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📅 Day 10: 2025 | 301 HAG Cooperative Multi-purpose Society FREE STEM Bootcamp For Kids 🚀.

It's an amazing day at the 301 HAG CMS STEM Bootcamp, the creativity and skill of our young tech innovators shine even brighter. It's the first day of our Third week in; it's Day 10, and the Kaduna the Secondary Section embraced a challenge that brought sensors, motion, and real-world applications together. We had so much fun working on our project today; Building the Detecting Robot 🤖 built with the Mbot 10-in-1 Robotic Kit 🚀✨.

This project was designed to introduce students to the power of functional design, sensor integration and presentation skills. We engaged the kids in brain tasking discussions and idea exchange while also deepening their understanding of how sensors bring intelligence into robotics 🤖. The Detecting Robot was equipped with two DC encoder motors for smooth motion, a rechargeable battery set, and the Mega Pi board, which housed the Bluetooth module and served as a hub for the motor connections. As our robot gradually came into life, we could see the excitement in our young engineers faces 🛠️🚀.

🛠️ Here's a little detail about the Detecting Robot Challenge, our young innovators were tasked with;
👍 Building a robot that could respond to hand or object movements.
Programming the Line Follower Sensor to trace black or white paths accurately.
💻 Controlling and programming the robot using both the Mblock Mobile App and the Desktop App with code blocks.

The highlight for Day 10 at the Bootcamp came from the sensors. First the Ultrasonic Sensor; This sensor allowed the robot to interact with hand or leg movements allowing it to "follow the leader moving forward and when the palm was more than 10 cm away, and reversing when it was closer 👍🤖.

Next we added the Line Following Sensor;
This sensor enabled the robot to trace black or white lines. The robot performed line following movements by adjusting its path based on what it detected 🤖✨. With eager teamwork, our students connected wirelessly to their robots, coding and testing until their builds came alive. The classroom buzzed with excitement as robots responded to gestures and traced lines with precision 💡🌟.

Bringing the day to a close, we watched as each team successfully presented their Detecting Robot; showcasing not only technical skill but also creativity, persistence, and collaboration throughout the process. It was yet another inspiring reminder that we are truly empowering young African children from the Global South with 21st-century skills 🌍✨.

Day 10 proved once again that this bootcamp is more than just robotics. It’s about shaping the next generation of innovators, leaders, and problem-solvers 🚀.

📍 Join us today and let’s build Africa’s future; one robot, one line of code, and one bright mind at a time 💯.
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📅 Day 9: 2025 | 301 HAG Cooperative Multi-purpose Society FREE STEM Bootcamp For Kids 🚀.

With each new day of the 301 HAG CMS STEM Bootcamp, our young learners continue to amaze us, as we applaud their growing creativity, teamwork, and a hunger to innovate🚀🌟. Day 9 was no exception as the Kaduna Secondary Section took on a project that blended robotics with the excitement of sports 😎; the Goalkeeper Robot ⚽🤖 built with our Lego Spike Kit 🛠️.

Today, we challenged students to think differently from the scope of our previous projects. Instead of just building a moving robot, they were tasked with designing one that could simulate the reflexes of a real goalkeeper 🌟. Using Lego Spike beams and blocks, they carefully constructed both the goalkeeper and its post 🥅. One motor provided motion, allowing the robot goalkeeper to shift positions quickly, while a Force Sensor automated our project by adding interactivity triggering the program to start and setting the Goalkeeper in action 👏🥳.

🛠️ With the Goalkeeper Robot Challenge at hand, our young techies were tasked with;
🥅 Building a functional robot capable of quick, goalkeeper-like movements.
Programming the Force Sensor to trigger the motion sequence as they had it on a loop.

The excitement reached its peak as students connected wirelessly and programmed their robots on the Lego Spike Prime Desktop App. With amazing presentations from each team, we watched the robots ready to defend their posts 👀🥅. With smooth movements, reaction to inputs all showcased their growing skills both design and coding.

We applauded and supported each team as they succeeded brilliantly, combining functional design with precise programming. It was yet another inspiring reminder that we are truly empowering young African children from the Global South with 21st-century skills 🌍✨.

