The European Chain Reaction 2012: The Belgian Chain Reaction

Monday, December 26, 2011

The Belgian Chain Reaction

Hello all,

Belgium proudly presents it's technical chain reaction!

In Qworzó, the municipal elementary school in Merksplas, 35 youngsters aged 11-12 worked very hard to create this chain reaction!

We had a fun experiencing time and we learned a lot about thinking as a scientist, working together in small and large groups, ICT, ...

Of course we hope you will enjoy our chain reaction!

We look forward to watching the other chain reactions and want to wish you all as much joy as we had creating this modern artwork.

Best wishes for 2012 for all of who read this blog!

20 comments:

Juan Sánchez-Garrido EscuderoDecember 28, 2011 at 7:11 PM
Just great!!! Congratulations.
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SteffenDecember 29, 2011 at 3:04 AM
Wow, what a great performance, kids!
And wow, Dave, what a brilliant video quality!

I liked the PiP technology. :-)

And certainly:
a very creative

__e__n__d
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KsenijaDecember 29, 2011 at 8:33 PM
Hello to great performers!!!

Dear Belgian team,
you always succeed in making me speechless as I am completely fascinated with hundreds of brilliant chain reactions: tubes, plastic glasses, building blocks, books...what an unforgettable video!

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!

I LOVE your chain reaction a LOT!

My best to you, Dave, and your team!

Ksenija
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St FélixJanuary 4, 2012 at 9:11 AM
What a great video!
We are very impressed with the quality of your chain reaction.
You are real professionals!

Congratulations to the entire team.

Good luck with the vote.

The French team.
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michael..January 5, 2012 at 4:43 PM
Woo Hoo!!
What a fantastic effort!
Great ideas, so many different pieces of equipment involved, super music and really outstanding camerawork to film the whole thing, as well as a really imaginative ending, all combine to produce a chain reaction to be really proud of!

A real winner, amongst winners, in my opinion!

Well done Dave and the team from Belgium :-)

Michael
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PaulJanuary 5, 2012 at 11:21 PM
One of my favourites!! A long and well- organized chain reaction. You should be proud!!
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SabineJanuary 7, 2012 at 2:13 PM
well done!
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jotaJanuary 8, 2012 at 9:40 AM
We think the inclining chairs and the spiral of dominos were unique nice.
Wir fanden die kippenden Stühle und die Spirale aus Dominosteinen besonders schön,

Milena - Jörg, Kassel, Germany
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Lauren&Lauren from ScotlandJanuary 10, 2012 at 3:49 PM
Your chain reaction is VERY good. We think that it is one of our favourites. We hope you do well in the contest. Good Luck.
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Emma and Lisa from ScotlandJanuary 10, 2012 at 4:00 PM
Well done good idea of the water at the start.

Good Luck
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YEAR5 HATFIELD WOODHOUSEJanuary 11, 2012 at 5:40 PM
Our friends in Qworzo! a wonderful chain reaction! you included many technical elements that must have been difficult to get right! The children have worked incredibly hard and the video is testament to that. Perhaps when we come over and visit as part of the Comenius project, we can share ideas or even do a collaborative chain reaction! Well done and good luck!
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ЧЦДГ Цветни песъчинкиJanuary 12, 2012 at 4:22 PM
Congratulations! With pleasure I saw the video! This is a great chain reaction!

Greetings from Bulgaria
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GiovannaJanuary 14, 2012 at 5:48 PM
You built a super Chain!!!We have watched it so many times!!
Bravi!!

Antonio Gramsci Primary School
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Cédric BelgiumJanuary 17, 2012 at 7:51 PM
Day Belgium I find the chain reaction handsome. She is handsome in a put. And it is very well filmed. And the start was very well found with that water. Congratulations!
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simonganeaJanuary 17, 2012 at 9:04 PM
This is a very nice movie :)
We spent a long time making it and we're very proud of the results.
I'm sure we deserve to be in the top 5, but the other countries are also amazing :D
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SnæfríðurJanuary 19, 2012 at 2:50 PM
very good chain =)
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Helena from IcelandJanuary 19, 2012 at 2:50 PM
Very well done i enjoyed it!!
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MargaritaJanuary 21, 2012 at 12:05 PM
It's very interesting and colorful chain reaction.

