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Trip to the interactive museum

objectives

These were the topics we chose

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August 2022

Energy

We generated electricity and learned how a dynamo works in the electrical energy workshop.

Optical illusions

We had fun playing and discovering how our brains interpret images in the optical illusion modules.

Space and our world

In "Communicating Science", we had a very interesting conversation with a scientist who wrote a book for children: Gabriel Leon.

A little preview of the science fair. Back at school we did more research and developed our own projects with everything we learned, you won't believe what we were able to do!

Trip to the interactive museum

An overview based on project-based learning

August 2022

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Objectives:

What did we expect from the trip?

We came up with and prepared the trip to the science museum as a team, as the culmination of our work this term in which, as you know, we mainly looked at these topics:

• The solar system and planet Earth
• Energy
• Light and images

Exploration as a generator of questions and knowledge.

Explore

Amazement and discovery as axes to understand the world we live in.

Learn

Imagination as the engine of scientific thinking. We investigate and imagine possibilities.

Imagine

Putting into practice what we have learned and imagined. Is it possible? How do we achieve it?

Create

In each part of the museum we participated in a workshop and we knew that we should do a research or a project on the topic and share it after the trip.

Communication and expression as a fundamental part of the learning and creation process.

Communicate

Transversal objectives

Checklist to do at home

The development of scientific thinking, the communication of our own findings, and teamwork have been present at every moment both during the visit and throughout the project. This newspaper was produced by the teachers and students of the 6th grade.

Space and our world

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The delicate balance of our planet

August 2022

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From space to the third planet: The balance of life

Life as we know it needs very specific conditions to exist. The distance from the Earth to the sun is perfect for temperatures to be adequate, but that is not enough, in addition, the atmosphere and magnetic fields of our planet protect us from radiation and objects that could collide with us, all this is part of a very delicate balance.

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Energy: pure transformation

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E=mc2

August 2022

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Energy is neither created nor destroyed, it is only transformed.

There are several types of energy. We humans transform some types of energy into others so that we can use them. We learned how to make electrical circuits with photovoltaic plates!

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Light and space - An illusion

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A world of wonders

August 2022

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Mirrors, lights, and perspectives

Mirrors, lights, holograms, kaleidoscopes, and perspectives. We walked on the ceiling, we shrank our classmates, we experienced headlessness, and much, much more. They explained to us that our eyes often see things that our brain cannot process and interprets them in the best way it can. This is how "trompe l'oeil" and optical illusions arise.

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Communicating science

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Entrevistas

August 2022

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Interviewing a fun scientist

We met with a great scientist: Gabriel Leon, who is a biochemist and wrote a very funny and interesting book called: What are boogers? And other strange questions that I sometimes ask. With him we discovered that children are scientists by nature, because the basis of science are questions and observation. We learned a lot, we talked about the scientific method, we asked him questions such as "What is DNA?" or "Why do our fingers wrinkle in the bathtub?". Some of them he was able to answer, others we answered together, and others we left for further research. It was a motivating experience and we realized how important it is to know how to communicate what we do.

"Kids are always the ones who ask the best scientific questions".

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Project: Science fair

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A little preview of our upcoming science fair

August 2022

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The challenge: Produce clean energy

We were looking for inspiring examples for our science fair and out of all of them we thought this one was the most amazing. You can find the article in the image on the left. Already inspired, we researched and divided into teams to develop our own projects and got down to work to present them at our science fair. These are some of the prototypes we are developing.

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13-year-old girl creates a revolutionary invention.

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WHAT'S EVALUATED

TRIP TO THE SCIENCE MUSEUM

Soft skills and attitude

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6th grade

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checklist

WHAT'S EVALUATED

TRIP TO THE SCIENCE MUSEUM

Content and cognitive competencies

Drag the icons to the corresponding fields according to whether or not you have met the criteria described. Share your impressions and the reasons for your answers.

Discover your performance level here

6th grade

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