The European Chain Reaction 2013: November 2012

Project history

The European Chain Reaction 2012

The European Chain Reaction 2011

The European Chain reaction is a European Quality Label winning eTwinning project that was first organised in 2011.

The project is a contest and a European collaboration between primary schools from as many as possible European countries.

In the contest primary schools compete for the honour and a nice trophy: Which country builds and films the most astonishing and creative Rube Goldberg / Robert Storm Petersen chain reaction? The competing children are the only judges in this game!

In the end all videos will be edited to ONE BIG CROSS BORDER EUROPEAN CHAIN REACTION! (European Chain Reaction 2011 video)

In 2011 Germany was the outstanding winner of this fun science competition. They made this absolutely amazing video and they learned a lot about pulleys, chains, levers, ...

In 2012 Belgium managed to win the competition by creating this chain reaction!

In 2013 we will have a third edition of the project. We would like to find some extra schools to participate!

Isn't your country mentioned on this blog and your primary school want to join this amazing science competition? Please contact dave at qworzo dot be or find us at the eTwinningforum!

To all joining us: have a "scientific experience" and let's all hope the best Einsteins may win!

Belgium

Croatia

Hi from Zadar, an ancient, 3 thousand old Mediterrannean beauty on the Adriatic coast. The main part of Zadar is our peninsula that is surrounded by medieval walls. Apart from many churches, museums, galleries...there are two modern tourist attractions: 'Greetings to the sun' and 'Sea organs' (music is produced by the waves). Our Bartula kasica Primary school is situated in the suburbs of Zadar. There are about one thousand students (aged 7 to 4) who attend school in 2 shifts.They teach English as the first foreign language from the first grade, but can choose Italian or German in the grade 4. We are happy to offer our pupils the chance to meet their international pals through many eTwinning projects we take part in as much as by taking part in Comenius Project.
Visit our school website!

Czech Republic

ZÁKLADNÍ ŠKOLA A MATEŘSKÁ ŠKOLA MŠEC

We are proud to represent the Czech Republic in this competition. We are a small village basic school not far from the capital city Prague. There are 125 pupils in our school (6 – 15 years old) and 40 in the kindergarten (3 – 6). The primary classes are situated in a former castle (with an interesting history) which makes our school a little special (and romantic). All around the village you can find lots of hop gardens. Do you know what hop is for? You can check our school website with a lot of pictures.

Iceland

Flataskóli is a compulsory elementary school. The pupils are from 6 to 12 years old (1st to 7th grade) In the school are nearly 300 pupils and about 50 members of staff, teachers and others employees. Flataskóli is located in Garðabær, a town of 10.000 inhabitants, 14 km south of Reykjavík. Flataskóli is the oldest educational establishment in Garðabær and the school is founded on trust and stability. Good behaviour together with a positive attitude and ethos are hallmarks of Flataskóli. The school has a speicial outdoor teaching area in a grove nearby in harmony with a stream and lava. The seashore is within walking distance from school.

Lithuania

ŠIAULIAI „JUVENTA“ SCHOOL
school doors opened in 1971 in its first generation and in 1999/2000 school year, pupils and teachers chose her a new name: „Juventa“ High School.Our school always was famous of it‘s music. Our school is famous not only for his musical achievements. Our students actively participate in various arts, sports contests and competitions. The school is decorated with ever-changing exhibition of works by students. Students participate in various projects: the Comenius, eTwinning, the city and the republic. You can find a primary school drama, road safety, the fine arts section in „Juventa“ school. Visit our website!

The Netherlands

School Kastanjelaan is situated in Leiderdorp a city of 25.000 inhabitants.The youngest pupils are 4 years old and the oldest are 12 years old. We have 8 different classes and 235 pupils. Our class sizes vary from 16 pupils in our smallest class and 34 pupils in our largest class. The majority of our pupils (allmost 95%) is native Dutch. Our school was founded allmost 80 years ago.

The city of Leiderdorp is very near the the city of Leiden. The cities are seperated by two rivers, the Zijl and the Rijn. The history of Leiderdorp starts in Roman times. In the city there are 33 monuments including several windmills.

We have worked on several Comenius and eTwinningprojects before and we are looking forward to working on the chain reaction!

Norway

Kringsjå skole

Our school is located on the south coast of Norway, just outside the center of Kristiansand. Kristiansand is Norway’s no. 1 summer holiday resort and the fifth largest town in Norway, with 85000 inhabitants.

Situated in a rural area, the school is surrounded by a forest, and within a short walk we also have lakes, the sea, beaches and mountains. We try to use our natural surroundings in our everyday school life.

Kringsjå school is a primary school and this year we have 225 pupils from 1^st to 7^th grade. Norwegians start school at the age of six and leaves for secondary school at the age of thirteen. At our school we have 30 employees, 18 of them are teachers.

Our school has been involved in international projects earlier, and we are happy to take part in this event. The 37 pupils in the 4^th grade are our participants in the European Chain Reaction. We are looking forward to this challenge!

Visit us on our homepage: www.minskole.no/kringsja

Slovenia

Our school lies in Preska, a village not so far away from Slovenia's capital Ljubljana. It consists of two parts: the old and the new one. In the old part we have classrooms for art classes, history and craft, a dining room and a kitchen. We also have a very friendly chef, which will always make you laugh. In the new, bigger part, there are classrooms for Science (Chemistry and Physics), Math, Slovene, English, Music, Biology, Geography and a computer classroom. There are also two gyms and a library with over 14,000 books.

Primary school Preska is visited by students from villages Preska, Golo Brdo, Studenčice, Goričane, Sora and Dol. It also has two branch schools in Topol and Sora. There are about 400 students in our school at the very moment.

Want to know more? Visit our website!

Spain

The CEIP "San Juan" was founded in 1973. It´s a public school with 194 students of preschool and primary education. It is placed in Antequera, a beautiful town 43 kilometres at the north of Málaga. Antequera is in the centre of Andalusia in the south of Spain. Our school is in the suburbs of the town, but we have a nice landscape to enjoy. Some students at school are from other countries. Now we are learning the informatics technologies and we are beginning to know others schools in Europe like in this project. You can visit ourwebsite here.

The European Chain Reaction 2013

Saturday, November 24, 2012

The European Chain Reaction_LITHUANIA_ 2013

This is a European Quality Label winning eTwinning project!

Belgium

Bulgaria

Croatia

Czech Republic

Finland

France

Germany

Iceland

Lithuania

The Netherlands

Norway

Poland

Romania

Scotland

Slovenia

Spain

Turkey