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How to build the best thermos – a design task for Year 2 Science students
During this year’s project period, Year 2 Science students tried to answer the basic question – What is the most efficient way to heat water and keep it warm? Essentially – how to build the best thermos? Each year, we suspend … Continue reading
Posted in active learning, chemistry, physics, project, science, Skolchefens blogg, students, vrg info
Tagged chemistry, cross-curricular project, open labs, physics, project, thermodynamics, VRG
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A Tale of Two Cities – Year 2 Spets project
Student authors of this blog post are: Anna Winberg, Astrid Körmendi, Clara Bergström, Ellinor Myrman and Liv Havander Every year after Christmas break VRG Djursholm has two weeks reserved from regular school work. These two weeks are often referred to as … Continue reading
Posted in active learning, English, international, natural science, school culture, Skolchefens blogg, staff, students, vrg info
Tagged English, london, project, spetsutbildningar, sustainability
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Students explain Swedish culture to non-Swedes in their year 1 project
Each year, VRG students spend the first two weeks in January working on a cross-curricular project. We suspend the regular schedule and students work with one big task for the entire period. Students work in groups. We believe that this … Continue reading
Posted in active learning, English, project, Skolchefens blogg, social science, vrg info
Tagged English, project, source criticism
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VRG Alum inspires students in their Year 2 project, “Think Global, Act Local”
VRG’s Year 2 “Think Global, Act Local” project is off and running. On Monday, our Year 2 students had the pleasure of listening to a lecture by Marika Tedroff (VRG Alum 2013). Marika started up a project called ‘Stockholm Food Rescue‘ … Continue reading
To be a leader you have to practice, just ask our students …
VRG Leadership students recently visited British International Primary School to complete their assignment. Their task was to instruct the BIPS younger students to do something or to learn something new. Students could choose whatever the topic they wanted …. everything from how … Continue reading
Posted in English, leadership, project, Skolchefens blogg, spets
Tagged engaging assignment, how to teach someone, leadership, project
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How does English speaking media view Sweden? Year 1 students now know …
During the first two weeks of this term, students in year 1 dropped their regular schedule to focus on a specific cross-curricular challenge – How does media in English-speaking countries view Sweden and Swedish society? More specifically, students were to prove … Continue reading
Posted in English, project, Skolchefens blogg, social science, vrg info
Tagged engelska, English, group work, media, project, samhällskunskap
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