A playful new educational resource: young students solve practical electrical engineering questions, making the Magic Cube light up as they progress. (Photograph: Veselinka Arnaut / ETH Zurich)
A playful new educational resource: young students solve practical electrical engineering questions, making the Magic Cube light up as they progress. (Photograph: Veselinka Arnaut / ETH Zurich) - Magic Cube is a new teaching tool developed by ETH Zurich, ABB and mint & pepper. It uses a playful approach to teach junior high and high school students the basics of electrical engineering and awaken their interest in the field. "Before using Magic Cube, nothing really came to mind when hearing about electrical engineering, even though it's actually an integral part of our everyday lives." This testimonial comes from a female student at MNG Rämibühl, a math and science high school where the Magic Cube had its first trial run in the classroom in mid-October of this year. This new teaching tool was developed by ETH Zurich, tech giant ABB, and youth outreach project mint & pepper (an initiative of Wyss Zurich, which is jointly run by ETH Zurich and University of Zurich). Coming to a standstill. It all begins with a storm: lightning strikes inside of the mysterious geometric entity known as the Magic Cube, causing a power outage in a fictional world called Elektron. It's a total blackout, with everything coming to a standstill, from factories and solar vehicles to microscopes and street lamps. After being introduced to this scenario in a short film, students work through specific hands-on exercises in the classroom in order to help the citizens of Elektron. They have to answer fundamental questions in the process: What is an electronic circuit?
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