Mathesis: The course Science for all: A series of experiments for children with simple materials is a journey of exploration in the wonderful world of physics, starting from everyday life and the wonderful surprises that it hides for the one who experiments with the laws of Nature!
What is in the air we breathe, why is oxygen necessary for combustion, what is a siphon, how does water get to our faucet, what is a Cartesian diver, how is a rainbow created, why is the sky blue and turns purple by the setting of the Sun, how it works visually eye μας, τι είναι η room obscura, why short circuit is dangerous, what materials are good and bad conductors of electricity and why it is important to know them, what is lightning and how does our home alarm system work?
These and many other questions that concern us from an early age can be answered in a simple way, playing in our kitchen, but also in the classroom! Physics is for everyone and it is enjoyable!
Our goal is that at the end of the course the traveling students will have understood the basic principles of Physics through simple experiments. By following in detail the steps of performing the experiments we discover the laws of nature and start a journey of exploration in its magical world sciences.
In this world we want everyone, students, to travel parents with their children but also grandmothers with their grandchildren, teachers and physics professors who wish to make their lesson more interesting, but also those who love physics and would like to be introduced to the magical world of science.
The materials that we will use in the experiments exist in every house or can be found easily and at a low cost and the main topics that we will study are: Experiments with Air, Experiments with Water, Experiments with Light and Experiments with Electricity.
The last week of class holds a series of surprise experiments with the Canadian Physics Association award-winner for her teaching in Secondary Education and head of educational programs at Greece of the Perimeter Institute, Mrs. Olga Michalopoulos
