Array ( [ID] => 531 [TIMESTAMP_X] => 2021-03-11 15:07:42 [IBLOCK_ID] => 5 [NAME] => Текст новости EN [ACTIVE] => Y [SORT] => 500 [CODE] => DESCRIPTION_EN [DEFAULT_VALUE] => Array ( [TEXT] => [TYPE] => HTML ) [PROPERTY_TYPE] => S [ROW_COUNT] => 1 [COL_COUNT] => 30 [LIST_TYPE] => L [MULTIPLE] => N [XML_ID] => [FILE_TYPE] => [MULTIPLE_CNT] => 5 [TMP_ID] => [LINK_IBLOCK_ID] => 0 [WITH_DESCRIPTION] => N [SEARCHABLE] => N [FILTRABLE] => N [IS_REQUIRED] => N [VERSION] => 2 [USER_TYPE] => HTML [USER_TYPE_SETTINGS] => Array ( [height] => 200 ) [HINT] => [VALUE] => Array ( [TEXT] => <p> On 3 and 4 April schoolchildren in Perm took part in the 'Science Festival' organised by SIBUR. Over two days, the children managed to watch a science show and attend a series of workshops on chemistry, physics and information technology. The project was implemented as part of SIBUR's social investment programme, the 'Formula for Good Deeds', which is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. </p> <p> At the entrance, young science enthusiasts were greeted by the festival's four-legged mascot – a robot dog. The children enjoyed getting to know it, playing with it, and learning about the principles behind how modern artificial intelligence-based robots function. </p> <p> A real treat for the children of Perm was the science show 'Secrets of the Periodic Table', during which the schoolchildren embarked on a journey into the world of chemistry to uncover the mysteries of the periodic table of chemical elements. Experiments with water and hydrogen, as well as the process of the 'birth' of polymers, left a lasting impression on the young audience. </p> <p> The festival's themed zones were equally popular. For example, one of the main attractions for budding chemists was the open laboratory, where the children learned to use chemical glassware, work with reagents and conduct experiments, and also studied the properties of polymers in detail. </p> <p> <i>'Children are interested in everything: how an AI-based robot dog works, and how polymers are produced through chemical experiments. But the best way to absorb the material is through hands-on practice. In the open laboratory, the schoolchildren worked with reagents themselves, rather than just watching the processes from the sidelines or listening to a lecture. This format gives more than any theoretical lesson,'</i> <b>said Olga Kushnir,</b><b> the festival organiser.</b> </p> <p> Workshops on physics and mathematics led by leading practising teachers from Moscow and Chelyabinsk also left no one indifferent. Tricks with light refraction and assembling a spectroscope themselves, interactive activities with topographic puzzles and deliberately incorrect examples – all this proved once again to both students and teachers that the exact sciences are not boring and incomprehensible, but rather fun, educational and highly engaging. Just as engaging as the various engineering and inventing challenges that the children were able to solve using project-based methods from the Perm 'Kvantorium Fotonika'. </p> <p> <i>'I used to think that optics and difficult problems were hard and boring. But here we assembled everything ourselves and tested it. The exact sciences can be as exciting as solving puzzles or building with a construction set,' </i>shared <b>Mikhail Bashlykov, an 8th grade pupil at the 'Sintez' school.</b> </p> <p> Festival participants also discussed important matters such as how to contribute to sustainable development for future generations through a conscious attitude towards ecology and the world around them. In creative eco-workshops, the schoolchildren literally gave a second life to plastic and used plastic bags. Everything that was previously considered unnecessary and destined 'for the bin' turned out to be excellent material for making keyrings, card holders, document covers and other useful items from recycled plastic. </p> <p> <i>'We believe that caring for nature begins with simple habits. When children make a keyring or a cover with their own hands from something they were just about to throw away, they begin to understand: plastic and bags are not rubbish, but valuable raw materials that can have a second life. It is very important to us that from an early age children learn to care for the environment not through lengthy instructions, but through play and creativity,'</i> <b>said Elena Snezhko, Head of SIBUR's social investment programme, 'Formula for Good Deeds'.</b> </p> [TYPE] => HTML ) [DESCRIPTION] => [~VALUE] => Array ( [TEXT] =>

On 3 and 4 April schoolchildren in Perm took part in the 'Science Festival' organised by SIBUR. Over two days, the children managed to watch a science show and attend a series of workshops on chemistry, physics and information technology. The project was implemented as part of SIBUR's social investment programme, the 'Formula for Good Deeds', which is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year.

At the entrance, young science enthusiasts were greeted by the festival's four-legged mascot – a robot dog. The children enjoyed getting to know it, playing with it, and learning about the principles behind how modern artificial intelligence-based robots function.

A real treat for the children of Perm was the science show 'Secrets of the Periodic Table', during which the schoolchildren embarked on a journey into the world of chemistry to uncover the mysteries of the periodic table of chemical elements. Experiments with water and hydrogen, as well as the process of the 'birth' of polymers, left a lasting impression on the young audience.

