TheSTEM-Hub

 What is  S T E M /  S T E A M ? STEM  is an interdisciplinary approach to learning and development that integrates the areas of S cience, T echnology, E ngineering, and M athematics as well as art. Through  STEM , students develop key skills like problem-solving, critical thinking, organization, independence as well as social skills S cience,  T echnology,  E ngineering, and  M athematics  play a great key role in improving the learning outcomes of students in schools. introducing  STEM education in schools promotes  sustained growth and economic stability as well as shaping the future of a country and also  increase science literacy, and enables the next generation of innovators and entrepreneurs.

                           STEM FOR CHILDREN Children   love playing and have a lot of potential to solve problems, improve their creativity and innovativeness through play. STEM Learning to children  provides   education  and careers support in science, technology, engineering and mathematics ( STEM ) at an early age.   Embracing STEM skills at an early stage of a child’s growth imparts skills that build responsible, organized, skilled entrepreneurial future leaders that are currently in so much shortage in Uganda today.   Do you know that children who will be born 10 years from now will work on STEM related jobs that do not exist yet? Yes, I believe and am very positive that STEM is evolving at a fast rate in AFRICA. With this 21 st   century children in Uganda and Africa can define and predict their future careers n STEM as early as soon they turn 4 year...

STEM in UGANDA STEM is an acronym for the fields of science, Technology, engineering and mathematics. Many countries have evolved economically, politically and socially because of their ground investment in STEM activities to children and the youth. Its commonly noted that stem fields have historically been dominated by men, although women have increased their representation in the past and recent years but there is still less participation in those fields, there are a lot of reasons among the young generation: peer pressure and lack of self-esteem, limited career guidance, stereotypes that women aren’t good at STEM, organizational barriers that make it hard for young women to improve. Girls should be strong and have the desire to improve the world. This will help point them in the right successful career direction. Uganda is among the African countries embracing STEM in its initial stage, although the government came up with a policy where by science subjects are...

A metronome is a device or tool that produces an audible beat, a click at a regular intervals that the user can set in Beats per minute (BPM) On 11th February the Young Engineers pioneer class learnt about the Drum machine and later on the 21st February conducted at Heritage –Young Engineers Club. At the start of the lesson the students where asked if they love music and mention some of their favorite musical instruments which include drums, guitar but most of them loved playing the piano. Here the instructor introduced the lesson of the day (The drum Machine/ Metronome) and the students were able to explain its operation and features to others and fully explained by the instructor respectively. The students looked at the uses and application of the metronome that included, Musicians- use the tool to practice playing to a regular pulse in order to improve their timing and rhythm, the tool is also used in hospitals by therapist to help the patients concentrate and improve th...