Hands-on STEM education helps young people put mathematical principles into practice and learn about science, electricity, physics, and design thinking. In July 2024, educate. and STEM IN A BOX are excited to be organizing a robotics camp in rural Trinidad, Honduras, engaging 35+ young people aged 14-18 from low-income, rural communities in building robots made from electronic waste!
A lack of resources makes it difficult for teachers in rural public schools in Honduras to make education exciting. STEM is an area that suffers particularly, as students don't have the opportunity to experiment, play, and gain an applied understanding of scientific and mathematical concepts. This leads to negative perspectives about maths and science, academic underachievement, and low interest in pursuing a career in STEM, especially amongst girls.
Through this robotics camp, young people will be empowered to put mathematical and scientific concepts they have learned about in school into practice themselves as they build their own robots from electronic waste. The camp will take place during school holidays and will be open to youth aged 14-18. Alongside a trained facilitator, local youth leaders will support in leading the workshops. We aim to ensure that at least 50% of participants are girls in order to promote gender equity in STEM.
In past camps, STEM IN A BOX has found that the combination of theory and practice leads to 20% improvement in students' negative perspectives about math and science, 73% improvement in students' mathematical understanding, and 66% increase in student interest in pursuing a career in STEM! educate.'s STEM programme youth leaders will be trained to replicate robotics workshops even after the camp has ended, integrating this within our existing STEM programme to ensure the project's longevity.
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
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