The document summarizes the activities of a Comenius project meeting held in Poland between partners from 5 countries. Over the course of the week-long meeting, participants presented their country's logo design and research topics, visited science centers and museums in Warsaw, and toured historic sites related to composer Frederic Chopin in Zelazowa Wola. The meeting concluded with the participants feeling they had achieved good results, shown their skills, enriched their cultures, improved their English, and developed ways to communicate using computers.
2. Monday - 15 April 2013
Welcome!
MEETING AT SCHOOL
All participants of the 5 partner countries have been waiting at the airport in Warsaw
Chopin Frydeych and was led by hosts to school Zespol Szkol Publicznychw
Jozefoslawiu, Publiczne Gimnazjum of Josefoslau, Poland, where we said "Welcome!"
I visited the school and we have organized according to plan: the students were taken
by families host students who were kind enough to completely and teachers went to
the hotel booked and the hotel restaurant where they had dinner and had discussions
about development project and activities.
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7. Tuesday - 16 April 2013
WORKSHOP TO SCHOOL:
-Presentation logo proposed by each country to determine the project's logo
Logo created by team of Romania was ranked, after voting, ranking II.
-Introducing the theme of investigation chosen by each partner country
Team of Romania introduced the subject of investigation:
"How does the computer inter-human communication?". Which was organized in 3 groups
and was greatly appreciated by the hosts of the meeting and by the other project
partners.
Next we boarded with all the coaches and we went to Warsaw, where, after a delightful
trip, I attended a visit - lesson, guided in English, the Copernicus Science Centre.
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21. STUDY-VISITS TO SCIENCE CENTERS COPERNICUS, WARSAW
We went to the entrance where Copernicus Science Centre is given each one a card to be
able to enter each "gate" of the museum and we were bound to hand armband that said,
many a teacher or student to We move easily under discoveries exhibitions and workshops
of the Centre.
Copernicus Science Centre communicating modern science through interactive exhibits to
the different groups of recipients (adults and children), performances and workshops on
scientific issues, debates and discussions, and activities in the border area of science and
art. The Center's mission is to inspire curiosity to assist independent discovery of the
world to help teach and inspire social dialogue in science. It is one of the largest and most
modern institutions of its kind in Europe.
The first module of the central building was opened on 5 novembre 2010 by five galleries,
moving people and the environment, the roots of civilization. Exhibition for the new
generation of teenagers was opened on 3 March 2011; Planetarium Copernicus planets -
June 19, Discovery Park - July 15 chemistry lab - 18 October, physics lab, biology lab,
laboratory robotics lab Informatics, Copernicus workshop invites visitors of November and
December 2011. Copernicus Science Centre has the status of a cultural institution which
was established and funded by the Ministry of Science, Ministry of Higher Education and
Ministry of Education in Warsaw.
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26. Wednesday - 17 April 2013
VISIT–LESSON, WITH GUIDE, TO THE NATIONAL MUSEUM IN WARSAW
We left in the morning by bus from Warsaw Josefoslaw school to participate in a visit -
lesson, guided in English, at the National Museum in Warsaw (MNW), a visit to the
Lazienki Park and a visit - conference guide in English, the Palace of Culture and
Science.
Museum of Art in Warsaw, established in 1862 as the Museum of Fine Arts in Warsaw,
national cultural institution and one of the largest museums in Poland and the largest
in Warsaw. National Museum in Warsaw collect ancient art (Egyptian, Greek, Roman),
Polish painting XIII century, as wel as painting gallery foreign (Italian, French, Dutch,
German and Russian), numismatic and crafts.
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32. VISIT-DOCUMENTATION TO LAZIENKI PARK, WARSAW
I visited a unique park, full of culture, history, beauty, nature. Lazienki Royal Museum
in Warsaw consists of a palace and garden complex, stretching area, about 80
hectares.
Lazienki origins date back to the 17th century. In 1764 it became the property Ujazdow
Stanislaus Augustus Poniatowski - Poland's last king, who established a summer
residence here and gave its general appearance.
During the partitions of Poland, Lazienki were taken when the court of Tsar also in
Classicist style Belvedere terraces were built and rebuilt several pavilions. In December
1944, the Germans burned the palace of the island, were drilled dynamite in its walls,
intending to throw it in the air. Luckily, did not have time to do it. After the war, the
island palace was completely rebuilt.
Today, Royal Lazienki Residance functions as a museum and gardens, visited by lots of
tourists from the country and around the world at the same time serves as a promoter
splendid culture. The park is not only a place for tourists but also is preferred by
residents of Warsaw. It is a destination varsovieni Sunday.
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38. VISIT-CONFERENCE, WITH GUIDE , TO PALACE OF CULTURE AND SCIENCE , WARSAW
We visited the Palace of Culture and Science guided tour and listened to the
Conference. Palace of Culture and Science is the tallest building in Poland. The big
attraction is a large terrace on the 30th floor of the Palace.
Palace of Culture and Science was built between 1952 and 1955 was a "gift from the
Soviet people for the Polish nation", offered by Joseph Stalin. The architect was Lew
Rudniew.
The palace is the tallest building in Poland, standing at 230.5 m (which is 42 floors),
with an area of 817,000 m2 and has over 3,000 rooms, including offices, institutions
and the Polish Academy of Sciences. Moreover, the Palace has a post office, cinema,
swimming pool, museums, libraries, theaters, etc.. Congress Hall (Hall Kongresowa)
and Concert Hall (Hall Koncertowa) are undoubtedly among the most important in
Poland. Congress Hall is the largest of the two: it can accommodate up to 2,880
people, while the Concert Hall has only 550 seats, but is now one of the best equipped
in the country in terms of modern technology . New Year's Eve 2000, the Palace of
Culture and Science launched the watch - tower, the second highest in Europe: its
four discs are each 6 m in diameter and is the highest clock tower in the world.
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42. Thursday - 18 April 2013
STUDY-VISITS TO ZELAZOWA WOLA
Fryderyk Chopin was born in Zelazowa Wola on March 1, 1810 (some sources give the
date February 22). Chopin family came to live in the left wing of the mansion Skarbek -
when Nicholas Chopin was taken as a tutor for the family.
The public began to take interestin Chopin birthplace in the second half of the
nineteenth century - Annex was renovated and an obelisk bearing the effigy was
unveiled composer relief. In 1926 the most important were initiated renovations.
Inside the house was rebuilt in 1948 on the basis of a draft Mieczyshaw Kuzma.
Parks and gardens were designed by Franciszek Krzywda - Polkowski. Architectural
reasons were renewed in 2010, making it one of the most beautiful parks in Europe.
In the afternoon we returned to school and I attended a traditional snack and a
workshop.
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48. Friday - 18 April 2013
Goodbye, goodbye!
MEETING AT SCHOOL!
-We say goodbye and leave by bus to Fryderych Chopin airport in Warsaw, led by the
hosts. We are happy. We achieved good results, we have shown well in the activities
proposed by the hosts, we have enriched the cultural horizon, we have perfected the
English language we have developed to communicate with the computer.