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School Festival of School Festival of ScienceScience

(2001 and 2005)(2001 and 2005) andand Natural Science Natural Science

Experiments Experiments CompetitionCompetition

(2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005)2005)in Complex Of Public

Schools in Czastkow Mazowiecki

Czosnow county, voivodship mazowieckie, Poland

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The chief aim of those entertainments was to arouse the interest of pupils in science and especially in physics. At the same time they gave the teachers of science and physics a solid ground for searching possibilities of putting an and to and set patterns during the lessons.

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The main target of these events was to awaken at pupils of interest in science. The goal was reached thanks to the courtesy and help of scientific workers of The Warsaw University, of companies and of educational publishers, of the authorities municipal commune Czosnów and pupils, of parents and teachers.

This is the competitive committee (2001): (second line the first from right) prof. T. Czosnyka (chairman Environmental Laboratory of Heavy Ions Warsaw University), (In the first line from left) dr E. Kurek (WSiP S.A, first publishers educational handbooks in Poland) dr I. Słomka (Centre of Modern Science Education, Warsaw), G. Więckowska (chief Educational

Portal "EDUSEEK").

This is the competitive committee (2005): (from left) J. Zielińska (trainer for teachers, Teacher Training Center, Warsaw), prof. A. Majhofer (Institute of Experimental Physics, Faculty of Physics, Warsaw University), dr M. Staszel ( Head Division of Physics Education, Institute of Experimental Physic, Faculty of Physics, Warsaw University) M. Dobkowska (author of the education CD ROM and VHS tape, organize competition „WE TAKE PICTURES OF PHYSICAL PHENOMENA” - students observations and simple experiments photographed by them, participant “Physics on Stage”, Warsaw), M. Rowińska (author textbooks, trainer for teachers, Teacher Training Center, Warsaw).

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The first Festival (2001) began with the exciting multimedial exposition "Physics around us" by Mr Wiktor Niedzicki. Mr Wiktor Niedzicki is a well-know popularizer of science in Polish TV, a prize-winner of Polish Physical Society prize for popularisation of physic.

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The second Festival (2005) began with the interesting multimedial lecture ”Nanotechnology" by Mr Tomasz Szymborski. Mr Tomasz Szymborski is a student (5th year) Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering of the Warsaw University of Technology and school-leawer Complex Of Public Schools in Czastkow Mazowiecki.

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Festival's and Competitions formula was open, so we could entertain the inhabitants of commune and of administrative district.

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The School Festival of Science and Competitions had lots of lectures and workshops for teachers and schoolboys and students and prepared specially exhibitions.

Exhibition of teaching equipment prepared by pupils and parents, physical toys and the experimental sets for performing interesting and simple experiments. I prepared this exposition together with group of pupils and parents

Exhibition "Laboratory of Heavy Ions of Warsaw University" organised by prof. Tomasz Czosnyka

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Photography Exhibition "The Physical Phenomena Around Us" prepared by students of The Integration Schools Complex No 2 in Warsaw (they were the special guests of festival) for a competition organised by Maria Dobkowska, teacher of physics in this school

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Natural Science Experiments CompetitionNatural Science Experiments Competition After the exposition the pupils presented and talked on their own experiments in the frame of Pupils Experiment Competition. There were two categories: Primary School (elementary science) and Gymnasium – lower secondary school (physics). Pupils very efficiently performed experiments and talked on them objectively. At the end pupils had to answer put by questions the Competition Committee and public.

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Pupils experiments (example).

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Pupils experiments (example).

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Pupils experiments (example).

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Pupils experiments (example).

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Pupils experiments (example).

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Pupils experiments (example).

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Pupils experiments (example).

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Pupils experiments (example).

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Pupils experiments (example).

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Pupils experiments (example).

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Pupils experiments (example).

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Pupils experiments (example).

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Pupils experiments (example).

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Prize 2005

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Prize 2005

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Prize 2005

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SUMMARYThe organisation of festival and competition was a big challenge for everybody in the school. Work on this complicated project, required many joint activities of pupils, teachers and parents. The realisation of each of smaller projects (competition, exhibitions, organisation of the festivities, helping the guest and lecturers etc) – made possible the join the participation of all persons and groups of schools community. Again, it was confirmed, how is the role of the method of projects for the integration of team of people, for discovering of individual possibilities and abilities, for developing team skills, for breaking of psychological barriers between groups of people in communities, finally in activation of pupils, teachers and parents.

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School - Festival of Science and Competition as any other projects will not replace the systematic learning and strenuous climbing to the peaks of knowledge and skills, but this is the indispensable element of development of personality of pupils and … teachers. This type of activity should be fascinating firework, stimulating imagination and engaging all senses, forcing of every participant to reflection. Everything shows, that School Festivals of Science and Competitions organised in Complex of Public Schools in Czastkow Mazowiecki was just such a performance.

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