Techno Sawaari

by Alif Laila Book Bus Society
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Project Report | Oct 1, 2026
A Summer of STEM with Techno Sawari!

By Sonya R | Communications Manager

Quarterly Impact Report: May - July 2026

Alif Laila Book Bus Society

What happens when a child stops being a passive learner and starts asking, “What happens if I change this?”

That question sits at the heart of Techno Sawari. Between May and July 2026, the programme took students and interns on a journey that began with the fundamentals of electronics and mechanical STEM, moved into coding and microcontrollers, and culminated in an interactive Summer Camp where children could build, test, experiment and see their ideas work in real time.

Over three exciting months, technical concepts were turned into things children could touch, take apart, rebuild and understand - from glowing LEDs and magnetic switches to automated shelters, memory games, water dispensers, racing Cup Cars and paper planes. Rather than treating STEM as something confined to textbooks, Techno Sawari approached it as something to be experienced.

May: Starting with the Basics

May was all about getting the basics right. The month began with three interactive orientation sessions where interns were introduced to the lab, safety, tools and the projects they would be working on over the summer. They then got hands-on with simple electronics, learning how LEDs, buttons, switches, batteries and resistors work together to make a circuit. They experimented with different resistors and saw for themselves how they could change the brightness of an LED. Series and parallel circuits were made easy to understand through activities like “One Stop, All Stop” and “Light Up My Own Way,” showing students how electricity moves through different types of circuits.

The learning went beyond circuits, too. Students experimented with magnets, discovering how they attract and repel each other, and used simple materials like cardboard to build a mechanical handle and explore how movement and force work. By the end of May, they had gone from simply learning about electronics to actually building and experimenting with them - giving them the confidence and basic skills they would need for the more advanced projects that followed.

June: From Learning to Making

If May was about understanding how things work, June was about seeing what students could create with that knowledge. They moved into coding and simple programmable projects, working with Arduino boards and sensors to bring their ideas to life. They built a Smart Rain-Protection Shed that could sense rain and close its roof, a Simon Says Memory Game using lights and buttons, and a Reaction Time Game that measured how quickly they could respond. Alongside these projects, students experimented with magnetic switches, built their own electromagnets, and made a working Water Dispenser. They also created Cup Cars and Paper Pipe Planes, turning basic science into fun, hands-on challenges.

June also saw students begin documenting their work through photographs and video, bringing together their technical projects and creative skills. By the end of the month, they had moved well beyond simply learning about electronics: they were building working projects, testing their ideas and learning how small changes could make something behave differently.

July: When Learning Became an Experience

In July, the projects created over the previous two months came alive at the Techno Sawari Summer Camp. Instead of simply looking at finished projects, students were encouraged to touch, test and experiment with them. Throughout the month, the learning continued with simple electronics and magnet activities. Students built series and parallel circuits, experimented with magnetic switches and made their own electromagnets, testing them to see how much they could lift. By the end of July, Techno Sawari had taken students from learning the basics to actually building, testing and playing with technology - showing them that science isn't just something to read about, but something they can make and explore with their own hands.

July was also about creating a record of the learning taking place. High-resolution photographs and videos documented students interacting with the projects, building models and demonstrating their finished work. Raw footage, edited material and voice-over files were organised into a digital archive that can support future training, outreach and communications.

Post-activity evaluations recorded practical understanding of circuits, magnetic forces, sensor integration and microcontroller logic, while the report notes strong student participation and enthusiasm around the gamified activities and low-cost DIY models.

That documentation matters because the impact of a hands-on programme does not have to end when the activity does. The projects, photographs, videos and learning materials created during these months can become resources for future students and future Techno Sawari programmes.

By the close of July 2026, Techno Sawari had given students more than an introduction to STEM. They had built working projects, tested ideas, solved problems and experienced the satisfaction of seeing their own experiments come to life!

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