A11. Participating in workshops or events organised by educational or science institutions for example museums, universities and other institutions in a field of mathematics, science and labour market.
France , June 2018
30 students and 2 teachers went to visit the Arboretum of Chevreloup near the versailles palace.
Poland, 13 June 2018
18 students and 2 teachers went to Gorce National Park to participate in workshops on the flora and fauna. The visit started in Łopuszna - a village 10 km from Krempachy. After 20 minutes walk a group reached its destination: a forester's lodge "Gajówka Mikołaja". We visited an exhibition on the history of this place and the Gorce National Park. Then students started a challange: "hunting" for insects. The bugs were put in the special containers, then a lecturer from the National Park labeled them and tell some interesting stories. The next part of the workshop took place on lovely meadow. Students' task was discovering plants using smell and filling in worksheets.
Poland, 21-26 May 2018
On the first day the group went by train to Hel - for many people it was the first meeting with the sea. Sunny weather favored a visit to the beach, but it was only an addition to the visit to the Hel Peninsula and the Seal Sanctuary in Hel. After an hour's voyage by boat, the students reached Gdynia, and then to the base in Bursa near the Gdańsk University of Technology.
The second day was a day trip to Gdynia. The pupils visited the Gdynia Aquarium and participated in laboratory classes with a workshops "Fauna and flora of the Baltic Sea". The afternoon was spent on over two-hour exploration of the Experyment Science Center.
On Thursday there was the culmination point of the program: Baltic Science Festival at the Gdańsk University of Technology. Students took part in demonstrations at the Faculty of Electrical and Control Engineering, Mechanical (Ecological energy - modern challenges of hydropower, Let it spin - wind power formerly and today, CNC machine demonstration) and Chemical (Fruit and vegetables under the microscope, First aid kit in your kitchen, Microorganisms in the food world, Cosmetics - do it yourself !, Kitchen chemicals).
Among the classes reserved for our group, there were one-hour field activities entitled Take on Geodesy! (Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering). After them, the students took part in the lecture "Feminine side of physics" (Faculty of Technical Physics and Applied Mathematics). After this large dose of strict knowledge, one had to rest a bit – the Forest Opera and the pier in Sopot were best suited!
Students spent Friday in Gdańsk. From 9 to 14.30 they had classes at the European Solidarity Center. In addition to interesting sightseeing, there were also two workshops: Stereotypes and prejudices and Crossing the boundaries. Thanks to them, students not only expanded their knowledge of the latest Polish history, but also strengthened intercultural awareness in the European dimension, which is one of the objectives of the Science 4 all project.
In the afternoon, time came to visit Gdańsk in the footsteps of Hevelius. Kashubian music bands performed on the streets of Gdańsk. Singing youth from Krempachy joined them next to the Neptune monument in the heart of Gdansk. The joint performance of "Hey from above, from above" aroused considerable interest among passers-by.
The last day of the expedition also passed actively. Before the train journey, the students visited the exhibition "With energy!" And "Around the World" in the interactive Hewelianum Center, and then the Amber Museum. With regret it was necessary to say goodbye to Gdańsk and the Baltic.
France, May 2018
On Friday May 11th, a year 8 class from our school went to visit the aeronautical museum. It is situated at the Bourget airport, which was built during the first world war to let planes take off and land. After the war, the airport opened to civil aviation and became the spot for “Big Raids” such as Charles Lindbergh’s performance in 1927 (we learnt that he was the first pilot to cross the Atlantic by plane).
We saw very old planes like one of the aeropostale company which Antoine de Saint Exupéry used to carry mails from Europe to Sud America.
We had the chance to go inside the Concorde, the first supersonic passenger-carrying commercial airplane and a plane which carried paratroopers on D-Day, that is to say the day of the Normandy landings in 1944. It was quite impressive. We were told that there were only approximately no more than 5 soldiers out of 20 who managed to land with their parachutes.
We also went into a Mirage’s cockpit. It is just unbelievable to see all the instruments that are such a tiny space.
We spent a very nice and interesting day !
4e4 Class
Eesti, May 2018
During a day we visited The Estonian Museum of Natural History and the weather station in Harku. In the museum we were told about the life of ancient organisms that lived on the planet 600 million years ago. Thanks to an interactive exhibition, we got to know about inhabitants of the Baltic Sea. Then we went to the weather station, where we were shown tools, which make measurements of weather conditions. It was useful knowledge, as we were experimenting with the weather station during the school year.
Portugal, May 2018
On the 11th May, 23 students of class 9B and two teachers (Francisco Cavaco and Conceição Barrento) visited Escher exhibition in Lisbon, where they could see the artists' works of art and learned about some mathematical concepts.
