Exploring Puerto Rico – Destination Puerto Rico

Students interested in natural sciences study together how space weather affects on us. – Groups from the project schools make small studies and present them in Puerto Rico – In Puerto Rico the groups have astronomy and space science workshops – In Arecibo students make scientific measurements Real expert help to plan and do the expedition and guide it Science is on focus

Students make short movies with a hint of humor (they decide topics) Doing together is having fun together! Seeing the world and meeting professionals motivates the students In Puerto Rico students visit e.g. Old Puerto Rico, Tropical forest (Columbus Day 19.11) Learning is Fun

Our school has very strong culture in doing international projects – Ten projects going on at the moment – It is easy to recruit students – Support from the Principal – Getting funding have been succesfull – there are plenty of contacts with other schools Exchange students every year Doing is a Cultural process

During the past years the basic concept for doing projects has been formed – Cooperation with a few schools – Students take a course in their own school – Students make the project during the course Culture creates models

Projects are a good opportunity to explore new ways to study – Inguiry-based-learning – Using ICT to connect people or to do things differently – Learning can be shifted to normal classes National curriculum is changing – Computers to final tests and more ICT Exploring never stops