Day 9 proved once again that this bootcamp is more than just robotics. It’s about shaping the next generation of innovators, leaders, and problem-solvers🚀⚡.

📍 Join us today and let’s build Africa’s future; one robot, one line of code, and one bright mind at a time 💯.
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📅 Day 8: 2025 | 301 HAG Cooperative Multi-purpose Society FREE STEM Bootcamp For Kids 🚀.

It's them again! It's our young innovators from the Kaduna Secondary Section at the 2025 301 HAG CMS FREE STEM Bootcamp heading straight into another engaging project; Assembling the Rolling Tank Robot 🤖 using the Mbot 10-in-1 Kit.

This project gave the young engineers an opportunity of exploring a whole new world of creativity, teaching the students not just creative and functional design, but also how clean delivery, presentation and programming all come together to create autonomous systems just as in the real world 🌎🚀. The Rolling Tank made use of two DC encoder motors for motion, strong metal beams held together with screws and nuts, a reliable battery pack for power, and the Mega Pi board, which housed the Bluetooth module and provided our wireless motor connections📌.

🛠️ For The Rolling Tank Robot Challenge our future innovators were tasked with;
🚀 Skillfully assembling and programming the Rolling Tank for smooth, responsive motion.
👍 Controlling and programming the robot on both the Mblock Mobile App and Desktop App.

With teamwork, creativity, and guidance from their instructors, all teams successfully rose to the challenge. The presentations were nothing short of impressive and exciting as their robots rolled perfectly around the classroom as they controlled wirelessly and powered by their very own code 💪🏆.
For the Final Showdown of the day, our young techies wirelessly connected to their robots via Bluetooth, controlling them effortlessly through the Mblock Mobile App. But they didn’t stop there Haha 👏! they also programmed their Rolling Tanks on the Mblock Desktop App, combining block-based coding with real-world ex*****on I could already see my kids on the move to building world class tech-solutions 💯🚀.

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📅 Day 7: 2025 | 301 HAG Cooperative Multi-purpose Society FREE STEM Bootcamp For Kids 🚀.

And yes! It's another exciting day, another step towards taking on the First Lego League creative Challenge! With eager hands and bright minds ready to explore, our young innovators at the 301 HAG CMS FREE 4 Weeks STEM Bootcamp rolled into Day 8 with sharpened skill and determination 🚀✨.
Today’s spotlight was on a project that combined the student's abilities in creativity, design, and smart engineering; The Wooden Truck 🤖🚚.

This project wasn’t just about building a moving robot truck 👀, it was about teaching the basics of creative and functional design, excellent presentation 👍, and precise ex*****on of each task and objective. Our young techies worked with one Hub, our Lego building blocks and three motors; two positioned at the rear to power forward and reverse motion, and one at the front to initiate smooth turns. To automate their wonderful project, an Ultrasonic Sensor was mounted, giving the truck the ability to “see” obstacles, stop when in contact with an obstacle, reverse, and then set off again in another direction 🛠️.

The Wooden Truck Challenge did't just go about the building as the students were tasked with;
🛠️ Assembling a functional robot truck with smooth motion and turning abilities💯.
💡 Programming the Ultrasonic Sensor to automatically detect and avoid obstacles 👀👍.
Haha 🥳! In no time, our teams rose to the challenge. Each group not only built their truck but also programmed it on the Lego Spike App to complete the tasks. The atmosphere was filled with so much excitement as their trucks rolled across the classroom stopping, reversing, and speeding off in another direction 😹🚀.

📍 Join us today and let’s build Africa’s future; one robot, one line of code, and one bright mind at a time 💯.
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📅 Day 6: 2025 | 301 HAG Cooperative Multi-purpose Society FREE STEM Bootcamp For Kids 🚀

It’s the 6th day of our exciting tech journey, and the momentum just keeps getting better! Today, our young innovators took on a project that was fun and engaging; Building the Automatic Door with Lego Spike.

