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Vol. 32 No. 3
May-June 2010

Off to a Good Start in Romania

The Xperimania Science Ambassadors received a warm welcome on their first school visit, which was to the Traian Vuia school in Tăuţii Măgherăuş, Maramureş, Romania, on 23 February 2010. Students and teachers enjoyed the Xperimania workshops and learned more about chemistry and physics through fun experiments.

Xperimania science ambassadors demonstrating to students in Romania.

During the one-day visit, Xperimania ambassadors held four workshops attended by more than 80 students. Both students and teachers benefitted from hands-on experiments, which helped them to discover different materials and their properties and also to see how they behave under various everyday circumstances. The ambassadors also showed the students various methods that scientists use to perform research. Students from a number of neighboring schools also participated in the final workshop.

The students of Maramureş left a very positive impression on the visiting ambassadors. “We managed to demonstrate that science can be fun,” says Ann Whent, representing the Association of Petrochemical Producers in Europe. “We are confident that this kind of workshop will help some students choose to continue their education in science. There are many job opportunities waiting for them!”

“It was impressive how, in spite of the language barrier, the pupils were able to follow the explanations and participate so actively,” said one ambassador. “Also, the teachers were very active. Sometimes it was difficult to stop them from answering the questions themselves—they wanted to be students as well!”

Students and teachers from Maramureş, Romania, and the surrounding area.

According to one of the teachers, this was “an important event in the school and in the life of the small town.” People from the local council and the town’s mayor, Anton Ardelean, were present at the school to welcome the Xperimania Ambassadors. Furthermore, several people from the school inspectorate and the commander of the local police department were introduced to the ambassadors. In addition, members of the local press reported on, took photos of, and filmed the event.

At the close of the day, teachers Aneta Pop and Franciska Szilagyi, who had successfully applied for the ambassadors’ visit, organized a visit to a local museum as well as a traditional Romanian dinner for the ambassadors, some school teachers, and the mayor of the town.

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