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Xperimania IVThe International Year of ChemistryGlobal Water ExperimentU4EnergyTRANSCRIPT
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Xperimania IVThe International Year of Chemistry
Global Water ExperimentU4Energy
Dr. Àgueda Gras-VelázquezPrague, 28/08/2011
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About the projectConcentrating on chemistry and physics, Xperimania aims to boost young people’s interest in science, which is a priority for Europe to remain a knowledge-based economy fostering innovation. Xperimania helps students in secondary school classes (pupils aged 10-20) and their teachers to understand the wide variety of applications of chemistry, and how this fascinating science has contributed to the evolution of many day-to-day items. Participating in the following activities provides students with a unique opportunity to stimulate their scientific and analytical skills [...]
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Xperimania 2007/08: 400+ entries
~ 1000 participants from 18 European countries45,000 visitors to the website
Explore a scientific discovery in the field of materials, discovered in the petrochemical sector from 1800 to the present day.
Set up an easy and fun experiment relating to petrochemistry and materials.
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Activities:Check out the
property!
Chats:On
Petrochemistryin different languages
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Students had to research the chosen property, find out a way to test it and explain the results in a clear and structured way in order to enable others to understand it and to learn from the presented example.
* 13 languages~ 450 entries~ 1500 students~ 21 countries
Xperimania II2008 - 2009
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Xperimania III - 2009/10* 432 schools from 24 countries applied* 7 schools selected: * Romania: Traian Vuia in Maramures * Portugal: E.B. 2,3 de Alcanede in Alcanede * Slovenia: Osnovna šola heroja Janeza Hribarja in Stari trg pri Ložu * United Kingdom: Bartley Green School, St Francis Primary School and Highters Heath Community School in Birmingham * Spain: IES J. Ibáñez Martín in Lorca* 18 workshops ~ 400 students → All 432 schools!
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* 13 – 21 years old* interview: word/write document or powerpoint / impress presentation or video (en, fr, de, it, es, pl – or subtitled en)* groups of 1 to 3 students
* 13 – 21 years old* campaign: word/write document or powerpoint / impress presentation or images... * groups of 1 to 3 students
* 6 – 12 years old* poster: word/write document or powerpoint / impress presentation, pdf, images... * individual entries
deadline: September 30, 2011
Prizes: * competitions 1 and 2: 1st trip to BRU + digital camera, 2nd & 3rd mp4 player * competition 3: six prizes consisting on a kit with experiments equipment
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help us!
ALL WINNERS
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Activity 1pH of the planetMeasure the pH of water with colour
indicators and learn about acidity
Purify water through
distillation and design own solar still
Activity 3salty waters
Measure the salinity
of water through evaporation
and learn about salts and crystallization
Activity 4solar still
Activity 2no dirt no germs
Treatment of water: clean water through filtration and kill the germs
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Dr. Àgueda Gras-Velázquez, Science Programme Manager
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