While teaching science in public educational institutions, practical work or experiments do not occupy a primary place. The issue is often discussed that general educational institutions do not always have the opportunity to carry out practical work during the teaching of science. To make science more understandable, accessible, and attractive for students, the YSU Continuing Education Center offers a summer science workshop program. The program is a unique opportunity to understand "how the world around us works" through scientific experiments and practical work.
Project description
The educational program “Science is Fun! See! Touch! Try!” is an initiative of the YSU Continuing Education Center. Within the scope of the program, with the help of YSU professors and students, schoolchildren from grades 8-12, will learn to independently perform practical works and scientific experiments in "Physics", "Molecular Physics", "Organic Chemistry", "Inorganic Chemistry", "Geography, and Geology", "Cartography and geomorphology" as well as "Biology" (botany, zoology, ecology, physiology, biochemistry, genetics).
The program will launch on June 3 and will last 3 weeks. During this period, based on the educational programs of public educational institutions, schoolchildren will perform practical work and scientific experiments and comprehensively study the above-mentioned subjects in YSU laboratories.
During the program, schoolchildren, based on their experience, will learn:
what the polarization of light, colors, optical fiber, light pressure, moment of inertia of the wheel, Newton balls, lava lamp, gravity, non-newtonian fluid are,
distinguish between the fungi growing in the territory of the Republic of Armenia, higher and lower plants,
to evaluate the viability of human carcinogenic cells by trypan blue exclusion test,
how to extract DNA from bananas using soapy water
to assess the degree of soil salinity,
to make a microscopic study of different representatives of unicellular organisms,
to observe the microbial composition of air, water, and soil (in Petri dishes and with a microscope),
to make a geological section with previously given maps, to clarify the geological structure of the given site, the relationships of layers, and the distribution of minerals according to depth,
to perform geodetic measurements with traditional and modern devices and decode space images in the cloud domain,
Timetable
Schoolchildren will visit workshops 2 days a week for 3-4 hours. The program also provides one-time healthy meals.
The science workshops will be carried out in YSU laboratories and classrooms equipped with the latest technologies.
Packages
To view the program packages, visit the following links:
Package for 8th-12th grade schoolchildren / AMD 58,000/
Package for 11-12th grade schoolchildren /AMD 55,000/
Those who are interested must fill out the following questionnaire until May 27.
For further information, please contact the YSU Continuing Education Center.
Phone: (+374 60) 710 212
Email: cce@ysu.am
