Science Days
Knowledge Engineering and Robotics Lab
18-23 Aug 2024 - Science days week. The Knowledge Engineering and Robotics 
Lab welcomed children, hosting various activities for groups aged 7 to 12.
21-25 Aug 2023 - Science days week. The doors of the Knowledge Engineering and Robotics Lab opened for children. Several groups of children aged 7 to 12 participated at different activities.
Aug 2022 - After Covid-19 lock-down the lab opened its doors for Science days 2022 week .
Groups of children aged 7 to 12 visited the lab and participated at different activities: 3D - printing, robotics, digital circuit, industrial robotics.
Aug 2018 - Science days.
AUG 2019 - Science days week. Once
again the door of the Knowledge Engineering and Robotics Lab opened for children. A week of Science Days. Several groups of children from 7 till 12 years old took part at various educational activities.
Science Days took place at Ruppin Academic center - Knowledge Engineering and Robotics LAB.
Different groups of children aged 7 to 12.
Activities: Introduction to Robotics, understanding sensors, building and programming robots, electric circuit and 3D printing activities.
science days Aug 2018
One of the goals of this Lab is to promote Science education. Special science days are organized by the lab team every year. Different subjects are chosen: from kindergarten STEM, Industrial Robotics for very young age, CS half with Industrial Robots, fun with Math, to Introduction to CS and Robotics, Chess competition and many others.
One of the research areas of the lab is STEM education. We create new approaches to Science and Technology education. From using industrial robots to teach CS in a very early age, teaching robotics in kindergartens and primary school to creating special programs and approaches for gifted children (junior college), or another group with special needs, ADHD children.
Different educational games, programs and systems were developed using Organic Approach. Wide range of ICT tools are used to create a specially tailored environment for each student.
In a nutshell the organic approach is treating the problem and the solution process as a living organism (or ecology of organisms if more appropriate). The organic solution is non-algorithmic and evolving using feedback and data-to-knowledge mechanisms. It is as if the solution is like a child – in the beginning having no knowledge (except some basic mechanisms needed for evolution), and by process of feedback and Darwinian natural selection the solution gradually evolves into better and better reactions using the growing body of knowledge.
Creating “Digital Playgrounds – DPs” is one of the new approaches to STEM education in the LAB. We have experimented for many years with different DPs in various age groups and student populations, from pre-K to undergraduate students and teachers, from gifted children to ADHD students, from new immigrants to students in prestigious educational institutions. Some of the ideas of DP are implemented during the Science Days.
