UTyala STEM Institute

We are officially open for 2024! We have been witnessing geopolitical changes daily over the last year that causes grave concern for the future of our children. Some have coined 2024 as “the Voldemort of years”. At uTyala we continue to strive to build independent, critical and cognitive thinking skills in children that will enable them to respond to current and future challenges.

We look forward to engaging with you and planting the seed of inquiry.

DM to find out more about our plans for 2024!

Training

Collaborating with an institution that does amazing work across South Africa. True unsung heroes, change makers and next gen leaders trying to improve the educational ecosystem in South Africa.

If you are an educator, parent or learning institution and want to learn more about STEM education in the 4IR, contact us to find out what we do and how we can help you.

2023 has been explosive thus far and we can’t wait to share with you what we have been up to at various schools across Gauteng.

Thank you to all of our partners for allowing us to join you on your STEM journey!

Look out for extra curricular class times and open slots.
#2023

Liyana is 5 years old and will be selling her 1st harvest of naturally grown organic pecans Liyana has plans to add a range of artisan home made pecan products, but for now she’ll be launching plain pecans and sweet&salty pecans.

See you on Sunday 02 October!

Registration for 2022 is now open ! New tech, new competitions, new real-life problems to solve. Visit our website to secure your spot as an uTyala STEM Institute member

This lesson covered the heart 💙 and caring for it during and post Covid! The concepts of high blood pressure and pulse rate were also explored.

A calculation applying the triangle of speed, distance and time was performed 📖

This lesson covered the kidney and and the concept of osmosis✔️. In the images are the tests done using potatoes to absorb fluid of different sugar concentrations. The board shows the data collected 📊 which was interpreted.

we introduced stemmers to the theme of health care, which we will continue with this term🏥. The focus of this lesson was on the basics of the brain 🧠 and how it functions. We linked the way the brain responds to an input with circuits and energy. The figure above compares the way students guessed water temperature using their senses before testing it with the temperature sensor they built from the neuron kit. This data was plotted on a graph. This then led to the energy concept being discussed using water of different temperatures🌡️. The take-home message was the way the brain receives (inputs), processes and transmits (outputs) information. In the next few weeks, we will explore the basics of the heart and link it to a pump, basics of a kidney and link it to a filtration system, etc.

For the 3rd term we have decided to go with the theme of Healthcare as is still pertinent. This lesson focused on heart rate and bpm, and how the heart functions as a pump. We built a model heart pump using bottles, straws and balloons to try and mimic blood flow between atria, ventricles and the lungs. We also learned about the biology of the heart, and how living systems can be optimized. Learners were also taught how to monitor heart rate using pulse, under covid19 protocols, as home health care has become essential. we will focus on another vital sign and learn how to monitor it.

Our theme for this term is Health Care. For this week’s session, our Grade 1-3 members learnt about why our body temperature needs to be controlled (the aha moment for each time our temperature gets checked before we enter malls, shops, buildings etc)
Our members used the kits to build a self-regulating temperature system. The logic that they developed independently was that if it’s too hot, switch on a fan to cool it down. If it’s too cold, then add hot water to heat it up. A visual representation of the temperature state was included in the system design. Red angry face means too hot, green happy face means normal and blue sad face means cold. At the end of the session, members were able to link back to why the human body needs to regulate internal temperature, how the brain manages this process and what mechanisms are used to do this.

🪧Dear Parents🪧

🍎We trust that you are doing well!

🗓️Term 3 and 4 registrations open for 2021. The term will commence on the 6 August 2021.

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Keep well and stay safe

uTyala Team
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STEM Education | UTyala STEM Institute | South Africa uTyala STEM Institute provides STEM education sessions as an extra mural to Grade R-12 learners with the aim of developing critical, cognitive and independent thinking skills. In addition, bespoke sessions are also developed for schools who wish to integrate STEM education as part of their current c...