ESTONIA, May 2018
On the 2nd of May, our team visited the Kotka trail in the Iizaku bog, as well as the Kohtla-Järve town park. Upon the arrival at the bog we were met by a guide who enthusiastically told us what she knows best. After a short walk through the forest, we climbed a 15-meter tall tower and many students were clearly impressed by the view. After the tower we had an opportunity to walk along the bog for about 2 kilometers, try last year's cranberries and admire the moss. After that we moved to the Kohtla-Järve town park, where we played an educational-digital game with 15 questions. In general, I can say that the trip was quite productive, and the mood of the students wasn't spoilt by the weather conditions.
by Georg Lichtenberg 
ESTONIA, April 2018
An educational visit to Rakvere.
On Tuesday, April 10, in the framework of the Erasmus + "Science 4 All" project, our students visited the city of Rakvere. The program included a visit to the Rehbinder House Museum and the Rakvere Castle. In the museum we were met by the charming robot Pepper, whom we took pictures with. In the museum at one of the exhibitions we were shown a weapons from the 17th century, antique furniture and household items found in Estonia. At another exhibition, we were told a lot of interesting things about proper nutrition, about the consequences of water and air pollution. We also had an opportunity to try the "meal of the future." Who knows, maybe in a couple of decades the phrase "What about fried grasshoppers for dinner?" will not seem so unusual as it is now.
After visiting the museum we went to the Rakvere Castle. We learned a lot about the Middle Ages, the history of the castle, the knights and the plague epidemic. In the castle, we were able to try our hand at archery, produced black powder, which was later set on fire, and in the end we were shown a torture room, and the bravest of us descended into it. Everybody liked the trip, as it had left a lot of bright and pleasant emotions.
By Ilona Fjodorova
FRANCE, March 2018
On tuesday the 20th of March, thanks to the Erasmus project « Science4all » we had the chance to go to the Port Royal forest, near Rambouillet. That is why we write this article in English !
We went along a long-distance footpath to study trees and the biological life in the woods.
We met a forest ranger who explained us how to measure height and age of trees. In groups, we tried to make the measurments.We realised that mathematics were very important to know the forest.
While walking in the woods, we discovered a pond and marsh . The ground was very muddy and we saw fern.
At last we had free time and we built a hut . It was fun!
Pupils, year 8.
ESTONIA, March 2018
The Estonian team had a guided tour to the Krenholm Manufacturing Company in Narva. "It was founded by Ludwig Knoop, a cotton merchant from Bremen. The company's cotton spinning and manufacturing mills were the largest in the world;[1] and Krenholm was considered in its time to be the most important mill in Russia, employing 12,000 people.[2] In 1994, it was privatised after Estonia regained independence. The company went bankrupt in 2010".
(c) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krenholm_Manufacturing_Company
ESTONIA, February 2018
In February our team went to Tartu, where we visited the Estonian National Museum and the science centre "Ahhaa". In the museum, we managed to see exhibits from different times, starting from Ancient Estonia up to the present time. Some exhibits looked like projections of photographs, which were in small labyrinths, where one could hear old songs or stories from Estonians.
Afterwards, we went to the "Ahhaa" centre, where 2 workshops had been planned for the students. The students from the first group learnt a lot of new and interesting information about the vision (eyesight) and an eye as an organ. Also they could check how confidently they could hold a scalpel in their hands while cutting frozen pigs' eyes. The students from the second group isolated the DNA from their saliva.
PORTUGAL, 25th January 2018
Year 9 students (approximately 120) went to Escola Sec Santa Maria to take part in a workshop "Perguntas para o Futuro" (Questions about the future) promoted by the "Futuroscope" where they were told about several educational paths and future careers.
http://agml.pt/images/2018/SPO/Perguntas%20para%20o%20Futuro.pdf
ESTONIA, December 2017
The participants from Narva Kesklinna Gümnaasium are finding out about properties of liquid nitrogen. It was fun!
ESTONIA, November 2017
27 students and 2 teachers went on an excursion to the casemates of the Narva Bastion Victoria. A student, Sasha Moiseeva, shares her impressions: "In the casemates, we were told a lot of information about bats, watched an interesting film and we were even taken to the dungeon. Underground we were lucky enough to see some real bats in hibernation. We learned a lot of interesting things, for example, how and where bats live, how many of them exist in the world and in Narva; what they eat and how they breed. After the tour, we had a workshop where each participant made a souvenir in a form of a bat. It was very interesting, exciting and informative.
France, October 2017
During the "scientific week", in October 29 pupils (year 7) visited the Orangery in the Versailles gardens with their biology teacher.
To begin the visit, a guide explained the history of the palace:
- King Henri the 4th loved huntig in Versailles aera
- King Louis XVIII decided to build an hunting lodge
- King Louis XIV , Henri IV's grand son, loved this place and buit a majestuous palace near the hunting lodge
- The orangery was built during the Louis XVI reign. It helps to keep plants at a mild temperature (never below 5°). In this aim, the orangery is situated south of the palace, protected from the wind.
