Botby Junior High school students' science projects at TekNatur 2012 and RESULTS.
1. A game with the Bernoulli's formula by Robin Koskinen by Max Raittinen.(DIPLOMA)
2. How does the horse's movement affects heat loss in her muscles by John Antell.(DIPLOMA)
3. A study of friction using a torsion pendulum by Eetu Siika.(DIPLOMA)
4. How does saliva enzyme works on our school meals by Olivia Holmberg, Sofia Lindblom and Kajsa Lassila.(DIPLOMA)
5. DNA on the kitchen table by Niklas Jänkälä and Sebastian Mellblom. (DIPLOMA)
6. Playing with mathematical pendulums and a capacitor by Benjamin Åkerlund.(DIPLOMA)
7. How the magnetic field affects the development of the plants - the mobile phone as a cause by Axel Thelén and Anton Helanterä.(DIPLOMA)
8. What elements lie inside a star by Magnus Karlsson.(DIPLOMA)
9. How different colors of light affects plant growth by Kim Kotiranta and Jacob Malmsten.(DIPLOMA)
10. The magnetic accelerator on the table by Max Sundelin and Roy Atias.(DIPLOMA)
11. One simple proof of weightlessness of a falling object by Alex Starck and Fredrik Fazer.(PRIZE IN PHYSICS - 400€)
12. How children are affected by dyes - a study on E by Martin Nordberg.(DIPLOMA)
13. What happens to the “multitabs” drugs in the stomach? by Tapio Erämaa.(DIPLOMA)
14. How juice color affect children's behavior? by Fia Nordenswan, Rebecka Holm and Chia Palkonen.(II PRIZE - 600€)
15. Water + Sun + Wind = ? by Oscar Lindh and Victor Strandell.(DIPLOMA).
Congratulations to all!
Students from IB visited us and told to us about their studies at Mattlidensgymnasium. Our guests were Anton Smedjebacka and Jonas Grönroos.
Strömborgska school in Borgå joined the family of Science teachers.
Teacher from Strömborgska school in Borgå, Anna Holmström have started to theach Science at here junior high-school. You can find here lessons activity under "CALENDER" button.
Lyceiparkens school in Borgå joined the family of Science teachers.
Two teachers from Lyceiparkens school in Borgå, Patricia Nevanko and Mikaela Gustafsson, have started to theach Science at their junior high-school. You can find their lessons activity under "CALENDER" button.
Höjdens school in Raseborg joined the family of Science teachers.
Two teachers from Höjdens school in Raseborg, Mia Skog and Tommy Sjöblom, have started to theach Science at their junior high-school. You can find their lessons activity under "CALENDER" button.
EHS Raseborg joined the family of Science teachers.
Two teachers from EHS Raseborg, Niklas Degerlund and Henrik Forsstén, have started to theach Science at their junior high-school. You can find their lessons activity under "CALENDER" button.
IV SCIENCE DAY
Science students in grade 9, who had chosen to make Practical Final Diplomawork , held a Science Day on May 24, 2011 for primary school students. It was the fourth time that science day was held. The theme was "Humans and Technology". Our guests were students from Östersundom primary school, grade6.
Science day began with presentations about "Secrets behind the blood" by Miro Knuutinen, "What reveals the urine?" by Nico Knuutinen, "A robot - what is it?" by Oscar Olin and Matias Miller and "Who Needs Science?" by Ingvar Stål.
After the presentations students were divided into groups and we began with workshops.Primary school students determined blood groups, tested urine content and learned to identify drugs, and eventually built three robots with different characteristics. Each group of students "taught" the robots different things - listen to command, to recognize different objects and follow a certain pattern.
Everyone was happy and satisfied, and came to the same conclusion - science day was successful.
You can find pictures from the Science Day here .
Teachers from Norway will visit us on 05.04.2011 in order to familiarize with Science teaching in our school.
Teachers from Raseborg town will visit us on 01.04.2011 in order to familiarize with Science teaching in our school.
