Scientific week “Think Different - more Exact!” at Bauska Secondary School No. 1
Inspired by the event “Think Different - more Exact!” which had been organized for Latvian students by the team of the Project, the Scientific Week called “Think Different - more Exact!” for students of grades 7 through 12 was organized on 26 – 30 April at Bauska Secondary School No. 1.
Students of Bauska Secondary School No. 1 participated in some of the scientific events offered by the school every day for the whole week. The Scientific Week “Think Different - more Exact!” was opened by Eva Dručka, a scientist and a participant in the 21st European Union Contest for Young Scientists. On the first day of the event students of grade 11 presented their scientific inquiry papers.
Presentation of scientific inquiry papers continued also on the second day of the event. At the second part of the day, students had an excursion to Bauskas alus and Kronis Ltd, manufacturing enterprises in Bauska.
On 28 April, students had a meeting with Iveta Ancāne, a Doctor in Chemistry.
29 April was a day of experimental activities in natural sciences for grades 7 through 9. Students had a possibility to attend a lecture “Environmental protection” delivered by Latvian ornithologists, while the students of grades 8 through 9 spent the afternoon together with the team of Latvenergo contest “eXperiments”.
At the end of the Scientific Week students had a chance to meet Andrejs Cibulis, an associate professor and a leading scientist at the Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Latvia, and play mathematics games under the guidance of the assoc. prof. A. Cibulis.
When asked to evaluate the Scientific Week, students said that it had been not only educative but also very interesting and exciting experience. The students of grade 10 were especially interested in the best scientific inquiry papers prepared by their school mates. The meeting with Eva Dručka was also considered as an exciting and useful event, while the students of elementary school had really enjoyed mathematics games. The participants were indeed satisfied with the diversified and successful event in general and believe that the aim of the event – to stimulate students’ interest in natural sciences and mathematics by showing the ways how to make use of the knowledge obtained at school in scientific inquiry and innovative entrepreneurship – had been reached.
Students of Bauska Secondary School No. 1 participated in some of the scientific events offered by the school every day for the whole week. The Scientific Week “Think Different - more Exact!” was opened by Eva Dručka, a scientist and a participant in the 21st European Union Contest for Young Scientists. On the first day of the event students of grade 11 presented their scientific inquiry papers.
Presentation of scientific inquiry papers continued also on the second day of the event. At the second part of the day, students had an excursion to Bauskas alus and Kronis Ltd, manufacturing enterprises in Bauska.
On 28 April, students had a meeting with Iveta Ancāne, a Doctor in Chemistry.
29 April was a day of experimental activities in natural sciences for grades 7 through 9. Students had a possibility to attend a lecture “Environmental protection” delivered by Latvian ornithologists, while the students of grades 8 through 9 spent the afternoon together with the team of Latvenergo contest “eXperiments”.
At the end of the Scientific Week students had a chance to meet Andrejs Cibulis, an associate professor and a leading scientist at the Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Latvia, and play mathematics games under the guidance of the assoc. prof. A. Cibulis.
When asked to evaluate the Scientific Week, students said that it had been not only educative but also very interesting and exciting experience. The students of grade 10 were especially interested in the best scientific inquiry papers prepared by their school mates. The meeting with Eva Dručka was also considered as an exciting and useful event, while the students of elementary school had really enjoyed mathematics games. The participants were indeed satisfied with the diversified and successful event in general and believe that the aim of the event – to stimulate students’ interest in natural sciences and mathematics by showing the ways how to make use of the knowledge obtained at school in scientific inquiry and innovative entrepreneurship – had been reached.