The festival's themed zones were equally popular. For example, one of the main attractions for budding chemists was the open laboratory, where the children learned to use chemical glassware, work with reagents and conduct experiments, and also studied the properties of polymers in detail.

'Children are interested in everything: how an AI-based robot dog works, and how polymers are produced through chemical experiments. But the best way to absorb the material is through hands-on practice. In the open laboratory, the schoolchildren worked with reagents themselves, rather than just watching the processes from the sidelines or listening to a lecture. This format gives more than any theoretical lesson,' said Olga Kushnir, the festival organiser.

Workshops on physics and mathematics led by leading practising teachers from Moscow and Chelyabinsk also left no one indifferent. Tricks with light refraction and assembling a spectroscope themselves, interactive activities with topographic puzzles and deliberately incorrect examples – all this proved once again to both students and teachers that the exact sciences are not boring and incomprehensible, but rather fun, educational and highly engaging. Just as engaging as the various engineering and inventing challenges that the children were able to solve using project-based methods from the Perm 'Kvantorium Fotonika'.

'I used to think that optics and difficult problems were hard and boring. But here we assembled everything ourselves and tested it. The exact sciences can be as exciting as solving puzzles or building with a construction set,' shared Mikhail Bashlykov, an 8th grade pupil at the 'Sintez' school.

Festival participants also discussed important matters such as how to contribute to sustainable development for future generations through a conscious attitude towards ecology and the world around them. In creative eco-workshops, the schoolchildren literally gave a second life to plastic and used plastic bags. Everything that was previously considered unnecessary and destined 'for the bin' turned out to be excellent material for making keyrings, card holders, document covers and other useful items from recycled plastic.

'We believe that caring for nature begins with simple habits. When children make a keyring or a cover with their own hands from something they were just about to throw away, they begin to understand: plastic and bags are not rubbish, but valuable raw materials that can have a second life. It is very important to us that from an early age children learn to care for the environment not through lengthy instructions, but through play and creativity,' said Elena Snezhko, Head of SIBUR's social investment programme, 'Formula for Good Deeds'.

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On 3 and 4 April schoolchildren in Perm took part in the 'Science Festival' organised by SIBUR. Over two days, the children managed to watch a science show and attend a series of workshops on chemistry, physics and information technology. The project was implemented as part of SIBUR's social investment programme, the 'Formula for Good Deeds', which is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year.

At the entrance, young science enthusiasts were greeted by the festival's four-legged mascot – a robot dog. The children enjoyed getting to know it, playing with it, and learning about the principles behind how modern artificial intelligence-based robots function.

A real treat for the children of Perm was the science show 'Secrets of the Periodic Table', during which the schoolchildren embarked on a journey into the world of chemistry to uncover the mysteries of the periodic table of chemical elements. Experiments with water and hydrogen, as well as the process of the 'birth' of polymers, left a lasting impression on the young audience.

The festival's themed zones were equally popular. For example, one of the main attractions for budding chemists was the open laboratory, where the children learned to use chemical glassware, work with reagents and conduct experiments, and also studied the properties of polymers in detail.

'Children are interested in everything: how an AI-based robot dog works, and how polymers are produced through chemical experiments. But the best way to absorb the material is through hands-on practice. In the open laboratory, the schoolchildren worked with reagents themselves, rather than just watching the processes from the sidelines or listening to a lecture. This format gives more than any theoretical lesson,' said Olga Kushnir, the festival organiser.

Workshops on physics and mathematics led by leading practising teachers from Moscow and Chelyabinsk also left no one indifferent. Tricks with light refraction and assembling a spectroscope themselves, interactive activities with topographic puzzles and deliberately incorrect examples – all this proved once again to both students and teachers that the exact sciences are not boring and incomprehensible, but rather fun, educational and highly engaging. Just as engaging as the various engineering and inventing challenges that the children were able to solve using project-based methods from the Perm 'Kvantorium Fotonika'.

'I used to think that optics and difficult problems were hard and boring. But here we assembled everything ourselves and tested it. The exact sciences can be as exciting as solving puzzles or building with a construction set,' shared Mikhail Bashlykov, an 8th grade pupil at the 'Sintez' school.

Festival participants also discussed important matters such as how to contribute to sustainable development for future generations through a conscious attitude towards ecology and the world around them. In creative eco-workshops, the schoolchildren literally gave a second life to plastic and used plastic bags. Everything that was previously considered unnecessary and destined 'for the bin' turned out to be excellent material for making keyrings, card holders, document covers and other useful items from recycled plastic.

'We believe that caring for nature begins with simple habits. When children make a keyring or a cover with their own hands from something they were just about to throw away, they begin to understand: plastic and bags are not rubbish, but valuable raw materials that can have a second life. It is very important to us that from an early age children learn to care for the environment not through lengthy instructions, but through play and creativity,' said Elena Snezhko, Head of SIBUR's social investment programme, 'Formula for Good Deeds'.

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