Azerbaijani schools to use educational robots
By Rashid Shirinov
The Department for Education Informatization System of the Azerbaijan Education Ministry provided five schools with educational robots Lego Mindstorms Education EV3, the ministry informed on September 22.
Informatics rooms of the schools are designed in accordance with the educational solutions of Lego Education and are equipped with furniture for equipment. School teachers participate in training conducted by foreign experts, gain knowledge about programming robots, their application and integration in the education system.
The robot kits consist of a Brick controller chip, Lego blocks and block-based software parts. Using the constructor, students assemble the necessary models and program them with the Brick chip so that they can move and perform the programmed tasks. In addition to the basic Mindstorms EV3 kit, the Expansion kit is distributed to schools for specific tasks in various subjects.
This year, it is planned to distribute sets of equipment that will be used in physics and informatics classes. In addition, next school year, 12 schools will also receive LEGO Education WeDo 2.0 robot kits for primary school students.
WeDo 2.0 strengthens students’ understanding of the eight science and engineering practices, including asking questions and solving problems, modeling, prototyping, investigating, analyzing and interpreting data, computational thinking, creating evidence based arguments, and obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information.
In the new school year, the total number of schoolchildren in Azerbaijan is 1.5 million, of which about 165,780 students started first grade.
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