Let’s give it a go.
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McRobotface Robotics Club
The last 10 years saw huge development in robotics and interest in STEM subjects. My son returned home one day and told me that the toys at school were broken and old. I realise this might be the case for other schools. The aged equipment environment might have been good in the past. However, times move on and the environment should move as well. Therefore, I decided to try and launch an initiative to provide affordable robotics sessions run by experts to provide an inspirational environment.
The first step is often the hardest step
Step 1, get some robots that are educational and age-appropriate.
Step 2, get kids and their parents to play and familiarise with the robots and the coding.
Step 3, get some educational material and understand what they may learn to make the play relevant.
Step 4, go to a Robotics research group (my previous one is a start) and engage some experts to explain and guide the sessions.
Step 5, get more kids and parents involved to do more complex robotics challenges and arrange team competitions. Parents can sit back and relax, job done.
Step 6: Get the research groups to modify the standard education material to react to the latest research trends, making the sessions more relevant and exciting.
Step 7, repeat 2 to 6.
This is my master plan. I just have to start.
Motivation
14 years ago, I visited the Peace Garden School just because I stayed in the local suburb outside Kathmandu. There was a science lab with microscopes and heaps of slides and cover slips but no-one wanted to use it. I created a series of experiments, to demonstrate simple scientific principles. My favourite bit was to show that one does not need to follow the textbook rigidly to boil off the saturated salt water to extract salt crystals, it would be a huge waste of energy. Evaporation would grow the crystals bigger. Even the teachers were impressed.
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Crowfunding can invite the community to take part to create something that lasts the test of time. Let’s give it a go.
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