Projektiviikko Tallinnassa 30.4. - 7.5.2022
Haku projektiviikolle Tallinnaan
Monday the 2nd May
The school started at 8am and we all met up in the hall. There we played getting to know you bingo. After we had finished the bingo we went to the lessons according to the schedule of the host. First I had PE outside. There we first warmed up then we played soccer. The second class was math. After the classes we met up at the hall again. There they divided us into five different groups and gave us project that we must do at the end of the week. After the instructors we went to eat in the schools cafeteria. After we had eaten the hosts showed us around the school. The bus to Old Town left at 12 a clock. There we were given a tour through the town. The houses were really colorful and beautifully detailed. And even thou there was modern buildings they blend well with the old houses. After the tour we had the rest of the day free with our host families. From the Old Town we went to my host’s mom's workplace that was nearby. From there we took a bus and headed to the president castle. We walked around the parks and the gardens near the president castle. After that we went back home and rested for the rest of the day because our feet were tired from all the walking.
I learned alot about Estonia's history and also social skills while I was getting to know my host’s classmates.
Tuesday the 3rd May
Today I had to be at school at eight, because we went to Tartu. Tartu is three hours driving away. First when we arrived at Tartu observatoorium. There we first had a tour and we got to see what the observatory look like. There is also a little museum. The museum has a miniature model of the mars surface and old computers. When we watched the observatorium, we went to the main building. There was little rocks made the
Milky way. After the observatorium we went to Ahhaa center, it was like Finnis heureka. When we got there, we got food. After food someone, ahhaa worker, does science theater for our group. Before there we were divided into three groups. One group at a time goes to explore Ahhaa, this time other groups have free time and they have explained to the science center for free. About twenty over six we have to go back to Tallinn. During my travels I play uno with a few Estonian and Finnish people. It was a nice day.
Wednesday the 4th May
Today we were in TalTec. It's a university in Tallinn.
There we drove a circle around the university by self-driving bus. After the TalTec round, we returned to school to eat. After eating, we went to Rocket69🚀. In Rocket69, we split into groups and we did assignments. For example, we tried to create a protection for the egg that protects the egg from a high drop. We competed against other groups. Rocket69 was really interesting.There, physics was studied in a fun and enjoyable way. My group didn’t win the competition, but more specifically, the experience that we got from it was much better than winning. After Rocket69, we walked in a group to the trampoline park - Super Skypark. There we jumped on the trampolines, ate food and had fun. The day was long. I and a couple of my host's friends returned to my host family's house. I was really tired. We played games and ate chips and candies.
Today I learned that usually girls learn faster how to drive a non-driver-car than boys because some of the boys play car games, which distorts the boys "hand motor skills" because driving a real car is different from driving a car on a computer or console. Some of the girls don’t play car games, so they don’t develop the wrong kind of hand motor skills. It will help them learn the right kind of driving skill faster than boys.
Thursday the 5th May
Friday the 6th May
In the morning we went to school at nine o’clock. We made our presentations in groups. My group made a presentation of the Ahaa-center which we had visited a few days ago. We did these presentations for a couple hours. Then we started doing robotics stuff. We got these small robots and we needed to do tracks to them with color lines. After that we went to lunch at the school cafeteria. Then we started our presentations. We also present our ”future object” that we have made the day before. After our presentations the teacher gave us some candy, and we got an assignment to write to paper something that we have liked about this project week. These papers were attached to balloons. We read things out loud afterwards. Then at the end we took some groupictures and other pictures as well.
After that our free time started. And I went back to my host house for a couple hours. There we went walking with the dog and just chill out. About 5 pm we left for the Estonian open air museum by bus. When we got there we chatted a little bit with everyone and started eating. After eating we all got stipends and little gift bags. Then some estonians show us their national dances. At the end we all were invited to go dance as well. After a lot of dancing we went to the beach and to this huge swing. We also took some photos and talked for a long time. Then it was time to say goodbye to everyone and go back to my host house.
