Some background you need to know: VVOB Cambodia has several programmes. One of the programmes is the SEAL programme ( Improvement of Science and Life skills Education at Teacher Training Centres). For the SEAL programme, we work together with 6 Regional Teacher Trainer Centers (RTTC's). These RTTC's have around 6 or 7 secondary schools were they work together with. In these secondary schools the student teachers from the RTTC's doing there practice = internship.
We want to distribute experiment boxes to these secundary schools. This is one of the many things that the SEAL programme is working on.
My mission together with the 4 Artevelde students: Making experiment boxes for the science subjects (Earth Science, Physics, Chemistry and Biology), for the 40 secondary schools.
What can the teachers at the secondary school do with these boxes?
When they are teaching and they want to use experiment from the manuals that we will spread. They will be able to find all the materials that they need for these experiments in the box. Every school gets two boxes. One box for Physics and Earth Science and one box for Chemistry and Biology.
Enough background I think ...
This week was mental!
First of all we had to try and find all the materials in the markets. Luckely we had two teachers who were helping us with that. But we still had to haggle to get a fixed price because we didn't need just one knife or one kilogram of sugar .... We needed at least 40 or 80 or even 160 times as many!!!
After two day's of crazy shopping we started to divide everyting in the boxes. We also had to make 5 diffrent models for biology (= 40 x 5= 200 models in total)!!
On Wednesday and Thursday we had some help from 10 students from the RTTC in Kandal. They did a very nice job.
While Sokha and I were finishing the shopping in Phnom Penh. The 4 belgian students took the lead in RTTC Kandal. Show the Khmer students what they can do, where they can help with, ... And of course they have also worked a lot!! Marieke, Michiel, Nathan and Simon are a very good team! Thanks a lot! I also want to thank Sokha and Chanly (VVOB's accountants staff) without their help we would never have been able to buy all the material and they are the best at bargaining! ;)
During this crazy week we also had a lovely Khmer New Year party at the office. And on Thursday the 11th of April I had a wonderful birthday party! :) Thanks to everyone for that!
After all, I survived the 'crazy' week and now it's time for Khmer New Year holiday!
Happy Khmer New Year!
We want to distribute experiment boxes to these secundary schools. This is one of the many things that the SEAL programme is working on.
My mission together with the 4 Artevelde students: Making experiment boxes for the science subjects (Earth Science, Physics, Chemistry and Biology), for the 40 secondary schools.
What can the teachers at the secondary school do with these boxes?
When they are teaching and they want to use experiment from the manuals that we will spread. They will be able to find all the materials that they need for these experiments in the box. Every school gets two boxes. One box for Physics and Earth Science and one box for Chemistry and Biology.
Enough background I think ...
This week was mental!
First of all we had to try and find all the materials in the markets. Luckely we had two teachers who were helping us with that. But we still had to haggle to get a fixed price because we didn't need just one knife or one kilogram of sugar .... We needed at least 40 or 80 or even 160 times as many!!!
After two day's of crazy shopping we started to divide everyting in the boxes. We also had to make 5 diffrent models for biology (= 40 x 5= 200 models in total)!!
On Wednesday and Thursday we had some help from 10 students from the RTTC in Kandal. They did a very nice job.
While Sokha and I were finishing the shopping in Phnom Penh. The 4 belgian students took the lead in RTTC Kandal. Show the Khmer students what they can do, where they can help with, ... And of course they have also worked a lot!! Marieke, Michiel, Nathan and Simon are a very good team! Thanks a lot! I also want to thank Sokha and Chanly (VVOB's accountants staff) without their help we would never have been able to buy all the material and they are the best at bargaining! ;)
During this crazy week we also had a lovely Khmer New Year party at the office. And on Thursday the 11th of April I had a wonderful birthday party! :) Thanks to everyone for that!
After all, I survived the 'crazy' week and now it's time for Khmer New Year holiday!
Happy Khmer New Year!
