We called ours, 'Fred the flower' and in my humble, unbiased opinion, I feel that ours was the best.Įveryone is feeling tired after a busy and exciting day, but are looking forward to finishing and presenting the prototypes tomorrow! The rest of the day was spent presenting individual ideas, selecting an extreme environment, designing prototypes and building them.Įvening entertainment included traditional Thai dancing and each school created a Loy Krathong a floating flower display with a lit candle. The students were split up into teams and attended a range of different exciting workshops including: using a Raspberry pi, robotics, presenting designs using AR and VR, creating 3D structures, Batik workshops and many more.Īfter a delicious lunch, the theme of this year's STEAM challenge was revealed: Extreme Environments. Nhat Ha won a prize at the end of the talk for asking an interesting question, while Aymen demonstrated an exciting collaborative challenge on the stage in front of everyone. She explained the design and development process in creating the Ford Raptor Ranger and showed how all the STEAM elements play an important role in this process. We all met in 'The Globe Theatre' where we listened to a keynote speaker, Pritika Maharaj, from Ford cars. We have had a fantastic start to our STEAM challenge today! We had an early start with a buffet breakfast in the hotel, and then got buses to go to Regents International school at 8:30am. It has been a great start to what is sure to be a fantastic week! We ate dinner beside the beach - our first proper taste of Thai food and we loved it! Everyone is exhausted after their first day and is busy preparing their presentations for tomorrow. This definitely peaked our curiosity and excitement for what lies ahead tomorrow. They won tokens for this challenge which they can use later this week as currency to trade in tools and use equipment. The students managed to open it, thanks to their perseverance and amazing collaboration skills. We took part in our first challenge in the late afternoon which involved breaking codes to open a chest. We were greeted by members from Regents international school who showed us the way to our private buses.Īfter almost 2 hours, we finally arrived in Pattaya and were so delighted to see our comfortable hotel rooms and the beautiful view of the sea stretching out beyond us. When we landed in Bangkok airport we met some of the other participating schools including BIS HCMC and BVIS, Hanoi. The six students that were chosen to attend the annual STEAM festival met Miss Göppert at Noi Bai international airport at 8am and we spent our time going through the airport, playing games of 'exploding kittens' and eating snacks. It will be a fantastic week for students attending the STEAM Festival in Pattaya!Īfter an early start and a long day of travel from Hanoi to Thailand, we have reached our beautiful beach-side hotel.
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