Master classes were held for children of military personnel and internally displaced persons in the STEM laboratory of Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University.
During the event, the children became participants in the robotics studio, learned how to build a robot, tried playing poker with it and perform certain tasks. The young visitors of the STEM laboratory especially liked to play «fighting» robots according to the principle of sumo.
After that, a natural science master class «Mysterious world through a microscope» was held. During the event, the children were able to make temporary micropreparations from fruits and vegetables (potatoes, onions, apples), saw the real structure of the cell and placement of the main organelles in it, determined the ph level by themselves.
It is known that the STEAM laboratory began operating at Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University at the end of last year. This is a joint educational space of the higher education establishment and Volyn Regional Small Academy of Sciences. Here, the students of National Academy of Sciences have the opportunity to create their own designs, while the students of the University get practical experience. The STEAM laboratory was recently supported by Ihor Palytsia Foundation «Only Together» by donating microscopes for young scientists.
The University Rector Anatolii Tsos noted that the future is impossible without modern technologies and their development. «It is necessary to involve children and schoolchildren in such activities from the youngest age, because this is our future. This year at the University we will open a new educational programme related to robotics as logical continuation of such activities. As for the children who were forcibly relocated to Volyn, our duty is to help them and give them access to a good education,» said Rector Anatolii Tsos.
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