Science Resources for Kids A Knowledge Project for Primary Schools

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Science Resources for Kids - A Knowledge Project
for Primary Schools
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Nysgjerrigper Science Resources for Kids
A Knowledge Project for Primary Schools

• Serves as a supplement to regular teaching
• Stimulates curiosity, interest, imagination and
  research skills
• Shows that research can be fun
• Is designed especially for children
• Enhances knowledge and awareness of research
  activities
• Promotes researcher recruitment

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14 Years of Nysgjerrigper Science Resources

• 1990 First Annual Nysgjerrigper Science
  Competition
• 1994 Founding of a science club and magazine
• 1997 First publication of the Nysgjerrigper work
  manual
• 2001 Representation at national science-related
  festivals and events
• 2002 First regional semi-finals for the
  Nysgjerrigper Science Fair
• 2003 Launching of the nysgjerrigper.no website
• 2004 Establishment of a teacher resource group
  network

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Annual Nysgjerrigper Science Competition

• National science competition held every year
• Nysgjerrigper Project Fund provides external
  support for science projects
• Deadline for science fair submissions 1 May
• Awards ceremony in June
• Project summaries and reports published
• electronically

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Annual Nysgjerrigper Science Competition

• Systematic application of more than one
  discipline
• Increases awareness and promotes cooperation
  across traditional disciplinary boundaries
• Calculation, writing, reading, illustrations and
  exploration
• From identifying a problem to conveying results
  to others
• Great variation in types of approach
• Why are there so many rusty old cars in Sandland?
• Why does dust form dust-balls?
• Why does only one egg break when you smash two
• eggs together?
• 15th anniversary in 2005

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Contact with Schools

• The Nysgjerrigper work manual
• Revised issue published at the end of 2003
• Course for educators
• Teacher resource group network
• Teaching tools on nysgjerrigper.no
• The Teachers Room
• Interactive manual from 2005

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Nysgjerrigper Magazine

• 10 years of publication
• Revised format in 2003
• Contains
• Articles about research
• Information about submissions to the
  Nysgjerrigper Science Fair
• Columns on selected topics
• Competitions
• Everything available at www.nysgjerrigper.no

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The nysgjerrigper.no website

• Launched 18 March 2003
• Background and objectives
• To give insight and provide activities,
  inspiration
• and good information

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The nysgjerrigper.no website

• Contains
• Multimedia, sound and video presentations for
  inspiration
• Research articles for use in school assignments
• Experiments and science projects as a supplement
  to teaching
• activities
• A special Teachers Room with suggestions and
  good advice
• Project summaries, information material about
  various
• competitions
• In English