The 13th Science Projects Workshop in the Future Classroom Lab, organised by Scientix, in collaboration with the STEM Alliance and OPENSKIMR took place in Brussels in October 2016, from Friday 14 (starting time: 19:30) to Sunday 16 (end ~14h).

1. The work presented in this document is supported by the European
Commission’s H2020 programme – project Scientix 3 (Grant agreement N.
730009), coordinated by European Schoolnet (EUN). The content of the
document is the sole responsibility of the organizer and it does not represent
the opinion of the European Commission (EC), and the EC is not
responsible for any use that might be made of information contained.
Reverse engineering from old
used components can impact
pupils’ interest in STEM career

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http://scientix.eu

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Old computer parts and
accessories
- Junk or goldmine for education?

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How we did the approach?
Collect
material
Disassemble
parts
Talk about
components
Ideas of reuse
components
Build new
stuff

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Benefit
Motivation
- Disassemble things
- Discovering new
things
- Need for research
Interest
- Start to wonder
- Start to think how they
can use it
- Get new Ideas
Knowledge
- Learn how it is
working
- Understand
functionality
- Build new thing based
on problem solving

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End goal?
- Exploring various
areas
- Increase need
for exploration
- Increase interest
for STEM career

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TODAYS WORKSHOP
- How to reuse old used scanner?

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Task 1 scanner lenses
- Use lens from a scanner and build
mobile microscope
- Measure magnification of the lens
- Make 5 interesting photos and present
it

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Questions?

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Thank you