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STEAM Camp – 2020 Fall – Ørsted, Nature and Electromagnetism
For this camp, we are trying out a new concept: To get the most out of the camp we encourage the participants to prepare a project beforehand by: prior to the camp: create a project as an issue on Gitlab, ideally relating to the theme of the camp (in this case electromagnetism). during the camp: …
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Nyhedsbrev, august 2020
Afslutning, skolestart, lejre, svar fra ombudsmanden mm.
STEAM Camp 2020 photos
Our first STEAM Camp on Isefjord, Denmark.
STEAM camp 2020
The typical daily schedule is: From 8:00: breakfast 10:00 – 12:00: First workshop 11:00 – 13:00: Lunch & fun 13:00 – 15:00: Second workshop 15:00 : Excursion 18:00: Dinner The activity program for the week currently looks like this: Day Track 1: Courtyard Track 2: Stable Track 3: Hawila Track 4: Garden Track 5: Shore …
Nyhedsbrev, maj 2020
Der sker en del for tiden, hvorfor dette nyhedsbrev lidt før tid. Corona-krisen begynder så småt at ebbe ud og åbningstiderne vil således fremover være de sædvanlige for både børnehave og skole. Det har været en spændende tid, hvor vi blandt andet har fået luft under vingerne ift. vores fjernundervisningskoncept. STUK kører stadig hårdt på. …
Instructor’s cheat sheet / Remote STEM
Objectives: to get the participants/kids acquainted with programming in a fun and engaging way, possibly rooting the knowledge in the families by having the parents participate. Most of the basics of programming (loops, branching, variables, functions, data structures) can readily be learned from on-line resources. However, some very important notions are hard to come by …
A sketch of our remote teaching program
Based on our recent experience with on-line teaching, we are currently testing a remote education program. The purpose is to: extend the reach of our award-winning STEM teaching program beyond the walls of the school by making it virtual. allow families who wish to partly home school their children to do so. assist home schooling …
Support Our School :)
Hello world, We need your help. The Danish Ministry of Education is trying to shut down our school – an ugly story of politics and abuse of power. Long story. The short version is that they cannot accept that our pupils have a right to decide, that we have focused on building a good school …
Back to the roots
“Nicolas, we need a plan B”. Eduardo, the president of the school’s board called me the day before Christmas 2019. “I have been talking to some people who are involved with the Ministry. We need to be prepared for a totally crazy decision.” Since October 2018, we had been undergoing an extended audit by the …