Digital weather stations, kits for studying electromagnetic waves and optics — nearly 900 schoolchildren from four schools in Kyiv region are now conducting physics experiments using modern STEM equipment. The initiative is implemented within the #DaVinciUkraine grant programme by KSE Foundation and STEM Talent Fund.
In many Ukrainian schools, physics is still taught mostly in theory due to a lack of laboratory equipment. To address this, the NGO “Agency for Extracurricular Education”, within the grant, purchased modern STEM kits for the Ivanovychi, Lisnyky Lyceum named after Mykhailo Hrushevskyi, Khodosivka, and Khotiv Academic Lyceum named after Levko Lukianenko in the Feodosiyivka community.
Over four months of implementation, students and teachers conducted more than 140 lessons in physics and mathematics, as well as four rounds of simulation olympiads in each school. This enabled systematic preparation for competitions at different levels.
Results followed quickly: out of 13 participants in school olympiads in mathematics and physics, five students advanced to the regional stage. At the regional level, 10th-grade student Liza Krocha won second place in mathematics and third place in physics, and her physics research project advanced to the national stage of the Junior Academy of Sciences (MAN).
Through the Da Vinci Ukraine grant programme, KSE Foundation continues to expand access to quality STEM education, creating conditions where modern science becomes available to students regardless of their location — in large cities or small communities.