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Creative learning for 1,500+ participants

The impact.com Mandela Day Open Day at the Cape Town Science Centre, with every stage of levelling up in play.

Creative learning for 1,500+ participants

Creative Learning in action for 1500+ participants at the impact.com Mandela Day Open Day event last month at cape Town Science Centre

All the stages of levelling up at play: Unplugged: Tangible Rangers with Ricardo Antha and Leva Foundation as well as new coding cards and botley with Dominique Cave Scratch Block-based coding: First steps in coding with Scratch Foundation led by Anelisa Mtsolo-Masebe from the Code Club team at CTSC Micro:bit Robotics: Exploring with Micro:bit Educational Foundation kits led by Louwincan Jooste Makey makey: Play-dough circuits to play music on Makey Makey kits led by team Astrovo from Sakhikamva Foundation Mars Rover: sim 2 real rover missions in the SAPIENT.rocks mars yard, led by the Impact Academy University of Cape Town IS Honours Group Kamogelo Tsele, Hlalanathi Mashimbye Yamkela Dludla, Konke Cele Submarine Robots: LoCO AUV build session led by Moeketsi Masoeu from OceanHub Africa Sport Robotics Intro: Tele-op play on XRP robots on the Orbit Odyssey game, printed locally by Donald Cook from Bredasdorp High Competition Robotic: FIRST TECH CHALLENGE demo matches led by team NEXGEN from HOPE Cape Town … and then the full suite of interactive science at the CTSC, led by Steven Sack Grant and team.

Video Credits: Videography: Aviwe Gwayi, Backtrack: Vaughan Phillips

A wonderfilled day opening young imaginations to possibilities, learning to create the world we want to live in.

H/T to all the teachers, club leaders, families, friends (and transport bursaries) that enabled all these young people to show up.

Thanks to the power of communities combined ✨

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Cape Town

South Africa

Earth, Sol System

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