Winter week schedule for Group K

Schedule
2008

23 - 27 June 2008

 

Group K (2008) - 50 learners
23 June 8:30 - 9:00 Admin & Rollcall
9:00 - 12:00

Food Science
Prof. Amanda Minnaar
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch
13:00 - 15:00 Mathematics
(Tutors from Mathematics - Auditorium at Sci-Enza)
15:00 - 15:45 Geology
Dr. Martin Rigby
15:45 - 16:00 Closing

24 June 8:30 - 9:00 Admin & Rollcall
9:00 - 16:00 Excursion to the Tswaing crater
Ms. Wiebke Grote (Geology) and
Lizandé Kellerman (Department of Plant Science)

25 June 8:30 - 9:00 Admin & Rollcall
9:00 - 10:00 "Ice, Antennas and Aurora: Working as a Scientist in Antarctica"
Niel Malan
10:00 - 10:30 Marion Island and Elephant Seals
Chris Oosthuizen & Nico de Bruyn 2-11 (lecture hall)
10:30 - 11:00 Subterranean mammals of Africa
Alfred Sichilima 2-4 (lab)
11:00 - 11:30 The wonderful world of insects
Werner Strümpher & Carmen Jacobs 2-4 (lab)
11:30 - 11:45 Honeybee as social insects
Christian Pirk 2-11 (lecture hall)
11:45 - 12:00 Modelling and mapping in zoology
René Wolmarans 2-11 (lecture hall)
12:00 - 12:30 Telemetry & tracking
Low de Vries Aula lawn
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch
13:30 - 15:45 Geography
Mr. Fritz van der Merwe (and 4 helpers from Sci-Enza)
15:45 - 16:00 Closing

26 June 8:30 - 9:00 Admin & Rollcall
9:00 - 10:15

Chemistry
Introduction at Sci-Enza: Prof. Egmont Rohwer
Experiments: Werner Barnard and fellow students, Belinda, Cathryn, Krishna, Mia and Shandré.
10:00 - 11:15 Calcium Cobalt Iron Titanium
11:15 - 12:30 Titanium Calcium Cobalt Iron
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch
13:30 - 14:45 Iron Titanium Calcium Cobalt
14:30 - 15:45 Cobalt Iron Titanium Calcium
 
15:45 - 16:00
 Closing

27 June 8:30 - 9:00 Admin & Rollcall
9:00 - 9:30 Presentation: Recycling by Matric group 6
10:00 - 12:00

Launch: National Youth Service (NYS) and
Federation of Engineering, Science and Technology Olympiad Competitions (FESTOC)
Minister Mosibudi Mangena, Minister of Science & Technology
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch
13:00 - 16:00 Presentations
 Group J will present their projects in the auditorium at Sci-Enza. Opening - Prof. Anton Ströh.
Helga Nordhoff upscience@up.ac.za
Last updated: 25 June 2008