Written by: Joya Shrestha - 25004, Grade IX
Posted on: 11 July, 2021
IGP Summer School was on Electronics and it was mainly focused on girls. IGP is a young female physics enthusiast-led community having the vision to empower young girls in STEM and other tech-related fields with an opportunity to learn, connect and share. Their vision was to break the gender stereotype that exists in the field of STEAM and create a continuously growing community where females empower and support each other in their journey. It was founded in 2020. Their main focus was to introduce and develop curiosity in the younger generation about the basics of electronics and make us able to create basic electronic projects. This summer was 10 days long. It was from 30th June to 9th July. Through this event, I learned about electronics and the basics of programming. I was very excited to participate in this event. There were more than 100 students from 11 different schools. All those students were from grades 8, 9, and 10. This entire event was held virtually due to this pandemic and this event helped participants invest their idle time to learn crucial knowledge in the field. This event was held from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm and this event was held on zoom. We all were divided into different teams and I was on team Vegas. There were more than 10 teams. On day one it was the opening ceremony. And day two was orientation, from day 3 to day 7 we learned about programming. I learned how to use a tinker card. After that, we got 2 days break and in that break, we needed to make a group project related to electronics. On the last day, it was the closing ceremony and on the last day we gave our presentation and team Slytherin won the best project. In the event, we used to get a 20 minutes break and in that break, we went to our respective breakout rooms and played different kinds of games, quizzes, etc. I made many friends from that event and I had a lot of fun. Every day we used to get assignments. I learned many things about electronics. Every day I learned new things. From our school, there were more than 10 students and from my class, there were 3 students. I learned about circuits and different gates. I learned how to do work in a team/group. I understood the advantages of teamwork. At first, this was boring but day by day it was getting interesting. It was hard to understand things at first. Our teachers were very friendly. I learned many things from the lectures. Everyone was very friendly and helpful. After the class, we used to have fun conversations. At that time they used to sing and we used to give feedback and day by day they made the program fun. I made a lot of memories in IGP summer school, it was the experience of a lifetime.
