STEM World FUV
Fulbright University Viet Nam
for Unaccompanied Students
In Association with Exscitec, Fulbright University of Viet Nam (FUV) and the Ton Duc Thang University Viet Nam (TDT)
Monday 15 - Saturday 27 July 2019
Week 1 is 15 - 19 July 2019 / Week 2 is 22 - 26 July 2019 / Presentation for both weeks on 27 July 2019
All Exscitec programmes provide an opportunity to link students and teachers to UK STEM experts engaging in hands-on STEM activities focusing on problem solving challenges linked to key issues for ASEAN economic development and career opportunities. Partnership programmes also engage in-country University researchers in STEM activities contextualised for ASEAN.
- Students are fully supervised by Exscitec staff together with academic and pastoral mentors
- Residential places and 1 week options are available
- Sibling Discount available
- Group discount available - please enquire for details
For further information, please contact alison.brennan@exscitec.com
LIST OF COURSES
Week 1 is 15 - 19 July 2019 / Week 2 is 22 - 26 July 2019 / Presentation on 27 July 2019
Please select an age range :
Age 10 - 12
Please select a course :
Young Scientists
Week | Weeks 1 and 2 |
Week 1 Title | Young Scientists |
Description | Throughout these weeks you will experience a taster of a wide range of STEM Subjects. We will be focusing on math's, physics and engineering to discover how STEM has played its part in the creation of everyday household items We will explore the brilliant biological world ranging from the microscopic realm to whole organisms which are specially adapted to their environment. Finally, get ready to marvel at the weird and wonderful world of chemistry with fun hands-on activities. |
Topics | Which material is strongest? |
Stop the spread | |
Energy efficiency in the home | |
Make a roller coaster faster | |
Keeping safe on the street | |
Stop the flood | |
What makes bread rise? | |
Week 2 Title | Technology in a Changing World |
Description | Technology is changing the way that engineers think. The future of successful economics depends on those who are able to design and build innovative technology, but they also have to develop good leadership, team and employability skills to help motivate and get the best from their co workers. This course focuses on the engineering design process and learning habits of the mind. There is a core element of employability and team building to each student develop these vital skills. During this strand, you will work together to develop core robotics skills using innovative construction and automation kits, but it will also focus on leadership, communication, interpersonal skills, team building, conflict management and problem solving skills. |
Topics | Introduction “getting to know you” |
Team building exercise. Build Geodesic dome | |
Simply robotics using the Boe Bot | |
Microcontrollers - using a simple bread board | |
Build a Hovercraft | |
Bridge building, paper and Knex | |
Flight workshop - Build and fire rockets | |
Working with magnets and electrical circuits |
Environmental Science - Plastics in the Environment
Week | Weeks 1 and 2 (content will be different on each week) |
Title | Plastics in the Environment |
Description | Plastics have been a feature of modern life for over 100 years. However, much of the plastic materials manufactured remain in the environment. What can WE do to reduce, remove or recycle plastics from our everyday lives. How can WE work to reduce the environmental impact of this 'wonder' material on the World? |
Topics | World efforts in solving plastic pollution |
Bio-plastics - A solution to the plastic problem | |
SWOT analysis of different solutions | |
Research on plastic solutions | |
Field trip |
Age 13 - 15
Please select a course :
Computer Science - Coders of the Future
Week | Week 1 and Week 2 |
Title | Coders of the future |
Description | Coding is now used in almost all aspects of life and knowledge and understanding will be required more and more as we move into the future. Knowing how to code gives you a powerful tool to tackle large problems by breaking them down into a sequence of smaller, more manageable problems. During this strand you will play the role of a software engineer facing different challenges from future. You will explore how coding allows your hardware to interact with the surrounding environment through many exciting hands-on activities. Get ready! |
Week 1 Topics | Introduction to Micro:bit and Sensors |
Using sensors and Micro:bit to collect environmental information | |
Using the Micro:bit and sensors to operate motors, lights and sound. | |
Build your future house underground | |
Week 2 Topics | Introduction to Maqueen Robot using Blockly |
Remotely control your Maqueen to collect environmental information | |
Programme the Maqueen to avoid obstacles | |
Environmental Science - Hunt for Micro Plastics
Week | Week 1 only |
Title | Hunt for Micro Plastics |
