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Getting started with the micro:bit in your STEM projects: Course
The micro:bit is a mini computer, designed at the initiative of the BBC and intended to teach children the basics of programming. The advantage of the micro:bit is that you can start programming in an accessible way and you immediately see …
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Where you are born determines your chances (not): Interactive workshop
During this interactive workshop, a VIA Don Bosco employee will come to your school to get the students to think critically in an interactive way about the question: 'Does your crib determine your further opportunities in your life?'
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Rescue Teams H₂O
Your students identify with aquatic animals through research and game assignments. One is trained as a dragonfly larva rescuer, the other becomes a specialist in rescuing freshwater woodlice, backswimmers or water snails.
Your students turn out to be …
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Music Production: Workshop
During this workshop you create music yourself. First we consider the building blocks needed to make music: rhythm, harmony and melody. As a music producer you use these building blocks to compose different genres.
We get to work on iPads and create …
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Musical dance: Workshop
During this workshop you will dance to well-known and lesser-known musical hits. Footloose, Fame, Grease, Hairspray… Exuberant or subdued? Hip-hop or Jazz? Everything is possible with musical dance.
You can create a musical/musical number …
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The Yard: STEM activity
People are working in this playground. While some are testing out the balance course, others are (re)building the playground equipment under the guidance of De Sven workers. There is plenty to do: assembling, screwing in screws, sanding and, above …
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Plan B: Simulation game group processes
The players are confronted with the complexity of a society. They try to realize their own dream society. That is of course no easy task. Plan B is sometimes hectic and tense. There is discussion, negotiation and shouting. After the game, the …
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Science-fun exercise
In this super fun workshop on the border between sport and science, we explore all kinds of scientific principles using many cool exercise exercises. The experiments are often carried out in pairs or in groups, which creates a nice dynamic.
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Long live bamboo sticks
Bamboo is a technique developed by artist Antoon Versteegde. Bamboo sticks are connected with elastic bands to create large works of art. We look at some of his works, and also examine bamboo sticks ourselves to discover what makes them so strong. …
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The chemistry of beauty and hygiene
In this workshop, the children choose to make some everyday cosmetics and hygienic products of which we never really think about how they are produced:
- What ingredients does toothpaste contain and what function do they have?
- How does hair gel …
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Acidity of soft drinks and other liquids: Workshop
In this educational workshop, young people are introduced to the term acidity in chemistry. First they make their own acidity indicator based on red cabbage juice. They then use this to examine the acidity of things such as soft drinks, milk, …
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Become a Styrofoam architect
The students get to work like real architects: after a short introduction to force distribution and strength theory, they learn the different techniques to design and construct an apartment building with our super fun Styrofoam cutters. But their …
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