Authors: NIKOLA UGLIK, DAVID ŠIJANOVIĆ
School: GIMNAZIJA VUKOVAR
Country: CROATIA
e-mail: dsijanovic@gmail.com
We created an Arduino smart train and called it STEM Voyager. Our train is not just an ordinary model train, it is also an educational tool that stimulates curiosity and invites interaction. Through our product, we want to enable learning through play, encourage the development of skills and show children and young people that exploring the world of STEM can be exciting and educational. Although our Arduino smart train has the appearance of a toy, its main purpose is to be a functional tool that will enable learning, through what children love most, which is play. Each train car carries a special task and story that ensures the acquisition of new knowledge and the development of skills. Our product, through direct experiential engagement, enables children to better understand and clearly apply theoretical concepts from the STEM field in the real world. By exploring the world using a camera, radar, air quality sensor and Geiger counter, children will want to understand the world around them and will be able to learn and explore outside of the school environment.