This project was designed to introduce the basics of sensor integration and automation, and it truly brought out the creativity in our problem-solvers 💡✨. Using both an Ultrasonic Sensor and a Color Sensor, the students built a door that could open and close automatically, just like the ones we see in big malls and modern facilities.

Here's just a brief of their task today 📌;
💡 When an object or a person approaches the door, the Ultrasonic Sensor detects it and triggers two motors that rotate in opposite directions, smoothly opening the door and closing it again once the object left the set range.
💡 As an advanced feature, the Color Sensor acted like a passkey, where specific colors could signal the door to open or close. This made the build not just automatic, but also automated with multiple smart options for access 💯.

Haha! The challenge was clear!💡🛠️;
1. The students had to integrate the sensors to create a fully interactive and automated system🚀.
2. The students also had to engage in teamwork and collaboration to program the door to respond to both the distance sensor and the color sensor simultaneously 🚀.

Staring on our final spotlight of the day, our learners delivered! With teamwork, creativity, and just a little guidance by the coaches, every team successfully brought their Automatic Door to life 💯. Their demonstrations were impressive, and taking note of the excitement on their faces said it all. "These kids aren’t just building robots, they’re building the future 🌍✨ "

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📅 Day 5: 2025 | 301 HAG Cooperative Multi-purpose Society FREE STEM Bootcamp For Kids 🚀

It’s the 5th day of our amazing tech journey. It was yet another day of problem-solving, creativity, and hands-on learning; proving that each build isn’t just a project, but a step towards raising our next African digital innovators.

Today, we had so much fun Building the Driving Base 3. This project was an exciting upgrade from our Day 1 project -the Driving Base 1. This project introduced the basics of sensor integration as the students worked with two main sensors; the Ultrasonic Sensor and a Color Sensor. The Color Sensor controlled the motion of the robot as different colours were displayed (forward on green, turning right on blue, and stopping on red). The Ultrasonic/Distance Sensor enabled the robot to detect and avoid obstacles. When an obstacle was detected at a particular distance away, the robot would stop, reverse, and then move in another direction allowing it to navigate around obstacles💡 ✨

The students skillfully set out on their tasks. In no time, and with little assistance with their codes on the Lego Spike App, our young learners had set the robot to move forward on green, turn right on blue, and stop on red. When an object came within range, the robot automatically stopped, reversed, and changed it's direction: just like a human driver🤖.

🛠️ The challenge was clear; as they were to combine both sensors, initiate automated responses with their programs, and present a robot that could think and act on its own. At the end of the day, each team delivered, with well-structured presentations and smooth, functional demonstrations. Today was just another amazing day of building potential for future innovators that would be capable of thriving in our fast growing world 🌍 🚀

📍 Join us today and let’s build Africa’s future; one robot, one line of code, and one bright mind at a time 💯.
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📅 Day 4: 2025 | 301 HAG Cooperative Multi-purpose Society FREE STEM Bootcamp For Kids 🚀

Bright smiles, curious minds and ready hands all gathered around in one room. It’s the Fourth day of our amazing tech journey. It was just another Day to impact young minds, and instill in them the potential for greater things. Today was just yet another step towards raising our future innovators that would be capable of thriving in our fast growing world 🌎🚀.

We began our day with an engaging discussion, refreshing our young learners minds on the Lego Spike Maze challenge we were faced with yesterday, and we explained even further the basic concepts and steps in our robot build. Taking down a couple of questions, we helped them understand the functions of each code-blocks we had pieced together 🤖.

Later on, we dived into our main project of the day: The Spike Electric Scooter. We made sure to walk them through the basic concepts of our electric scooter and made sure they had an understanding of how the components are expected to function. Afterwards, we had young techies split into two groups and then we commenced the building process proper 🛠️.

Not long after, our Robot was coming together. We could tell that of course our young techies had learned better teamwork and creativity looking at how skillfully they assembled the components and then how carefully followed the instruction manuals. Indeed they really gave an impressive performance today 💯.

“ Instructor, we have finished building our electric scooter! “
It was all smiles and excitement from Team B 😅, they echoed and cheered themselves as they were faster and succeeded in building their robot to precision ✨.