Greetings from Croatia,
Margarita
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Project History

The European Chain Reaction 2011

The European Chain reaction is a European Quality Label winning eTwinning project that was first organised in 2011.

The project is a contest and a European collaboration between primary schools from as many as possible European countries.

In the contest primary schools compeet for the honour and a nice trophy: Which country builds and films the most astonishing and creative Rube Goldberg / Robert Storm Petersen chain reaction? The competing children are the only judges in this game!

In the end all videos will be edited to ONE BIG CROSS BORDER EUROPEAN CHAIN REACTION! (European Chain Reaction 2011 video)

In 2011 Germany was the outstanding winner of this fun science competition. They made this absolutely amazing video and they learned a lot about pulleys, chains, levers, ...

In 2012 we will have a second edition of the project. We would like to find some extra schools to participate!

Isn't your country mentioned on this blog and your primary school want to join this amazing science competition? Please contact dave at qworzo dot be or find us at the eTwinningforum!

To all joining us: have a "scientific experience" and let's all hope the best Einsteins may win!

Czech Republic

ZÁKLADNÍ ŠKOLA A MATEŘSKÁ ŠKOLA MŠEC

We are proud to represent the Czech Republic in this competition. We are a small village basic school not far from the capital city Prague. There are 125 pupils in our school (6 – 15 years old) and 40 in the kindergarten (3 – 6). The primary classes are situated in a former castle (with an interesting history) which makes our school a little special (and romantic). All around the village you can find lots of hop gardens. Do you know what hop is for? You can check our school website with a lot of pictures.

Croatia

Hi from Zadar, an ancient, 3 thousand old Mediterrannean beauty on the Adriatic coast. The main part of Zadar is our peninsula that is surrounded by medieval walls. Apart from many churches, museums, galleries...there are two modern tourist attractions: 'Greetings to the sun' and 'Sea organs' (music is produced by the waves). Our Bartula kasica Primary school is situated in the suburbs of Zadar. There are about one thousand students (aged 7 to 4) who attend school in 2 shifts.They teach English as the first foreign language from the first grade, but can choose Italian or German in the grade 4. We are happy to offer our pupils the chance to meet their international pals through many eTwinning projects we take part in as much as by taking part in Comenius Project.
Visit our school website!

Greece

1st Primary school of Giannitsa is located at the settlement Karyoton in the city of Giannitsa- prefecture of Pella- Greece. Founded in 1915 , was completed in 1930. The current building was constructed in 1984. During the 2008-09 school year, enrolled 360 students, 25 teachers 17 sections as well and integration department for kids with special needs. Keeps computer lab room and lending library. The teacher of children with special needs, Abrazi Zoe have been running successful European projects like Comenius Socrates since 1998 and eTwinning since 2008

Iceland

Flataskóli is a compulsory elementary school. The pupils are from 6 to 12 years old (1st to 7th grade) In the school are nearly 300 pupils and about 50 members of staff, teachers and others employees. Flataskóli is located in Garðabær, a town of 10.000 inhabitants, 14 km south of Reykjavík. Flataskóli is the oldest educational establishment in Garðabær and the school is founded on trust and stability. Good behaviour together with a positive attitude and ethos are hallmarks of Flataskóli. The school has a speicial outdoor teaching area in a grove nearby in harmony with a stream and lava. The seashore is within walking distance from school.

