.

According to Mr. Pham Anh Tuan, Head of the Department of Education and Training of Tu Ky district, this educational event trains skills and knowledge combined in 4 fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) for students to approach and apply the trend of the 4.0 industrial revolution. This is also an opportunity for students to experience interesting scientific activities, apply knowledge into practice, in order to meet the goals of the 2018 general education program.

The 2nd "STEM Festival" program of Tu Ky district will close and award prizes on the morning of October 11.