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Team Nigeria recently.....
Thursday August 2nd, 2018
Paid a visit to the
EGBIN Power Plant
With hopes to better understand how energy is produced and distributed in their country, Team Nigeria took a trip to the EGBIN Power Plant, the biggest power generating plant in Lagos. Here they learnt that Nigeria made use of 3 types of energies, thermal, hydroelectric and fossil fuel. They also learnt that there are three sectors when it comes to power, the generators, the transmitters and the distributors.
Visited the Lekki Conservation Centre
Tuesday July 31st, 2018
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In a place where stacked buildings is your greeting each morning and cars jammed together is a daily occurrence the Lekki Conservation Centre is a beacon of light that spreads bliss each day. It protects the animals native to West Africa such as monkeys, crocodiles, iguanas while still giving them the freedom to roam freely and hunt for themselves. Team Nigeria took a stroll to see everything and even went on the longest canopy walk in Africa. Later on they climbed to a treehouse to enjoy the amazing view and played an intellectual game of chess. It was surely a day of enjoyment.
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Attended a press conference
Thursday July 19th, 2018.
Team Nigeria took part in a press conference to spread the word about FGC and STEM. The press questioned them their curiosity piqued and eagerly jotted down their finds. Team Nigeria showed them a demonstration of their robot in action and explained the purpose of FGC and their robot's capabilities. The press left with the necessary information and later on that day, two newspaper agencies had already published a report about them with a last one the next day.
Below are links to the various new agencies. Simply click on the photo.
Saturday July 14th, 2018
Visited Commint Buka...
Team Nigeria tok a trip to the buka they normally order food from. This made some people break out of their comfort zone and experience new flavours and tastes. This was definitely a day to remember.
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Thursday June 21st, 2018
Showcased their robot at Honeyland School
Team Nigeria took a trip down to Honeyland School, Ikeja, Lagos to teach young students what STEM is and how it affects us Nigerians. We also explained the First Global Challenge to them and the role we were playing in it. They were shown a robot that successfully carried out last years challenge and were encouraged to ask questions about anything. We answered their questions and hoped that we sparked the fire of STEM and robotics in their hearts.
The Selection
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Saturday April 28th, 2018
On the 28th of April, 2018, a selection took place to find very capable individuals to represent Nigeria in the First Global Challenge 2018 taking place in Mexico City. The candidates were divided into groups to work with people they had never met before. This tested their communication, teamwork and trust skills. They undertook different games and questions as a group then each of them did quiz individually to test their mental capability. Over 70 students attended and out of this, 20 were picked then narrowed down to our representatives for Mexico. Thus, Team Nigeria was born.
