"Traveling through the Universe", Grupul Scolar Mihai Viteazul, Zalau, SJ

We have always been fascinated by the huge Universe. Each time when we look, at night, at the starry sky, we ask ourselves what could be hiding behind those shiny spots?, what forms does this huge unknown space have?, and what would we discover if we could see farther then our poor sight allows us to? Or the optic telescopes built for this? In the mean time we remember that the possibility to fly into space changed the course of the cosmic space science.
Thus, we and our school have the target to make the students aware of the role that the cosmic space has in monitoring the impact of our activity upon the Earth, and to stimulate the feeling of responsibility that the humankind has towards the future of our planet.
We organized this “journey” to the planets of the solar system, exploring the stars, the comets, the black holes and the Milky Way willing to find out more about the Universe and to awaken the students’ desire to study the cosmic space and maybe, someday become astrologists and astronomers.

Official coordinators of the project: teacher Driha Mariana, teacher Pop Doina and teacher engineer Damsa Rodica from “Mihai Viteazul” Vocational High School.
The following teachers also contributed to organizing the event: Coroiu Felicia, Rus Dana, Dascal Viorica, Remes Viorica and Tegzes Oana. The high school headmaster Cornea Ioana and the educational counselor Cosma Septimia also took part at this activity.

Partners: The Municipality of Zalau, The Police of the Municipality of Zalau, teacher Driha Ioan from the “Voievodul Gelu” Vocational High School from Zalau, teacher Gavris Loredana from “Ioan Ossianu” Vocational High School from Simleu Silvaniei, primary teacher Istuan Cornelia from the “Avram Iancu” High School from Zalau, primary teacher Avram Maria from “Simion Barnutiu” School from Zalau, Terec Maria Floare and Fit Rodica Marcela from kindergarten no. 2 from Zalau and Tudoran Lucia from the kindergarten Haieu, Bihor county.

We initially started with an event organized at the school which in the end became a public event. More then 600 students, teachers and parents from more schools took part at this event. On this occasion the street in front of the school got the name “Universe street”. The children from kindergartens, the other pupils and students made drawings on the street under the supervision of the cosmonauts and the “planets”.

On the sports field there was a dance of the planets, an exhibition of drawings entitled “Cosmos Trough the Eyes of the Children”, an exhibition of handicraft devices built by students, poetry reading, music, everything ending with the launching of missiles and balloons into the space and the simulation of the arrival at the space ships on the Earth. The fourth number of the magazine “Forays Trough Space” was also given to those interested.

The students were trilled with what they saw and heard. The whole activity will be made public by the publishing of articles in the magazines “Atomica”, “Rebus”, “Forays Trough Space” and in the local magazines “Graiul Salajului”, “Magazin Salajan”, “Salajanul” and “Radio Maria”.

The activity was realized from with the desire to make those around us no better the cosmic space, the most important accomplishments in this field, to make them fight for a better future.

The activity was a real success among all students, teachers and guests.