Programmes
Germany (October, 2023)
Monday, October 16th
9:30 – 12:00 breakfast together, getting to know Steele
Teachers discussing the week/programm
12:00 – 13:00 Lunchbreak in Steele
13:00 – 16:00 Lecture by Mr. Huber from Ruhrverband at CHG
Topic: Water quality and sustainable water use
subsequently field work with Mr. Huber, taking and analysing water samples at the Ruhr / Deilbach
Social activities in groups with (host) students
Tuesday, October 17th
8:00 Planning research project I at CHG
(water quality)
Use the scientific research cycle.
Make hypothesis
Field Work; Sampling/ Collecting Data at the canalized Emscher in Essen-Karnap and the renaturalized Emscher in Dortmund-Signal Iduna Park
13:00 – 14:00 Lunchbreak
14:00 Data evaluation at the CHG (rest of the day, it´s done when it´s done) approximately 16:00 at CHG (room 019)
Social activities in groups with (host) students
Wednesday, October 18th
Trip to Landschaftspark Nord (former steel mill) for social activities
Start 9:00 at CHG
following are available: GPS tour or biparcours, maybe collecting data from pa
Lunch at Landschaftpark Nord
return to Essen-Steele between 15:00 and 16:00
Social activities in groups with (host) students
Thursday, October 19th
8:00: Planning research project II at CHG
(air quality)
Using scientific research cycle
Sampling / Collecting Data in surround of CHG
(estimated time: 2 hours)
12:00 – 13:00 Lunchbreak in Steele
13:00 Data evaluation and preparation of presentation at CHG ()
(rest of the day (max. 16:00, maybe finish next day)
Friday, October 20th
08:00 – 9:00 Breakfast together at CHG (room 008)
9:00 – 11:00 Presentations of research results and gaps (room 008)
Optional, if time for it: Pre-planning of our research in Beverwijk
Approximately 12:00 Departure from Essen-Steele
The Netherlands – France (March, 2024)
Sunday, March 10th
Pick-up at Beverwijk train station by host families.
Arrival at Amsterdam Central Station: 20:14
Switch trains
Approximate arrival at Beverwijk: between 21:00 and 21:30
Monday, March 11th
08:50 Arrival at Castor College
09:00 Aula – official start of the week, word of welcome by our principal
09:15 Getting to know each other
10:30 Break
11:00 Setting up our devices, Lecture on water quality
Students take notes.
12:30 Lunch break
13:00 Lecture by Dr. Verhoeven, scientist at RIVM, on particulate matter in the region.
Students take notes.
14:30 Practice using the scientific cycle
Students take notes.
15:00 Time to form research groups
15:30 End of day. Back to host families
Tuesday, March 12th
08:50 Arrival at Castor College by bicycle.
09:00 Meeting with research group.
Develop a good research question
10:30 Break
11:00 Ride to assigned location and take samples
13:00 Back in school. Research samples
15:00 Back to host families
Wednesday, March 13th
08:45 School
09:45 Arrival at Rijksmuseum
10:00 Visit of Rijksmuseum
11:00 Meet-up inside museum by the entrance to leave
11:30 Boat ride through canals
12:45 Free time
16:30 Bus ride back to Beverwijk
Thursday, March 14th
08:50 Arrival at Castor College by bicycle
09:00 Meeting with research group
Develop a good research question.
Visit by Mr. Olthof, representative (gedeputeerde) of the Government of the Province of Noord-Holland
10:30 Break
11:00 Conduct research by bicycle
12:30 Lunch break
13:00 Processing of the data
15:00 End of day. Back to host families.
Friday March 15th
08:50 Arrival at Castor College
09:00 Meeting with research group. Complete the scientific cycle.
