On 22-th of May Kharkiv hosted the third «Scientific picnics» — a massive festival of popularization of science for children and youth, in which more than 400 scientists of various ages on 50 venues presented over 1000 experiments, educational games, puzzles, master classes for 22 000 visitors of Shevchenko Garden alleys near Concert Hall «Ukraine».
«This year’s event gathered twice more experimenters and their teams than last year, and the number of experiments has increased fourfold,» said regional coordinator of «scientific picnics» in Kharkiv Tatiana Baglai. «We aim to attract pupils and students to quality education, and teachers to innovative forms of motivation and interest their students in scientific research. This format «Scientific Picnic» allows you to show that science is fun and to learn good is very useful. »
We should note that young scientists of the Institute for Scintillation Materials NAS of Ukraine also took an active part in this event, and their experiences and exposure caused increased interest from native citizens and city guests.
Looking forward for «Scientific picnics»!
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