Then pupils participated to scientific workshops animated by agronomists. For the first one, students were asked to place plants according their origin on a world map. Secondly, they observed DNA of fruits as tomato, kiwi, orange ou pineapple. Finally they went to the orangery's garden to observe fruit trees and drew them. It was a really nice moment
Lola and Elsa
POLAND, September 2017
On September 29, 2017 we went to Krakow for the Night of Scientists 2017. We saw experiments such as painting with light, gold recovery, and with liquid hydrogen. Apart from these experiments, there were different exhibitions and even we got to talk through a radio. It was a very fun trip from which we came back the next day at 2am.
ESTONIA, September 2017
42 participants of the Estonian team visited 2 scientific museums in Tallinn: The Estonian Health Care Museum and the Energy Discovery Centre.
PORTUGAL, June 2017
45 students of class 8B and 8D went on a field trip to Serra de Sintra where they were guided by forest engineers and taught how to cut down acacias (an invasive species). They worked really hard! Even without gloves!
PORTUGAL, April 2017
20 students of class 8E visited Lisbon Oceanarium, where they participated in the workshop "Maths under water"
ESTONIA, april 2017
On April 18, the project participants went to Narva College of the University of Tartu, where they had an exciting excursion. The children found out not only about various study programmes that the institution offers, but also received information about the history of the building and some secrets of the university. The students were convinced that studying at the University is prestigious and fascinating.
POLAND 6-7.04.2017
Twenty Polish students went to Kraków for 2-days scienific trip. They participated in workshops on chemistry in Jagiellonian University (Faculty of Chemistry), visited a Krakow Astronomical Observatory and The Glass and Ceramics Centre (Lipowa Street 3), then saw a film “Maria Skłodowska-Curie”.
PORTUGAL, March 2017
28 students of classes 8A and 8B and two teachers (Francisco Cavaco and Patrícia Coelho) visited a waste treatment plant.
France - 19-01-2017
A day in the "Institut du Monde Arabe"
On Thursday, January 19th at 8 a.m, the 4e1 and 4e4 left Versailles to go to the "Institut du Monde Arabe" in Paris with Mr BOUTEILLER, Mrs TROFIMOFF, Mrs BOUREAU et Mrs DA ROCHA . Once arrived, the classes were separated in groups and began 2 activities: visit of the museum and workshop on "zellige". The zellige is the art of the mosaic . In groups of 7, pupils received a wooden frame filled with sand as well as some colored pieces of ceramic accompanied by a model. Then, pupils reconstructed meticulously the model from the centre to the edge. Afterwards, we visited the museum. A speaker gave many details about a lot of scientific subjects. It was an interesting visit and we learnt much about it.
Inès M. 4e1
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On the same we visited also
the Palais de la découverte
where we had a conference
on on probability and chance
and another on symetry
and discovered pavements
in Alhambra. Fantastic !!
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PORTUGAL - December 2016
25 students of class 8D and two teachers went to the theatre in Lisbon to see the interactive play "The Origin of the Species". After watching the play, the group visited the Natural History and Science Museum of Lisbon - exhibition: "The Adventure of the Earth".
ESTONIA - 01.12.2016
The Estonian team has visited waste treatment facilities in Narva. The students have found out where water from houses goes to and what happens after it has been processed.
ESTONIA - 25.11.2016
The second group of the Estonian team had a chance to visit the Fortaco factory.
ESTONIA - 20.10.2016
21 students and 2 teachers had been invited to visit a Fortaco factory in Narva. The factory operates in the heavy equipment market. A guide had shown the project participants various machine tools located in a huge area of the building. The students found out that the factory had had lots of experience in producing different operator cabins, machining services and welded steel components. Some of the students had been really impressed with this place.
FRANCE 17.10.2016
During the Science festival organised by the Ministry of Education, Mrs trofimoff, Maths teacher, animated a pedagogical class with her students about coding with Scratch. Students enjoyed it a lot even if they realised it was not so easy as they imagined at the begining. Another hour will be necessary to finish the exercise.
PORTUGAL 17.10. 2016
Classes 8A and 8C went on a field trip to Serra de Sintra (Sintra mountain) to have a science class outdoors, to learn about what being a biologist means and to find geometrical shapes in the buildings along the way. The four teachers of the Portuguese team accompanied the students as well as the biologist, Luís Castro. Students learnt about some indigenous species and natural aspects of the Sintra mountain. Some curiosities had to do with a colony of bats that was moved from Monserrate Palace to Quinta da Regaleira; a 200-year-old tree and Bonelli's eagle nests that are being protected at all costs.
POLAND 30.09/1.10.2016
Twenty Polish pupils and teachers of Geography and Biology took part in the "Night of scientists" in Krakow. It is a huge event organised my Malopolskie Voievodship and many scientific institutions for example universities. http://nocnaukowcow.malopolska.pl/ Our group participated in workshops in Geological Museum about volcanos and rocks, then a show about dinosaurs in the "Kijów" cinema.
