Creating comics using AI, making flood-resistant house models, solid perfumes… and many other creative 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, which sparked a widespread movement in many other localities, the Economic Department - Education and Training Department - Tan Phu District Youth Union continue to cooperate in organizing the 2nd STEM Education Festival.
The event took place on the morning of November 2nd at Ton That Tung Secondary School, with the participation of 15 secondary schools and 17 primary schools in Tan Phu district.
Topics related to technology applications and computer skills always attract the children's attention.
With the theme "The Digital Citizen Journey," a new feature of this year's festival was students' access to AI technology through the integration of an AI-powered comic book creation competition. This initiative received a strong response, with 14 primary schools and 22 entries reaching the final round, and 13 secondary schools and 21 entries also making it to the final round. The organizers also announced and awarded prizes at the festival.
The most exciting part of the event was the "Creative with STEM" product competition, with participation from 15 junior high schools and 17 elementary schools in the district. Besides creating products, the teams also had to prepare presentations about their ideas and the significance of their product applications to the judging panel. The submitted products were created by applying learned knowledge, as well as through research and development in the classroom and STEM clubs at school.
The creative team is presenting their product to the judging panel.
In addition to technological and engineering applications, the girls' team from Phan Boi Chau Secondary School also introduced a solid perfume product made from natural ingredients.
Phan Gia Phuong, representing the group, said: "I'm very excited to have spent three weeks brainstorming and creating this solid perfume product with my friends. The product utilizes the melting and solidifying properties of beeswax and soy wax from lesson 8 of our 6th grade Natural Science class. Now, with just 10 minutes of work, we can have a perfume product. Solid perfume will be convenient to carry around, lightweight, and less prone to breakage than regular perfume bottles."
A group of students from Phan Boi Chau Secondary School introduced their solid perfume product.
Students from Hiep Tan Primary School presented models with topical relevance such as flood-resistant houses and wind power. Principal Nguyen Thi Minh Nguyet shared: " Our school has been implementing STEM education for over two years now. I find the STEM education festival to be a very beneficial and interesting playground where schools have the opportunity to exchange and learn, and students have the opportunity to experience and develop creative ideas and apply the theories they have learned. From the perspective of an institution implementing STEM education, I see the advantages and benefits of implementing the model synchronously across all grade levels. This allows students to access it consistently, thereby improving their level in STEM subjects, as well as easily developing research and creative skills. However, the main difficulty is mobilizing the participation and support from parents. How can we make parents understand the benefits of STEM education so that they can support their children with additional resources, materials, time, etc., during the research and creative process?"
Students at Hiep Tan Primary School are operating a flood-resistant house model.
Explaining the integration of AI content into this year's festival, Mr. Lo Quoc Khai, a specialist from the Tan Phu District Education Department, said: "The AI-powered comic book creation contest at this year's festival aims to meet the digital transformation policy for schools. This is a broad topic with specific criteria. According to the city's overall plan, in addition to implementing STEM education in schools, we also have to implement two pillars: digital transformation and scientific and technological research."
The comic book "The Adventures of Cricket" by students from Huynh Van Chinh Primary School won first prize in the AI-powered comic book creation competition for primary school students.
Students experience robot control technology.
The team from Phan Chu Trinh Primary School introduces a model of a multi-functional water bottle.
The STEM Education Festival provides an exciting playground for schools in Tan Phu district.
The organizers presented awards for the AI-powered comic book creation contest and the STEM Innovation contest entries.
STEM is an acronym for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. This term is used to refer to national policies for the development of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. Currently, the term is primarily used in two contexts: education and careers.
In the context of education, mentioning STEM emphasizes the education system's interest in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics; focusing on teaching STEM subjects using an integrated, interdisciplinary approach, linked to practical applications, and fostering the development of learners' qualities and competencies.
In a professional context, STEM refers to professions belonging to or related to the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. These are professions that play a decisive role in the competitiveness of an economy and are, and will continue to be, in high demand in modern society.
STEM education is an integrated educational approach that uses an interdisciplinary and hands-on approach. Instead of teaching four subjects as separate and disconnected entities, STEM combines them into a cohesive learning model based on real-world applications. Through this, students learn both scientific knowledge and how to apply that knowledge to practical situations.
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