World Space Week 2012

Space Explorers - second edition

This year our Space Explorers Team celebrated International World Space Week 2009 creating a Future City in Space.Students from grades VI and VII made an expanded polystyrene model as they imagined a town placed in future. They also made power point presentations and paintings they discussed about technical , ethic and survival problems could appear . There was a lot of interest about space, rocketry , history of flight, animals in space.

Teachers involved: Florentina Iofciu - physics teacher -project coordinator

Radu Cihodariu -Math teacher-director

Stefania Voicu - Geography - adjunct director

Doina Militaru -Math

Monica Corbus-Math

Lidya Ignat -Romanian Language

Adriana Duta- Biology

Raluca Stanasel- Plastic education

Alina Stoica- History

Laurentiu Cirstea- physics

Stuff involved:

Artemisa Varzaru

Viorica Cepoi Scarlentia

Students involved:

Grade VI.B

Civu Ana Maria, Ganea Maria, Zevedei , Paul Burlacu, Mihai Gavrila, made rockets

Bogdan Preda and Victor Popa made a space magnet project

Gabriel Dorobantu made an essey Life on Mars

Vlas Simion, Andrei Bucur , Teodor Rosu Team made lego ISS, rockets an eesey : The Space Garden and presented informations about Life on ISS

Grade VI.C

Raul Tudor and Serban Besleaga lanched in the schoolyard rockets and baloons.

also made rockets: Andrei Dinu; Vlad Staicu,Rau Popa, Maria Ors,Mihai Vlad Neacsu ,Andrei Crescanu,

Powe point presentations: Roland Gavrilescu : Cosmos ;Sabina Hristea The Animals Who Changed The Hstory of Our World; Rares Dinu

Paintings: Andrada Burlacu,Ioana Dimitriu,Monica Lupescu,Vlad Staicu,Radu Popa,Alexandra Oiste,Diana Rjenovschi,Alina Trifu,Iuliana Niculaie, Sabina Hristea, Anca Nistorica,Mihaela Lita,Cosmin Trambez, Florin Stefan, Ana maria Mitrofan, Bianca Filip.

Grade VII.A

Andreea CintaBine , Natalia Campeanu -made an expanded polystiren model of Future City in Space.

Power Point Presentation made by Cezara Pavelescu The Stars

A Solar Sysetem Model was made by Laura Barbu and Ruxandra Iorga

Astrology -essey by Alexandra Bobaru and Francesca Neagu

paintings -Daria Patrascoiu and Bogdan Ghersim

Grade VII.B

ppt The Planets by Madalina Mitran

SPACE EXPLORERS

WORLD SPACE WEEK ACTIVITY in School No.195 Bucharest was Space Explorers coordinated by Physics teacher Florentina Iofciu.

Teachers involved in this activity:
Prof. Florentina Iofciu-physics; Prof. Manuela Cazan -grade III; Prof. Doina Militaru-mathematics; Prof. Adriana Duta biology; Prof. Laurentiu Cirstea-physics; Prof. Radu Cihodariu-mathematics -director; Prof. Stefania Voicu- geography -director adj.

Activities:
-Rocketry : students made paper rockets, bubble rockets and a NASA model Water Rocket launched on Saturday 10th of October. -Models on the Cities of the Future made by paper, plastic, wood and Lego pieces. -a Solar System Model made by coloured balls -posters -paintings -a volcano on a new discovered planet.

In the classroom we discussed about our Solar System, planets, rocket launch , how astronauts live in space on ISS and the possibility to find life on other planets.

Preparing for this activity students used : -NASA materials and tools from Space Academy for Educators 2007 Space Camp and Rocket center in Huntsville Alabama. -Materials from CSET Center for Science Education and Training IFIN Magurele

Students involved in this project:

Grade III : Raluca Pantilie , Andrei Mihai, Luca Olteanu , Diana Petcu ; Andrei Frasineanu


Grade VI.A: -posters: Raluca Trasca,Irina Popa,Francesca Neagu - Solar System models and presentations - "Planetarium"- George Vasile "The Way To Universe"-Daria Patrascoiu "Universe" Irina Popa -Rocket made by paper and plastic : Francesca Neagu

Grade VI.B: -Rockets made by recycling materials:Bogdan Popa,Teodor Nitu,Andreea Ursea,Cristian Ercus ,Ana Maria Marin Bogdan Popa launched his water rocket in the presence of all his mates -Projects: Andreea Cinta Bine made an erupting volcano on a strange planet. Teodora Tatu made an electric circuit for a rocket. Ana Maria Dragan, Andra Mihaela Onas,and Ioana Matei launched a rocket from the Earth to land on a very far planet.
Everybody found this activity useful , interesting and fun.