Description | Plastics have been around us for over 100 years in a variety of forms. However, what is becoming clear is that although large plastic waste may be seen to degrade, it is actually these smaller fragments that cause so much damage to the environment. These micro plastics are visible only under a microscope and have to be illuminated in order to be seen. But where do these micro plastic particles end up in the environment? We will hunt for them on beaches and also in the water column of the sea. Micro plastics are also manufactured for products we use, such as toothpaste - but the same question remains about the final destination of these materials. Join the hunt! |
Topics | Polymers and their properties |
Degradation of polymers to micro plastic particles | |
Fieldwork to find micro plastics in the environment | |
Detecting micro plastics in the laboratory | |
Quantifying the problem | |
Field Trip |
Environmental Engineering - Engineering for Energy Efficiency
Week | Week 2 only |
Title | Engineering for Energy Efficiency |
Description | Civil Engineers design, construct and maintain many essential public and private infrastructures and systems such as roads, railways, buildings and even water and sewage systems. The work of a Physicist ranges from university applications to applications beyond our planet! During this strand you will explore the innovative work of Engineers and Physicists through both classroom and practical hands-on activities |
Topics | What is engineering design process? |
How insulation can save the building energy; design an insulated house model | |
Explore energy and energy transformations | |
Build the solar water heater by combining the insulated water tank and the solar collector | |
Investigate the electromagnetic spectrum, and highlight how energy is wasted in unseen ways | |
Design a daylighting system for a model house and understand how and why engineers use natural light in building and home designs |
Age 16 - 17
Please select a course :
Computer Science - The internet of things with Raspberry Pi
Week | Week 2 only |
Title | The internet of things with the Raspberry Pi |
Description | From security cameras and thermostats to toasters and coffee machines, many modern devices connect to the internet so we can monitor and control them wherever we are. We will use a Raspberry Pi to create a device that both broadcasts and receives data from the internet, as well as recording its own data using on-board sensors. We will be mostly coding in Python, although no prior knowledge of Python is required. |
Topics | Internet of things (IOT) |
Using RESTful web APIs | |
Coding in Python | |
Using sensor data |
Computer Science - Microcontrollers : The making of the modern world
Week | Week 1 only |
Title | Microcontrollers: The Making of the Modern World |
Description | How does your TV know what to show on the screen or the security system in your house know when to activate the alarm? Almost everything electronic that we use in modern life contains a microcontroller, a tiny computer that controls how the device works. We will use the Arduino to learn how to programme a microcontroller in the C language and interact with sensors, displays, lights, and motors. Your final group project will be to make and programme a working device, what that device does will be up to you! |
Topics | What is a Microcontroller? |
Programming in the C Language | |
Controlling hardware including displays and sensors | |
Group project to build a working device |
Biosciences
Week | Weeks 1 and 2 |
Week 1 Title | Solution to Food, Nutrition and Human Health |
Description | This programme will introduce you to how innovations in biosciences has been central to the production and protection of food resources and designing new technologies to improve human health. The programme will cover topics such as climate-smart plants, postharvest technology, molecular pharming, genetics, microbiology, nutrition and public health. Some of the activities include plant growth monitoring for drought and salinity tolerant plants, edible coatings that protect fruits and vegetables, production of animal vaccines using plant as bio-factories, microbiology techniques for food contaminants, anthropometric analyses for well-being and sustainable ingredients for future foods. |
Topics | Post green revolution food production; breakthroughs and challenges |
Nutrition and human health: Holistic and sustainable food resources to improve public health | |
Bio-Pharming: Genetic solutions to expensive vaccines | |
Communication in science helps to heal the world | |
Increasing food security by decreasing food waste and food losses | |
Week 2 Title | From the Forest to the Hospitals |
Description | Biotechnology processes produce new materials using biological catalysts. The biodiversity of the ASEAN countries potentially provides a treasure chest of new opportunity for generating new products and processes to benefit society. This strand will explore the science, technology, engineering and potential human benefit of this important technology. |
Topics | Fermentation |
Analysis of products | |
Environmental protection | |
The search for new microbiological catalysts | |
Identification of medicinal plants of the Malaysian Rainforest | |
Extraction and characterisation of API (Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients) from medicinal plants | |
Computational modelling support of drug development | |
Nano-formulation of API | |
Testing of API |