11:00 Presentations on the research results
13:00 Meeting between French students and Dutch exam students in French
15:00 Social activities to end the week together @Vuurlinie Beverwijk
The Netherlands – Germany (April 2024)
Monday, April 8th
13:10 Arrival by Flixbus @Amsterdam Sloterdijk
Arrival @Beverwijk train station between 14:00 and 14:30
15:00 Meeting old friends
15:15 Revisiting of the scientific cycle / forming of research groups / setting up our devices.
16:30 Pick-up by host families
Tuesday, April 9th
08:50 Arrival at Castor College
09:00 Lecture on abiotic factors in water quality.
Study articles.
09:45 Meeting with research group.
Develop a good research question.
10:30 Break
11:00 Ride to assigned location and take samples
13:00 Research samples
14:30 End of day. Back to host families
Wednesday, April 10th
08:45 School
09:45 Arrival at Rijksmuseum
10:00 Visit of Rijksmuseum
11:00 Meet-up inside museum by the entrance to leave
11:30 Boat ride through canals
12:45 Free time
16:30 Bus ride back to Beverwijk
Thursday, April 11th
08:50 Arrival at Castor College by bicycle.
09:00 Lecture by Dr. Verhoeven, scientist at RIVM, on particulate matter in the region.
Study articles and GIS.
09:45 Meeting with research group.
Develop a good research question
10:30 Break
11:00 Conduct research by bicycle
12:30 Lunch break
13:00 Processing of the data
14:30 End of day. Back to host families.
Friday, April 12th
08:50 Arrival at Castor College
09:00 Meeting with research group. Complete the scientific cycle.
11:00 Presentations on the research results
14:00 Social activities to end the week @Vuurlinie Beverwijk
Saturday, April 13th
Drop-off at Beverwijk Station by host families at 10:00am
10:28 departure from Beverwijk Station
11:30 departure from Flixbus bus station @ Amsterdam Sloterdijk
France (May 2024)
Monday, May 27th
8.00–9.00 welcoming party (breakfast + tour of the school)
9.00–10.00 lecture on the soil by Mme Marie-Cécile Affholder from the foundation Evertea : https://fondationevertea.org
10.00–10.15 break
10.15–12.00 fresco on the soil led by the teachers to check, reinvest and expand on the knowledge acquired during the lecture.
12.00–13.00 lunch time at the school canteen
13.00–13.30 reminding the scientific approach, explanations of the samples to be taken and the analyses to be carried out. Drawing up a research question on the subject of soil. (work in groups)
13.30–15.00 students will go and collect the samples around Saint Jean (+ installation of the “pots barber” ) then come back to school and begin the analyses.
Tuesday, May 28th
8.00–11.30 Start at school. The students will go and collect their « pots barber » then analysis of the samples.
Writing of their reports + Powerpoint presentation.
12.00 lunch time Picnic in Pont-en-Royans (picnic provided by the host families)
14.30–16.30 visit of the Choranche Caves
Back to school at about 17.30
Wednesday, May 29th
8.30: presentation of the Vercors massif (the mountain); its characteristics.
In the coach we will go along the route of the “Petits et Grands Goulets” (small and large gullies) to a first stop at the Col Proncel. The first part of the tour will be dedicated to the resistance (WWII): although it is not link to our topic, you can’t come to the Vercors without having some information about this very important part of our history.
Then the coach will take the group back for a second stop at Font d’Urle. This second stop will be devoted to a nature walk on biodiversity and picnic (provided by the families).
Finally the coach takes the group back to the Col de la Bataille. This third stop will consist of a landscape reading at the “Col de la Bataille” lookout.
Back to school at about 17.00
Thursday May 30th
8:00–8.30 presentation and definition of a heat island
8.30 leaving for Grenoble
In the morning, the students will walk around Grenoble city centre to take measurements on heat islands
12.00– 15.45 lunch time and freetime in Grenoble
17:00 back to school and in the families
Friday, May 31st
8.00–12.00 Analysis of heat island samples and preparation for oral presentations.
12.00–13.00 lunch at the school canteen
13.00–15.00 oral presentation of the results
Fairwell party (afternoon tea party)
Departure at 20.00