DSP Jahrbuch 2016
Deutsche Internationale Schule Pretoria Yearbook 2016
Deutsche Internationale Schule Pretoria
Yearbook 2016
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SCIENCE WEEK<br />
Science Week <strong>2016</strong> was an idea that started last year and that<br />
developed into a two week project of extraordinary proportions.<br />
Lasting two full school weeks, with nearly 2000 students from<br />
grade 1 to grade 11, over 33 multi-national companies and involving<br />
two schools and all their teachers, Science Week <strong>2016</strong> has been a<br />
huge success. Taking place at the Deutsche Internationale Schule<br />
Pretoria and the Deutsche Internationale Schule Johannesburg in<br />
September, the Science Week took learners out of their normal textbook<br />
school environment and immersed them in a week of projects,<br />
demonstrations and experiments. It gave learners the opportunity<br />
of exploring new ideas, interacting with industries with which they<br />
had never had contact, and enabled them to experiment with new<br />
technologies.<br />
Science Week <strong>2016</strong> was not limited to learners at the <strong>DSP</strong> and<br />
the DSJ, but over 400 learners from Mamelodi and Soweto were<br />
invited to take part in the event. One of the aims of the project<br />
was to get as large an outreach as possible to local disadvantaged<br />
schools and pupils in the local areas. This was vital to the project<br />
as it enabled companies to interact with learners from many<br />
different backgrounds and to see, at grassroots level, what learners<br />
need in order to move forward with their education in science and<br />
technology.<br />
Thanks to companies such as Bosch, ABB, Siemens, Evonik, Strub,<br />
CSIR, Hytec, SANSA, JEFA, NISSAN, BMW, VUT and many more,<br />
learners were able to gain a better understanding of the different<br />
industries with specialists in their fields. Additionally, they were able<br />
to have discussions that would normally only take place once they<br />
were in the work place. Learners also had the opportunity of visiting<br />
companies such as CSIR, Hytec and ABB to gain further insights into<br />
how the companies work. The projects ranged from building solar<br />
cars and larger go- carts, to learning how liquid nitrogen works<br />
and how to make liquid nitrogen ice cream. They were able to print<br />
out 3D models that they had designed, experiment with different<br />
chemicals, touch reptiles and animals that they would never usually<br />
have access to, learn about solar energy, build and design bridges<br />
out of lego, robotics demonstrations, visual surveillance, renewable<br />
energy, plastic chemistry, CAD design, virtual reality 3D printing,<br />
flying drones, and much much more.<br />
Science Week <strong>2016</strong> hopes not only to awaken an interest in<br />
science and technology, but to develop a long lasting appreciation<br />
and passion which will go far beyond the two weeks of fun and<br />
interaction that we had and to show that science and technology<br />
are immeasurably interlinked with our world and our lives and that<br />
everyone can make a difference.<br />
Anne Waldek-Thill<br />
112 <strong>DSP</strong> <strong>Jahrbuch</strong> <strong>2016</strong>