Now it was time for the second phase of their project; Automation 🤖. The students scampered back to their seats and hurriedly got their Spike App running. We Introduced “Conditional“ programming as it was necessary for them to understand how sensors work and also how they would be applying it later in the FLL Challenge. Within a short while, the students had completed the coding and were now ready to display💡✨.

At last! we came to the final showdown of the day: the major highlight of Day 4. Seeing how confident they were on their code blocks, we watched our young innovators test run their scooter. It was an amazing time, and we all enjoyed the fun display of skill and applauded them on their keen understanding of the concepts of coding 💡

📍 Join us today and let’s build Africa’s future; one robot, one line of code, and one bright mind at a time 💯.
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📅 Day 3: 2025 | 301 HAG Cooperative Multi-purpose Society FREE STEM Bootcamp For Kids 🚀

"Ahaa! Finally it works ☝️"
..just one of the major highlights of today 😅. Watching young kids take on tasks that require careful observation, keen understanding of concepts and high-end thinking is just the goal we had set out for. From engaging the young students in discussions about the Driving Base 1 project we successfully built, down to engaging them to better understand the numerous real world applications of robotics and how much potential they had to be able to be problem solvers and utilize.

Today, the STEM kids were tasked with a really fun Maze Challenge 🤖. Watching our young techies execute brain- tasking challenges such as these one is one great moment we had envisioned -impacting the future leaders 🌎

The students came together, analyzed their tasks, took down important notes on key features of their project and also made sure to capture all details that will gain them their full points.

With tension in the atmosphere and hearts pounding we witnessed two groups compete for points. Amazed at the students growing creativity in building designs, and also the excellence in code ex*****on we could tell that we are definitely raising the next generation of problem solvers and great innovators 🚀

Notwithstanding the disappointments and unlucky moments when running into bugs and errors in their code, we also witnessed some amazing “ Eureka" moments with the kids, as they finally found breakthrough in their tasks. We fixed many problems in the ex*****on and discussed better lines of code for more accurate output in performing some tasks.

Finally, we engaged the young learners in discussions helping them understand the importance of test running, and making corrections while building: as it helps to make their project ex*****on more accurate and even precise to the requirements of the task.

📍 Join us today and let’s build Africa’s future; one robot, one line of code, and one bright mind at a time. You can engage with us and we’ll keep you posted with daily Updates throughout the Bootcamp 💯.

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📅 Day 2: 2025 | 301 HAG Cooperative Multi-purpose Society STEM Bootcamp 🚀

It’s a brand new day. An opportunity to impact young minds. An opportunity to educate the next generation of thinkers. Another step towards achieving greatness! It was all excitement and enthusiasm across all the classrooms, and it was only Day 2 of their journey. It really warmed our hearts when we discovered that it was all because they were so eager to know what they would be learning today.

We started with a brief summary and recollection of all that we worked on yesterday; from our explanations and introduction to the various components of the Lego Spike Robot, down to some examples of real-life applications of some of our prototypes.

Soon after, we announced to them that we’d be building another robot today; the Lego Driving Base 1🤖.

We had fun building together, finding our robots’ components, and even building our first blocks of code on the laptop. The class was divided into two separate teams, and each team made an intelligent presentation of their robots.

It really lifts our hearts watching these kids play around with tech and get their hands on creative projects that require skill and keen understanding of concepts like this one.

"….This was so much fun and I want to do this over and over again 😅!” It felt so amazing and fulfilling hearing this from one of our upcoming tech stars after our robot presentations today. Moments like this remind us why we do what we do. From getting their full attention to hearing them speak passionately about big things they’ll be doing with their innovations in the future. It’s a journey we have all begun.

This is our spark to raising bright innovators that will stand-out in a rapidly developing world. Day by day, we get closer to our shared vision of making Africa a global hub for innovation. Let’s watch them shine Line by Line: Day by Day.

