Festival of STEM projects: Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic WOW!

On April 30, the STEM Projects Festival was held, organized by Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic and supported by the Department of Education and Science of the Zaporizhzhia City Council. The participants were welcomed by Vice-Rector for Scientific and Pedagogical Work Andriy Ivanchenko.

Students took part in an intellectual quiz — incendiary, fast, exciting — they tested their knowledge and trained logical thinking. In parallel, master classes were held by teachers of Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic: Smart House and Smart Grid, robot workshop, alternative energy, interesting physics, smart LEGO, Do it with Micro:bit.

17 teams from schools in Zaporizhzhia and Zaporizhzhia region  presented their STEM projects. Smart devices, eco-technologies, robotic systems, 3D models, energy-efficient solutions – schoolchildren proved that the future is already here and they are creating it. Each project is unique. Each participant is a real developer!

Our participants:
— Zaporizhzhia Gymnasium No. 89 — mega STREAM project “Planet of Childhood: Modeling and Exploring the World Together”
— Zaporizhzhia Multidisciplinary Lyceum No. 99 — project “Flying as We Can: From Sketch to First Flight”
— Zaporizhzhia Academic Lyceum “Vybir” — project “Hotel for Insects”
— Zaporizhzhia Social and Humanitarian Gymnasium No. 27 — project for the reconstruction of the Heroes’ Square
— Zaporizhzhia Gymnasium No. 92 — project “Landscape Design of the Park”
— Zaporizhzhia Gymnasium No. 62 with the project “SMART-City through the Eyes of Children”
— Zaporizhzhia Gymnasium No. 77 with project “Flowerbed-clock on solar batteries”
— Dniprorudno Specialized School of I–III Degrees “Talant” — project “Hydraulic Bridge”
— Zaporizhzhia Gymnasium No. 61 — project “Smart Backpack”
— Zaporizhzhia Gymnasium No. 8 — project “Island Explorer”
— Zaporizhzhia Gymnasium No. 108 — project “Implementation of ICT innovations in mathematics and physics lessons using STEM technology”
— Zaporizhzhia Gymnasium No. 106 — project “Smart weather station on Arduino UNO”
— Zaporizhzhia Gymnasium No. 84 — project “Literary images: creation of 3D models and media content using AI”
— Zaporizhzhia Gymnasium No. 12 — project “Extraction of DNA molecules from banana”
— Khortyts’kyi Academic Lyceum — project “Alternative energy sources. Wind Energy”
— Zaporizhzhia Collegium “Elint” — Project “School of the Future”
— Zaporizhzhia Specialized School of I–III Levels No. 100 — Project “Smart Cottage: Myth or Reality?”

Photos from the event can be found at the link: https://fex.net/ru/s/tnczakz

The Festival participants received vivid impressions, new knowledge, a lot of positive emotions, an unforgettable experience of communication and creativity, and also found new friends and inspiration for further achievements.

Ahead is the summer project “Vacations with Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic”. Register soon: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1DUUfUywIceYnOY9lwEruENfvq8l8W0xajkfQI4YgAok/edit 

Thank you to the students and teaching staff for your activity! Zaporizhia Polytechnic University is a place where dreams take shape.