This subpage will present our visits to educational and other institutions in relation to realisation of the project "Adventurous Maths and Science" (Matematyka i nauki przyrodnicze pełne przygód).
POLAND 11.2017
A visit to the Silesian University of Technology
As part of the "Erasmus +" project, class 2A participated in a trip to the Faculty of Mechanics and Technology of the Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice.
The students took part in two lectures. The first was delivered by Dr Eng. Bogusław Ziębowicz on "Introduction to the world of nanotechnology". The second one was entitled "Thermal imaging as a diagnostic method" and was presented by Dr Eng. Łukasz Turchan.
Students also had the opportunity to visit state-of-the-art faculty laboratories and experiment with the thermal imaging camera or electron microscope. The subjects presented were of great interest to the whole class. There was also an invaluable opportunity to get acquainted with how the technical university functions, to talk to lecturers and students.
Poland 11.2017
A visit to Laboratory of Modern Industrial Technologies in Rybnik
On November 27, 2017, a group of second-grade students from a biological-chemical profile participated in chemistry laboratory classes. Classes were part of the Erasmus + project "Adventurous Maths and Science" and took place in the Laboratory of Modern Industrial Technologies in Rybnik. The subject of the first workshop was: "Basic types of chemical reactions - inorganic chemistry". The students learned and refined the techniques of working in a chemical laboratory.
Poland 12.2017
Silesian Festival of Science - Śląski Festiwal Nauki
On December 1, 2017 a group of twenty students participated in the Silesian Festival of Science. The festival took place at the International Congress Center in Katowice. Employees and students of the largest Silesian universities (University of Silesia, Silesian University of Technology, Silesian Medical University and Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice) presented their scientific activity through lectures, experiments and workshops on over 150 exhibition stands. Our students took part in three workshops: See theinvisible - about infrared radiation, "Tasty plants" - a short journey into known and less known utility aspects of plants and LEGO MINDSTORMS - in search of gold.
Poland 12.2017
A visit to Palm House in Gliwice
On December 19, 2017, class Ic together with Mrs Wiesława Strof-Kamińska and Ms Ewa Biela went to the Palm House in Gliwice. The students visited five pavilions: a cultivated plants' pavilion, a tropical pavilion, where you can see vegetation belts characteristic for rainy tropical forests, a historical pavilion, where the oldest and one of the most spectacular plants that can be seen in the Palm House, for example the Canary phoenix (palm tree), whose age exceeded 120 years, the pavilion of succulents where a family of cacti has been gathered, which counts nearly two thousand pieces from 8 meter cereus to a dozen-millimeter litops - living stones and an aquarium pavilion, the exhibition of which includes the presentation of four freshwater environments: Amazon, Lake Tanganyika, Polish rivers and rivers of south-east Asia.
Poland 12.2017
A visit to Astrolab Astronomical Observatory in Czernica
On 15th December 2017 a group of mat-phys class students from our high school took part in a trip to Astrolab Astronomical Observatory in Czernica. This object is run by a group of astronomy and physics enthusiasts - Dawid Barteczko and Michał Witek, who willingly share their knowledge with young people and inspire them to observe the sky. During the lecture, students had the opportunity to see a specially prepared film, a visualization of the star system in the sky, and try out the professional equipment for observing celestial bodies. The trip turned out to be very successful and its participants happy and eager to learn the secrets of our universe.
