STEM Education Festival in Tan Phu District

Creating comics using AI, making flood-proof house models, dry perfume... and many other creative products and interesting applications attracted a large number of primary and secondary school students at the STEM Education Festival in Tan Phu District, Ho Chi Minh City.

As the first place in Ho Chi Minh City to boldly organize the STEM Education Festival, opening up a widespread movement in many other localities, the Economic Department - Education and Training Department - Tan Phu District Youth Union continues to coordinate to organize the 2nd STEM Education Festival.

The event took place on the morning of November 2 at Ton That Tung Secondary School with the participation of 15 secondary schools and 17 primary schools in Tan Phu district.

Content related to technology applications and computer operations always attracts children.

With the theme "Digital Citizen Journey", the new point of this year's festival is that students have access to AI technology through the integration of an AI comic creation contest. This content has received a strong response, with 14 primary schools and 22 products entering the final round. At the secondary level, there are 13 schools and 21 products entering the final round. The organizing committee also announced and awarded prizes at the festival.

The most "lively" event was the product competition "Creating with STEM" with the participation of 15 secondary schools and 17 primary schools in the district. In addition to creating products, the groups also had to prepare a presentation about the idea as well as the meaning of applying the product to the judges. The products were made from applying the knowledge learned and were also researched, studied and improved in the classroom as well as STEM clubs at school.

The creative team is presenting their product to the judges.

Not only applying technology and engineering, the female team of Phan Boi Chau Secondary School also introduced dry perfume products made from natural ingredients.

Phan Gia Phuong, the group representative, said: "I am very excited to spend 3 weeks with my friends coming up with ideas and making this dry perfume product. The product is applied from the melting and solidifying properties of beeswax and soybean wax in lesson 8 of Natural Science 6. Now, we only need to work for 10 minutes to have a perfume product. Dry perfume will be convenient to carry with you, compact and not easily broken like a regular perfume bottle."

Phan Boi Chau Secondary School students introduce dry perfume products

Students of Hiep Tan Primary School introduced models that are very relevant such as flood-proof houses, wind power, etc. Principal Nguyen Thi Minh Nguyet shared: " Our school has been implementing STEM education for more than 2 years. I find the STEM education festival a very useful and interesting playground when schools have the opportunity to exchange and learn as well as students have the opportunity to experience and develop creative ideas, applying the theories they have learned. From the perspective of the unit implementing STEM education, I see the good and convenient when the model is implemented synchronously at all levels. Thus, students will have access to it in a consistent manner, thereby being able to improve their level of STEM, as well as easily develop research and creativity skills. However, the main difficulty is mobilizing the companionship and support from parents. How can parents understand the benefits of STEM education, thereby supporting students to have more conditions in terms of supplies, materials, time, etc. in the process of research and creative."

Students of Hiep Tan Primary School are operating a flood-proof house model.

Explaining the integration of AI content in this year's festival, Mr. Lo Quoc Khai, an expert from the Tan Phu District Education Department, said: "The AI ​​comic creation contest in this year's festival aims to respond to the policy of digital transformation for schools. This is a broad topic with specific criteria. According to the city's general plan, in addition to implementing STEM education in schools, we also have to implement two main contents: digital transformation and scientific and technical research."

The work "The Adventures of a Cricket" by students of Huynh Van Chinh Primary School won first prize in the AI ​​comic writing contest for Primary School students.

Students experience robot control technology

Phan Chu Trinh Primary School introduces multi-purpose water bottle model

STEM education festival creates an interesting playground for schools in Tan Phu district

The Organizing Committee awarded prizes for the AI ​​comic creation contest and the products of the STEM Creativity contest:

STEM is an acronym for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. This term is used when referring to the development policies of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics of each country. Currently, this term is used mainly in two contexts: education and career.

In the context of education, mentioning STEM is to emphasize the attention of education to the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics; focusing on teaching STEM subjects according to an interdisciplinary, integrated approach, linked to practice, forming and developing learners' qualities and capacities.

In the context of careers, STEM is used when referring to careers in or related to the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. These are careers that play a decisive role in the competitiveness of an economy and are and will be in high demand in modern society.

STEM teaching is an integrated educational method that takes an interdisciplinary and hands-on approach. Instead of teaching four subjects as separate and discrete subjects, STEM combines them into a cohesive learning model based on practical applications. Through this, students not only learn scientific knowledge but also learn how to apply that knowledge in practice.

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