STEAM Lab

Summer Camp

Summer Camp Robotic Session

Students got hands-on with electronics and robotics during the summer camp, building and testing circuits, assembling small robot models, working with a digital multimeter, and learning through trying, testing and improving their own builds.

Student assembling robot components — 1. Assembling the components

Student measuring a component's value with a multimeter — 2. Measuring component values with a multimeter

Students calculating resistance using the colour code on a smart display — 3. Calculating resistance using the colour code

Students setting up the gear motor — 4. Setting up the gear motor

Close-up of soldering during circuit assembly — 5. Soldering the circuit

Student testing the assembled robot — 6. Testing the robot

Students with their finished robots, giving a thumbs up — Finally, they built it!

The finished robots lined up on a table — The finished robots

Student Project

SEVS: Smart Electronic Voting System

A fully functioning, student designed and built electronic voting machine, used by MMS for school council elections (Head Boy, Head Girl and Sports Secretary), built to teach both the electronics and the civic process behind a real election.

Built around an ESP32 microcontroller with an MCP23017 I/O expander, the SEVS gives each voter one secure vote per category across 15 candidate buttons (3 categories × 5 candidates), with a 16×2 I2C LCD and buzzer for instructions and instant feedback, a green LED confirming each selection, and results logged to an SD card in CSV format with optional real time upload to Google Sheets over Wi-Fi. It runs on a rechargeable Li-ion battery pack for uninterrupted, portable use.

Secure, One Vote Per Category SD Card Logging IoT / Wi-Fi Enabled Battery Powered

Smart Electronic Voting System (SEVS) poster: front panel, internal wiring and back view, with key features and specifications — SEVS front panel, internal wiring and specifications: “Your Vote, Your Voice, Our Future”

Gallery

Building the SEVS — From Breadboard to Ballot

A teacher and students testing the SEVS panel, with buttons for Head Boy, Head Girl and Sports Secretary already wired in — Testing the panel with buttons for each candidate wired in

A student wiring a switch into a prototype enclosure while classmates watch — Wiring a switch into a prototype enclosure

Students drilling mounting holes into the voting machine's enclosure — Drilling mounting holes into the enclosure

An early breadboard prototype built around an ESP32 microcontroller, with cardboard tube sensor mounts — An early breadboard prototype around an ESP32

SEVS in Action

Student Council Elections 2026–27

On election day, students from Classes 6 to 12 turned out to elect their new Head Boy, Head Girl and Sports Secretary — casting their vote on the very SEVS machine built by their seniors. Polling officers verified and inked each voter, candidates and staff oversaw the process at the polling booth, and the votes were tallied and cross checked before the results were declared. A proud moment for the whole school: leadership, courage and character, learned by living it.