120 of Nyagan’s school students took part in the Inventing Engineers program

7 july 2021

Nyagan has just seen a series of educational events dubbed the Science Session for school students aged 9 through 12 who have showed an interest in scientific and technical disciplines draw to a close. They were attended by 120 students. The project was implemented with SIBUR’s support as part of its corporate social investment program, the Formula for Good Deeds, and with the support of the Education Development Department under Nyagan's City Administration’s Education and Science Committee.

Participants of the Inventing Engineers course spent five days tinkering with a Livetronic construction set and, under the guidance of their experienced instructors, assembled various engineering models including an Asimov's robot, a rubber-motor car, a catapult, and a catamaran. Each student was issued a personal equipment kit necessary for doing the practical work. In addition, the budding engineers came up with unique stylings for their design projects, learned to write the algorithm of the robot's moves and conducted various other experiments.

I would be very happy if my son could choose an occupation to his liking when he grows up. And I would be doubly happy if he chose the profession of an engineer, Elena Voronova, mother of a participant of the Science Session, a 3rd grade student, shared. Granted, to become a true professional, you need to have a very broad outlook and lots of knowledge in very diverse areas, and to have practical skills, to boot. Thanks to the Inventing Engineers program we have set things in motion. Many thanks to the program’s organizers who were able to arrange classes in the most interesting and useful way while maintaining a friendly atmosphere throughout the whole session.

The Science Sessions project was designed to help develop relevant skills and competencies in schoolchildren with an emphasis on engineering design, robotics, and physics. It is also about helping to properly set up children’s educational and leisure activities during their vacations and showcasing state-of-the-art techniques and practices to the local academic community.

The Inventing Engineers program is not just a lot of fun. It helps develop useful work skills. Children gain an understanding of design work, develop logical thinking, and the desire to achieve their goals. Course participants were very committed to and interested in assembling various engineering designs, and their products have made a very favorable impression. Moreover, they were offered to take home the models they had built, Sergey Nikonov, head of the camp at Nyagan Gymnasium, noted.