SCIENCE DAY IN BORGÅ
Botby Science students, who have been on the Work Experience Program, made the 11/11/2010 a visit to Lyceiparkens skola in Borgå to discuss with the school's grade 7 students about Science ("Discovery and Technology"), due to that the talented and curious teachers Patricia Nevanko and
Mikaela Gustafsson want to offer Science as an optional subject for their students.Botby students told about their studies in Science ("Discovery and Technology"), why they chose Science, how their interests in Science developed and told which scientific areas they are the most interested in. We formed six groups to organize activities for Lyceiparkens students.
Michelle Riska and Alexandra Kuhlefelt talked about the fascinating world of organic chemistry and prepared labs about esters.
Filemon Wolfram talked about how cigarettes affect the lungs and using a cleverly designed apparatus, he displayed the content of tobacco and identified harmful substances through chemical reactions. Filemon had a very good assistant - Onni Lundin.
Daniel Alperi talked about electrolysis and showed how you can clean various metal objects and build electric batteries using fruits and humans.
Miro Knuutinen talked about criminology and showed how to determine blood groups and the Rhesus factor.
Otto Fazer talked about the fascinating world of electric charges and lightning in the nature. He showed how to use electric charges in everyday life.
Matias Miller and Oscar Olin talked about robots and showed three perfectly functioning robots.
After dinner, Ingvar Stål talked about the fascinating world of Science and explained what a scientific theory is. He talked about the Big Bang and Evolution theories.
We were very happy with our trip and same time tired, too.
We want to thank Lyceiparkens skola's teachers Patricia Nevanko and Mikaela Gustafsson for their help in planning and organizing the wonderful day!
www.ostnyland.fi/ostnyland/orter/borga/2010-11-11/science-en-nykomling-pa-schemat
We will have guests the 16:th and 17:th of September due to a training for teachers in "Science as a an optional subject in junior high school". The training is organised by Ingvar Stål in Resource Center (www.skolresurs.fi)
Science students grade 8 Matias Miller and Oscar Olin, the leaders of the joint project "How X-RAYS affects plants development", visited 12.04.2010-17.04.2010 Vesterledenskole in Herning, Denmark in order to conclude their international investigation. In Herning Matias and Oscar summarized all countries results in a presentation. The presentations conclusions raised many question among the audience and was lively discussed. Everyone agreed that the cooperation and the investigation had succeeded. We thank the Swedish Technical Academy in Finland for their support.
Their presentation is found here and pictures
Science student (SC1) Michelle Riska was awarded a diploma and a prize of 100€ due to her essay on "The Universe" (available in Swedish).
Glodez Natasa, teacher from Slovenia will visit us on 24 - 26.03 2010 in order to familiarize with Science teaching in our school.
Botby Junior High school students' science projects presented at TekNatur 2010.
1.How X-rays affect the plants development.
Miller Matias, Olin Oscar (Diploma + trip to Denmark)
2. How viscosity affects the shape of the droplets of a liquid.
Holmberg Iris, Desta Mette Von Hellen Emilia (Diploma)
3. Photo Elements.
Kousa Kim, Wolfram Philemon (Diploma)
4. Deodorant - can we rely on commercials?
Vainio Ella, Linda Rasmussen (Diploma)
5. How the environment affects the amount of malic acid in apples.
AlperI Daniel, Grönroos Jesse (Diploma)
6. How much antibiotics is contained in meat.
Knuutinen Miro, Statovci Donat(Diploma)
7. How the temperature affects the amount of carbon dioxide in various carbonate drinks.
Knuutinen Nico, Ravattinen Miro, Morander Martin (Diploma)
8. Measuring the speed of light in the kitchen.
Fazer Otto, Max Thelen (Diploma)
9. How shampoo affects hairs elastic coefficient.
Kuhlefelt Alexandra, Michelle Riska (Prize in Chemistry, € 400)
10. Mobile phone speaker.
Lindh Oscar (second Prize in Physics, € 400)
Congratulations to all!
The final for the Science Faire for Swedish speaking schools, TekNatur 2010, will be held in Arcada from 05-06.02.2010. Our school will participate with 10 projects.