{"id":1048,"date":"2022-04-26T18:17:17","date_gmt":"2022-04-26T18:17:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/box.gaminu.eu\/?p=1048"},"modified":"2022-04-26T18:45:14","modified_gmt":"2022-04-26T18:45:14","slug":"external-testing-in-lithuania-more-than-20-schools-joined-the-activities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/box.gaminu.eu\/?p=1048","title":{"rendered":"External testing in Lithuania: more than 20 schools joined the activities!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
A wave of making projects in a box is making its way in Lithuania! Led by enthusiastic teachers, students of grades 5-8 and 9-12 create their own projects inside the box. More than 20 schools from across the country have already joined the challenge!\n\nThe activities are a part of the Erasmus + Strategic Partnership project \"Think Inside The Box!\" A methodological STEAM toolkit for schools\u201d, coordinated by \u201cSchool of Robotics\u201d. During the three-day creative STEAM event, students learn through practical activities, look for creative solutions, and present their projects.\n\nDifferent grades have different challenges. The younger ones (grades 5-8) have to design the runways inside the box so that the ball takes as slow as possible while rolling down. Exactly, not as fast as possible, but as slow as possible! When creating their projects, students put into practice the knowledge of physics, mathematics and micro:bit programming. \n\nThe teams of senior students (grades 9-12) have to construct boxes using the details already provided and fill in the missing part with the detail they create. This task requires knowledge of electronics, programming and 3D printing, which is acquired in the first part of the event.\n\nAfter the sessions, students and teachers fill in methodological evaluation questionnaires, the results of which will help to improve the teaching material and help to assess its impact on the development of STEAM competencies.\n\nThe first impressions from the sessions that had already ended were presented on April 7, during a remote session for teachers. Teachers presented the experiences from:\n\n- Nemen\u010din\u0117 Gediminas Gymnasium (27 students from grades 5-8 participated in the activities);\n\n- Public Institution \u201c\u0160iaur\u0117s lic\u0117jus\u201d (students from grades 5-8 participated in the activities);\n\n- Vilniaus \u017demynos progimnazija (21 students from grades 5-8 participated in the activities);\n\n- Vilniaus \u017dygimanto Augusto progimnazija (29 students from grades 5-8 participated in the activities).<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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Activities at Vilnius \u017dygimanto Augusto progimnazija<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
In March-April 2022, a part of the students in grades 8b, 8c and 8d took part in the project. They divided into groups, discussed the origin of objects and their improvement, studied the transformations of mechanical energy by studying the dependence of the speed of a tennis ball on the angle of the cardboard tray, got acquainted with and programmed BBC Micro: bit microcomputers, designed and manufactured the slowest rolling ball system in the box. We are proud that all the groups managed to achieve the goal of the project - to create a system of a ball that rolls for as long as possible in a limited space.\n\nAt the school, the project was coordinated and implemented by physics \/ IT teacher Milana Ambro\u017eevi\u010d and technology teacher Romualdas Tonk\u016bnas.\n\nMore impressions can be found here<\/a>.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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Activities at Vilniaus \u017demynos progimnazija<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pupils of 7th and 8th grades of progymnasium, led by teacher R.\u010ciupaila, took on a bigger challenge - to create a box according to the methodology of grades 9-12. The box uses electronic and 3D printing elements. The student teams improved the wiring diagram, creating their own solutions for the missing part of the box.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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Activities at Nemen\u010din\u0117s Gedimino gimnazija<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Students in grades 7a and 6a participated in the non-traditional \"Think Inside The Box! A methodological STEAM toolkit for schools\u201d. The aim of the activity is to encourage students to think like inventors. Students discussed where things came from, what improvements were made before they came to our day. The main work was to create a ball-rolling system in a box (60 x 60 cm). The students were very successful in overcoming all the challenges, each group not only created their own boxes, but was also able to compare the rolling time of the ball. It was fun to be involved in such activities.\n\nThe activity was initiated and carried out by teachers S. S\u010dastnaja and L. Janu\u0161aitien\u0117\n\nMore impressions from the sessions can be found here<\/a>.\n\n<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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