Young Inventors Challenge @KL (20-22 Sep 2019)

The Association of Science, Technology and Innovation (ASTI) is a non-governmental organization (NGO) and also non-profit oriented organization working towards empowering young children through various projects such as Science Fair for Young Children (SFYC), Young Inventors Challenge (YIC), Creative and Critical Thinking Camp (CCTC), ASTI Leap Challenge (ALC), Teacher Conference and ASTI outreach programmes. YIC requires teams of up to 5 members to put their minds together and come up with an invention. The purpose of the programme is to build and encourage the creative and inventive capability of young people.

Singapore is represented by two teams from SST:
Team Archytas (S2-02): 
Tan Zng Hiong, Chong Yu Lin, Tan Seh Guan, Kinnon Luke

Team Awah (S2-05): 
Josephine Cahyadi, Yeo Zhen Xi Naythan, Ng Shi Yu, Tan Wei Zhi Sean

        

Publish:

What happened during the trip?

What were the failures that you faced during the trip?

What successes did you experience during this trip?

Team Archytas issues:

- At the start didn’t plan time correctly

- At end start rushing

- Communication issues

- Cannot communicate online well 

- Time management

- Relationships breakdown in a stressful situation

Team Awah issues:

- Argued a lot

- Too aggressive when criticizing people 

- Some members do foolish things that do not contribute to the efficiency

Process: 

Why do you think you experienced these failures? 

How did you overcome your challenges?

Why do you think you didn’t overcome your challenges?

Team Archytas: 

- Resilence

- Stress

- Scared of breaking relationships

-      Successes: Started to reflect and improve closer to the deadline

Team Awah:

Challenges:

- teamwork

- Try to ignore

- To make grp more efficient

To improve:

- Have a sense of pride

- Social, Spacial Awareness

- Disrespectful of people's time, ideas, opinions

- Be more approachable

Successes: (AWAH)

- We reflected and improved on the situation

- Advanced planning

- Excellence

Generalize: 

- Pick out 3 values from the 10Cs and 4Rs that you think were the most important/relevant?

Team Awah 

Collaboration

- Constructive criticism and active discussions helped to improve the efficiency of the group 

Critical thinking

- Actively shares own ideas 

Respect

- Work

- Give constructive criticism not a criticism

- Time

- Don't waste time during meetings

Team Acrytas: 

Critical thinking

- Have to think from multiple perspectives

- Have to think carefully to troubleshoot

Commitment

- Commitment to troubleshooting the problems in the project 

- Never giving up when we 

Communication

- Could not communicate efficiently online

Apply: 

- How are you going to apply these experiences in your future endeavors? 

Team Awah: 

- Group meetings

- Effectiveness and efficiency

- Value meeting time 

- Prepare for meetings 

- Actively contribute to ideas

Team Achrytas:

- Clear communication

- Better mutual understanding

ONE WORD TO DESCRIBE THE WHOLE LEARNING JOURNEY

Yu Lin -- Communication

Shi Yu -- Collaboration 

Sean -- Critical-thinking

Naythan -- Enthusiasm

Kinnion -- Commitment

Josephine -- Relationships

Zng Hiong -- Creative thinking