The PYP Exhibition is an exhibition where primary school students present their projects, showcasing the research, critical thinking and creativity skills acquired through the Primary Years Programme.
Students presented the following projects as part of their STEM strategy:
- Mark, Valeria and Akif presented a prototype of a robot for agriculture that monitors soil and crop condition to organise crop cultivation in the face of agricultural staff shortages and growing consumer demand.
- Amir and Suleiman modelled an autonomous robotic boat based on mobile robots like VEX and EV3. It will find its purpose in cleaning up oil spills due to its built-in natural absorbent drum.
- Myron and Semyon are the authors of a Blender-based virtual reality flight simulator, offering to ‘pump up’ piloting skills, because in the foreseeable future flying cars will become a reality with a projected market growth of up to 1.5 trillion USD by 2040.
- Mintimer and Murat suggested that artificial intelligence should be used to help medical personnel to recognise early signs of diseases in the conditions of spontaneously occurring viral diseases.
- Arina considered the problem of growing plants and penicillus mushrooms in space, where life processes in microgravity do not proceed in the same way as on earth. Arina modelled gravity with the help of an asynchronous motor and verified the peculiarities of plant growth under the influence of centrifugal force.
- Leysan, Aliya and Adelya analysed the state of water bodies after rains, which, according to the students' assumption, contained polluting particles. Next, the young researchers assembled an environmental control system based on an Arduino Uno and sensors to measure pH, turbidity and electric conductivity. Daily measurements will show the impact of weather and man-made factors, helping to identify sources of pollution and improve the environment.
- Amir spent a year researching the use of drones on construction projects to provide government oversight. Amir's observations found that modern construction projects need quality control, but existing solutions are expensive or ineffective in bad weather conditions. The student's project is an affordable drone with thermal protection to operate in harsh conditions. It takes aerial photos and feeds the data into a BIM model, comparing construction progress with the blueprint. This project is of particular importance for monitoring construction progress at remote sites.
We congratulate the kids with researching and prototyping such a serious project at their young age and wish them success and new discoveries at MYP Middle School!