Extreme Science Experience 2021

 After showing the parents around the school, classrooms and eco-village, we finally headed to the Final Performance. Everyone was quite nervous and excited to show off some of what they had been working on.       This was our program:  ESE 21 fINAL pERFORMANCE pROGRAM Colegio San José, July 17, 12:30 pm   1. “ESE 21 Final Video”                               2. Magic Tricks                                                                            ...

 Enjoy this wonderful summary of some of our best moments:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Gm42wqufok

 On Saturday morning, after packing up our things and leaving the dorms, we took some pictures in front of the school as tradition mandates.  Here they are, along with a short video: Here´s also a short video taken with Jerry´s drone: Many, many thanks from the coordinators Garci and Rosi!

 At Friday night´s traditional farewell party, a lot of fun was had and everyone danced to their hearts´ delight, but there were also the first tears as the moment  of good byes approached. Here are some pictures and short videos. The boys dressed to the nines And more joining the group...                               DJ Manu Some fun dancing:      After some time dancing, the different classes performed their class dance that they had prepared that morning:  Jillian´s Joules: Follow this link! https://youtu.be/NJkptjt-k44 Andrea´s Avatars: Follow this link! https://youtu.be/lgGK0XUe4ZM The Jerry Neutrons: Follow this link! https://youtu.be/MQj5pSfvUBY Manu´s Megas´ Dance: Follow this link! https://youtu.be/vr1dwThV1JA

 Most of Friday morning was reserved for CLEAN-UP: We wanted everything to look nice for the parents´ arrival.    Then, Garci had a surprise for us: giant dinosaur bones had been discovered in the front garden of the school. The scientists had to work together to dig them out and reconstitute the tyrannosaurus.  Then the Eco-villages were put on display, and the lab directors were very proud of the young scientists! Jillian´s Joules: The Jerry Neutrons:  The Avatars:     And last but not least, and very impressive work:  Manu´s Megas!  In the afternoon we spent a lot of time on rehearsals and at the pool to take a break from the heat.

The scientists-in-training had to construct solar ovens out of cardboard and foil and fold them in specific ways, which was more difficult than it seemed. Some scientists still managed to cook delicious mini-pizzas or smores with only solar energy! Great job!  mini pizzas delicious smores! a reversible solar oven! more smores on a solar grill  

 Here are some photos of the work students are doing planning and designing their eco-villages. 

 Today, the topic was structures. The different research teams had to build dome structures big enough for them to sit inside and successfully completed this task, although it was not easy! See these pictures to judge for yourself!    One more way to use this structure: as a safe space  During sports hour, Jillian praised the archery skills of her students. Here are some shots of that: Here are some pictures from last week´s Mixed Martial Arts workshop that we hadn´t posted then:   Finally, Garci helped the young scientists design a really cool video game consisting of a vaccine needle killing Covid viruses! It´s a great way of contextualizing video game design.  Alas, Rosi had to communicate with the scientists´ parents today given the fact that Villafranca will be confined (on lock-down) beginning today at midnight. We had to make some changes to our final party, but not the final performance: The show must go on!!!