As part of its Science Sessions, SIBUR launches a Smart Technologies program in Pyt-Yakh
15 july 2021
On July 19 through 23, a new series of educational events held under the auspices of the Science Sessions project will take place in Pyt-Yakh. It is intended for schoolchildren aged 11 through 14 who have shown an interest in scientific and technical subjects. The project is being implemented with SIBUR’s support as part of its social investment program, the Formula for Good Deeds, and with the support of the Department of Education and Youth Policy of the Pyt-Yakh Administration.
The Smart Technologies program, implemented as part of the Science Sessions project, will introduce its participants to basic modeling concepts. Guided by their experienced teachers, the students will study state-of-the-art technological solutions that are used in smart home systems. Working with soldering irons, circuit boards, and sensors, the students will build various smart gadgets including a flashlight, a sensor switch, a light sensor, and a magnetic field sensor. In addition to their master classes, the participants of Science Sessions will be able to attend video lessons, lectures and contests. The classes for students aged 11 through 14 will be held at School 6’s urban camp.
The teachers who are involved in the project will go through prior training and will be introduced to teaching methods designed to unlock students’ potential.
In developing our program, we tried to incorporate all the topics that are relevant for and most interesting to 21st century children, Kseniya Zayets, the developer of the Smart Technologies course, noted. As a child, many of us were eager to learn more about how the various technologies we use work. How does a battery work? Or a wireless charger? Or can a light bulb light up right in one’s own hand? We tried to make sure that, by trial and error, the students would be able find all answers to these questions and then put together their first, but definitely not their last, gadgets at their own impromptu laboratory.
Delivering the Science Sessions to secondary school students is very relevant in terms of offering them career guidance, considering that our region has a great demand for holders of technical degrees, as well as experts in the field of IT. We would really want our graduates to opt for professions of technical nature after leaving school so that they could then get a job with one of our local enterprises. We find such training sessions to be very important as they are not constrained within a standard curriculum but go beyond it, allowing to pursue additional practical goals and objectives in acquiring practical skills, Polina Nagovitsyna, Director of the Department of Education and Youth Policy at Pyt-Yakh’s City Administration, emphasized.