Winners of Natural Sciences Olympiad are on an educational trip in Warsaw
With 10 students of public and private schools participating in
the National School Olympiad, the winners of the Buckswood Scientific School
visited Poland in Warsaw, Poland on an educational trip.
During the visit, Georgian students and teachers visited the
Institute of Genetics and Biochemistry of the Biology Faculty of Warsaw
University, where they got acquainted with current research and experiments in
chemistry and biology. In addition, they personally met the director of the
Institute, Prof. Pavel Golik, as well as other scientists and students of the
University.
The students also visited Prashkov's Tomas Zan School-Lyceum, which is one of
the best educational institutions in Poland, equipped with modern approach towards
teaching and learning. Georgian students and teachers witnessed various experiments
in Chemistry, participated in a variety of experiments with their Polish peers and
met with school administration and government representatives.
During the visit, the
students also spent a day at the Planetarium, projected by Copernicus Research
Center in Warsaw, where they were able to see 450 exhibits in the
scientific-demonstration project. Most of the exhibits are interactive and
allow visitors to try, observe or pass the test themselves.
Furthermore, a meeting was held at the Embassy
of Georgia to Poland, where the students met with the Ambassador himself, Ilia
Darchiashvili. The students received information about the cooperation and
perspectives between Georgia and Poland in the fields of education and European
integration.