This year like before, we’ll be brining you daily updates from the frontline of innovation in partnership with Ephraim Nyigba; Founder Edtech Africa. The First Lego League Challenge is here, and our young stars are ready to take African innovation to the next level 🚀

📍 Join us today and let’s build Africa’s future; one robot, one line of code, and one bright mind at a time 💯.
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📅 Day 1: Flag-Off of the 301 HAG Multi-purpose Cooperative Society STEM Kids STEM Coding and Robotics Bootcamp 🚀

The countdown is over and now we can Explore 💯.
It’s the flag-off of our tech journey the second edition of the 301 HAG Multi-purpose Cooperative Society Robotics and Coding Bootcamp, and the maiden edition here in The Air Force Base Kaduna, held in partnership with Ephraim Nyigba; Founder Ek Edtech Africa.
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“But he’s still a kid! 👀”
…. the question we keep asking ourselves. Of course! we are mobilizing young secondary and primary school kids to dive into a whole new world of opportunities. It’s our vision to see young African kids start building starting from this tender age.

Just as the saying goes “…Catch them young” we are here to lay a lasting impact on these future leaders.

With the arrival of dignified guests, coaches, and our beautiful 301 HAG STEM kids, the atmosphere is alive with so much energy and excitement. We can still recall the chills and excitement of the very first day of tutoring, and today, that same energy fills the room again!

Focused towards our goals and sticking with the vision of our great initiative, all we can see is an opportunity to raise our next African Digital hero; a rare opportunity to engage with, and rekindle in them a passion to innovate in these young thinkers as they hold the potential for the possibilities of our tomorrow.

These kids, we can assure you, when equipped with the right tools, classes and practical hands-on sessions, will be able to discover their potential and passion can later be able to explore beyond boundaries.

It’s an amazing experience to watch young minds create technology and develop solutions to world problems.

We’ll start by helping them understand basic concepts in robotics and problem solving, and then go on to build little projects and learn to automate simple tasks.

From there, they will learn to identify various problems around them and explore ways to solve them by implementing our tech builds into real-life scenarios.

It’s all about the passion, and the burning fire in us to impact young and bright talents! If one kid could do it, they too can!
It’s an amazing opportunity to be back again this year, and we can tell it’s already colorful and exciting.

Stay posted with us as we bring you daily updates from the frontline of innovation in partnership with Ek Edtech Africa. The First Lego League Challenge is here, and our young stars are ready to take African innovation to the next level 🚀

📍 Join us today and let’s build Africa’s future; one robot, one line of code, and one bright mind at a time.

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📅The 2025 | 301 HAG Cooperative Multi-purpose Society STEM Bootcamp
🤝 In partnership with Ephraim Nyigba, Founder: Ek EdTech Africa🚀 EK EdTech Africa

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“Back to Build, Back to Inspire: Back to Nurture Africa’s Growing Tech Stars ✨”

It’s yet another opportunity to uphold our mission and relive our vision. We are here again, and surely the journey of young African innovators begins again!

Exactly a year ago, a group of bright young minds walked into our Bootcamp:we could see the passion in their eyes, we could tell that they were eager, curious, and driven by their dreams. Today, we begin that beautiful journey again.

As the holiday bootcamp kicks off, we embrace a new cohort of young tech innovators: young talents passionate about building, coding, learning, and leading. From first-time coders to big robotics engineers from this part of the world, our classroom has become a lab of innovation. A dream come true.

With just laptops, whiteboards, and a team of experienced and well-exposed coaches, our young techies will have hands-on experience and engage in:

-Designing real-world solutions.
-Tackling robotics and coding challenges.
-Building robots using Lego Spike, mBot, and more!

Well be training our young learners on the importance of collaboration, practicing to work as a team and solve problems like pros!

🎯 This 4-week journey isn’t just about tech: it’s and adventure that bring about transformation.
They’ll support and rely on each other, fix bugs, spark ideas, and celebrate small wins together.

And just like last year, we’ll be capturing it all; every lesson, every breakthrough, every "Aha!" moment.

Stay posted with us as we bring you daily updates from the frontline of innovation in partnership with Ek Edtech Africa. The First Lego League Challenge is here, and our young stars are ready to take African innovation to the next level 🚀

📍 Join us today and let’s build Africa’s future; one robot, one line of code, and one bright mind at a time.

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