Italy

“Antonio Gramsci” Primary School

Ghilarza ( Oristano) Sardinia (Italy)

Our School is located in Ghilarza , a town of 5000 inhabitants in the centre of Sardinia, close to an artificial lake, about 50 Km from the West coast of the island. In its surroundings there are lots of archaeological sites ( Nuragic and Roman architecture and civilisation). Sardinian people speak two languages: Sardo and Italian.

Our school has about 225 children aged 6/11 and 20 teachers.

In school year 2010/2011 we started our European adventure thanks to the presence of a Comenius Assistant and we won the European Label 2011!!.

For us is the first experience in eTwinning and the 5^th classes are looking forward to joining the European Chain ! Want to learn more about us? Visit our website!

Lithuania

ŠIAULIAI „JUVENTA“ SCHOOL
school doors opened in 1971 in its first generation and in 1999/2000 school year, pupils and teachers chose her a new name: „Juventa“ High School. Our school always was famous of it‘s music. Our school is famous not only for his musical achievements. Our students actively participate in various arts, sports contests and competitions. The school is decorated with ever-changing exhibition of works by students. Students participate in various projects: the Comenius, eTwinning, the city and the republic. You can find a primary school drama, road safety, the fine arts section in „Juventa“ school. Visit our website!

Poland

Szkoła Podstawowa w Jaźwinie is a small village primary school in Lower Silesia Region. It is located 50 km from Wroclaw, near to German and the Czech Republic borders . It is a very small school with 13 teachers and about 80 pupils. We have a pre-school group and the youngest children are 4 years old. The oldest are 13 years old and they are pupils of year 6. Our native language is Polish but children learn English as a foreign language. Pupils are ready to build a chain reaction and eager to enter the competition. The tower you can see doesn't belong to school, it's a church tower.You can visit our school website!

Portugal

Colégio Monte Flor

Colegio Monte Flor is a private school that exists in Carnaxide since 1973. Targeted to the future, pedagogical innovation is assumed as the main feature of our teaching. The slogan "One Child one Future" expresses a vision of education where the welfare of students goes hand in hand with academic success and a preparation for life in all areas: social, personal and intellectual. An individualized teaching and involvement in major national and international projects are the basis for our work methodology. On this website you can know us a little better and keep informed about what is happening in our school! Visit our school website here!

Slovenia

Our school lies in Preska, a village not so far away from Slovenia's capital Ljubljana. It consists of two parts: the old and the new one. In the old part we have classrooms for art classes, history and craft, a dining room and a kitchen. We also have a very friendly chef, which will always make you laugh. In the new, bigger part, there are classrooms for Science (Chemistry and Physics), Math, Slovene, English, Music, Biology, Geography and a computer classroom. There are also two gyms and a library with over 14,000 books.

Primary school Preska is visited by students from villages Preska, Golo Brdo, Studenčice, Goričane, Sora and Dol. It also has two branch schools in Topol and Sora. There are about 400 students in our school at the very moment.

Want to know more? Visit our website!

Spain

The CEIP "San Juan" was founded in 1973. It´s a public school with 240 students of preschool and primary education. It is placed in Antequera, a beautiful town 43 kilometres at the north of Málaga. Antequera is in the centre of Andalusia in the south of Spain. Our school is in the suburbs of the town, but we have a nice landscape to enjoy. Some students at school are from other countries. Now we are learning the informatics technologies and we are beginning to know others schools in Europe like in this project. You can visit ourwebsite here.

Impressum

This blog is developed for the eTwinning project The European Chain Reaction 2012.

This blog has been build by Dave Schrauwen, Michael Purves and the pupils and teachers from the different schools mentioned above.

If you have any questions, or if you want to join the next edition of this project, you may contact Dave!

Dave Schrauwen

dave at qworzo dot be

+32 497 321 234

Qworzó

Markt 17

2330 Merksplas

Belgium

All articles on this blog are individual posts of the partners in the project. Every partner is responsible for his own entry as is clearly stated in the rules of the project!

The European Chain Reaction 2012

Monday, December 26, 2011

The Belgian Chain Reaction

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