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A place where science and creativity

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Ülesande püstitus

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The Goal

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🚀 Our mission is to promote STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education by providing children and adults with high-quality and diverse practical learning experiences.

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For whom

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🚀 Our studios are for:

  • Children and adults (7-107 years)
  • School groups
  • Company teams
  • Families
  • Birthday groups
  • etc.

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What do we do here

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🚀 Science sessions:

  • 1,5-2,5 hours
  • 2-3 practical tasks
  • Hands on
  • Teamwork
  • Different topics: air, electricity, optics etc

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🚀 We also do:

  • Science camps during school holidays
  • Special events (Rakett69 fan day etc)
  • Host the TV-show
  • Science theatre
  • Rent out our spaces

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Why?

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🚀 Why?

  • We show kids that science and technology could be something for them
  • We show children in which fields and professions STEM disciplines are actually studied and applied
  • Teamwork development
  • Learning by failing in a supportive environment
  • Having fun!

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🚀 Our supporters

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HK Unicorn Squad

www.unicornsquad.ee

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Problem

  • few women in ICT
  • girls don’t choose tech-related fields of study
  • strong gender inequality in taking extra STEM courses outside school (for every ten boys, there is one girl)ďż˝

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2018 – how we started

2022 - the first graduates

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HK Unicorn Squad:

  • 2018 – pilot-group with 17 girls
  • Currently, 4500+ girls have taken part in the programme
  • Growth ~ 800 girls per year. The interest is very high. Queue time to join the programme is almost a year.
  • Hundreds of learning groups all over Estonia. All counties are covered
  • 6 practical courses (1 course = 10x1,5h)
  • Courses are given by teachers and parents themselves without technical background or special knowledge
  • HK Unicorn Squad has fully prepared and equipped lessons, including video tutorials, robots and other materials.

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Equipment sharing system. Lessons are packed into the boxes. The HK Unicorn Squad coordinates the circulation of the kits between learning groups.

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Examples of the lessons can be found on YouTube: search “HK Unicorn Squad”

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3-day summer camp with 700 girls every summer

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700 girls and 150 volunteers at summer camp

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Cooperation with Viimsi School

  • from autumn 2022 the US programme is part of the regular school day
  • named as V-tech class
  • from 2-4 grade, 120 academic hours
  • classes are given to boys and girls separately
  • taught by regular class teachers
  • currently, 450 students from Viimsi school are receiving the US tech lessons

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  • In cooperation with Taltech, we have developed an advanced programme for (15) 16-19 year-old - Unicorn Squad PRO
  • Currently ~400 girls
  • Four practical courses
  • 1000 girls by 2026
  • Supported by the European Social Fund

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Tallinn University of Technology and Unicorn Squad

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Future Plans

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Thank you!

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Teamwork

Challenge

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Guidelines

  1. Follow instructors notes on which tools are available.
  2. Share ideas openly with team mates and the instructor.
  3. Copying is allowed on your own responsibility,
  4. If in need, ask for help.

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Build a capsule for the passenger, which protects and keeps it intact when dropped.

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  1. There needs to be a string attached to your construction.
  2. You cannot glue or duct tape the passenger to the construction.
  3. The passenger needs to be brought out in 15 sec after touchdown.
  4. If there will be more then one survivor, then the team with the lightest construction wins.

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Competition

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The team whose passenger stays intact wins.

UNLESS there will be other survivors, then the team with the lightest construction wins.

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Build a jet-powered vehicle that can travel a given distance as accurately as possible.

  1. The jet engine shell (bottle) must be easily removable.
  2. The vehicle must stop and accelerate independently.
  3. All parts of the vehicle must be attached to the vehicle.
  4. Follow the safety instructions given by the instructor!
  5. Do not apply hot glue to the bottle.

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Competition

  • Each team has one attempt.
  • Please cover your ears when we are testing the cars.

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Session

Completed!

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Thank you!

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