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Sky Pods in Phnom Penh 1.92
This game is based on the book ‘Sky PodsinPhnom Penh’ which tells the story of how a young girl withgreatidea became a real life engineer.SkyPods tells the story of how a young Cambodian girl comesupwith inventions to help her to finish her household chores sothatshe can spend more time reading books which is what she lovesdoingbest.She searches through her house to find pieces of junk andthenmeasures and fastens and assembles the parts to make amarvelousmachine that helps her to feed the chickens, water thegarden andsweep the floor. Her mum and her teacher are amazed bywhat she hasachieved and tell her that she’s a little engineer.When she grows up she moves to Phnom Penh and becomes arealengineer who designs the new transport: super fast tuktuks andpodsthat take flight – Sky Pods in Phnom Penh!Notes for Educators and Parents:The aim is to promote enthusiasm in children for thesubjectsScience, Engineering, Technology and Maths (STEM).The Game uses images rather than words, hence is playable bythosewithout the English language. It is aimed at children up to10years old. The simple drag-and-drop machine building gameplaycomesnaturally to today's tablet-using child.About the Book, the inspiration for the Game:The book is bilingual English/Khmer and is written in rhymingstyle.It is aimed at children in the 5-10 year age range.The book was written by British Deputy Ambassador, DrBryonyMathew, and was published by Sipar. The illustrations are byMrSeat Sopheap.The book is available to download for freeHERE:http://bit.ly/2e6uwGP (PDF, 4.66MB, 18 pages)Dr Bryony Mathew, author of Sky Pods in Phnom Penh, andDeputyAmbassador at the British Embassy said:"I wanted to find a way to spark an interest in STEM subjectsinyoung children because ideas that are formed early in life canhavea lasting effect on what individuals choose to do in thefuture.Cambodia desperately needs more STEM professionals - morepublichealth specialists, more software programmers, and morecivilengineers.I decided to write about a young Cambodian girl living inthecountryside so that local Cambodian children could relate toherand could start to believe that if she could come up withabrilliant idea and become an engineer, then why couldn’t they?Myhope is that this book empowers young boys and girls, thatitencourages them to use their imaginations and come upwithsolutions for problems.And if it succeeds in encouraging even a handful ofCambodianchildren to become future engineers, then that would be awonderfuloutcome."Mr Sothik Hok, Director of Sipar said:"The imagination and the creativities are very importantelementsnot only for the development of children, but also for allsciences.Through its reading activities, especially through themobilelibraries, Sipar is proud to be part of the STEM projectlaunched bythe British Embassy, by being the publisher of Sky Podsin PhnomPenh."Dawn Bonfield, Chief Executive of the Women’s EngineeringSocietysaid:"This delightful book tells the story of how Kiri discoversthatengineering is all about solving problems close to home to helpgether chores done so that she can keep doing what she lovesbest:reading.Engineering is in all young girls and boys and this story showshowreal problems spark our imaginations to find real solutions.Wehope it inspires a whole new generation of youngengineeringgirls."Illustrations copyright © Seat Sopheap, 2016Funded by The British Embassy Phnom PenhIf you would like more information about how The BritishEmbassyin Cambodia supports STEM education, please follow usonFacebook.© British Embassy Phnom Penh, 2016
