LEGO engineering in science and vocational education for street children in Kyrgyzstan
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LEGO engineering in science and vocational education for street children in Kyrgyzstan
Birger Brevik (HiAk – Norway)
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Suyun Aidarov (UNDP – Kyrgyzstan)
Background for the contents
Teknobuss.no project (STEM)
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LEGO Work Shop Bishkek Kyrgyzstan
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• Goal• Content• Activities• Background• Context• Assessment
STEM
Analytical work:
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Mathematics (STEM)• LEGO geometry
– The height on a brick is 9,6 mm without nubs, and the distance between nubs is 8 mm. A standard ”eight” brick has following measures:
• Length: 4 (4 x 8 = 32 mm)• Wide: 2 (2 x 8 = 16 mm)• Height: 1 (9,6 mm)• Proposing: 5 – 5 – 6 (length– wide– height)• Plates is 1/3 height of an brick: 3,2 mm
Calculations• Calculation of vertical distances with plates:
– 1 height= 9,6 mm
– + 2 1/3 heights (9,6 / 3)*2)= 6,4mm
– 9,6 + 6,4 = 16 mm
• Calculation of horizontal distances– Distance between nubs / holes = 8 mm
– 2 holes is 8mm x 2 = 16 mm
• Without plates:– 5 x 9,6 mm = 48 mm
– 6 x 8 mm = 48 mm
• This is calculations for building constructions with LEGO
Pythagoras
Engineering, work process in learning
Investigate the problem
Find solutions
Choose one solutionConstruct a prototypeTesting the solution
Documentation and presentation
Reflection Defining a problem
C e n t r a l A s i a
KyrgyzstanCapital - Bishkek (1 million)
Area: 198.5 thousand sq. km., Mountains 94% (high mountains 70%), Valleys 6 % Nationalities: 54% Kyrgyz, 23% Russian, 23% other nationalities (German, Ukrainian, Kazakh, Korean, Tartar, Uigur, Uzbek, Tajik, Dungan) GDP per capita $ US 7.500; GDP real growth 5,7%GDP is composed of 39% agriculture, 22% of industry, and 39% of services.51% live below poverty line Sovereignty – 1991 Language: Kyrgyz – state and Russian - official
Students activities
CEEO book translated to Russian language
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Contact information
Birger BrevikPhD student Akershus University College,Norway
Suyun AidarovProject leader UNDP Bishkek, Kirgizstan