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Science & technology: Zwijsen Academy
Jacotte Brokken will start the day with an inspiring lecture about science, while Nicholas Arnst will end the day with a magical performance.
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Spelling in the spotlight: Online inspiration session
We zoom in on the remediation pillar of the integrated approach to reading problems.
The negative PIRLS results made full media coverage. The reading level of our Flemish ten-year-olds reached a dramatic low. Will you help tackle this?
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New series of Book Seeker webinars
During the 2023-2024 school year, Elke Leest, the organization behind Boekenzoeker, is organizing a third series of webinars. They familiarize professionals and parents with the recent range of books for children and young people.
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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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Rocket Fun: Design, Launch and Improve
In this super fun workshop, the participants will look for the properties of an ideal rocket. How many fins are optimal, at what launch angle does the rocket fly the furthest, how sharp should we make the tip, and should it be weighted or not? And …
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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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Language robot: Working with AI
The workshop exists in a version for third grade primary school, and a version for secondary school.
If you write a text together with a language robot, is that art?
Computer programs that write texts such as ChatGPT, the news is full of them.
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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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Baking bread
We learn to make our own bread and which ingredients are needed for this. During the rising, you can visit the forest, the playground or the donkeys of the domain without obligation.
Once the sandwiches are in the oven, we play a game in which …
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Biodiversity
Biodiversity, so important for the existence of the world. We make the children aware of the importance of biodiversity. After a theoretical and investigative part, the children play a game to gain more insight into the interaction of the various …
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