Swiss Festival 2021

Any individual or group of two with an original scientific experience to present in public could participate in the national selection process that took place as part of the National Festival Science on Stage 2021. Projects could be accepted in sciences, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), from primary to high school.

Programme:

From 10.00 Door opening
10.30 – 10.45 Welcome and opening of the festival
10.45 – 12.30 The teams present their project on scene during 5 minutes
12.30 – 13.30 Lunch
13.30 – 14.45 Fair and Market
14.45 – 15:15 Workshop Science on Stage Switzerland – Simple Spectro (Luc and Océane Patiny) – Free visit of the Technorama
15.15 – 16.15 Workshop educatec (Frank Ellerkamp) – Free visit of the Technorama
16.15 – 16.45 Announcement of the 4 selected projects, end of the festival

Teams and projects:

1. Ertrag einer Solarzelle in verschiedenen Positionen. Christoph Thomann – Technische Berufsschule Zürich (project in German)
2. Physarum Polycephalum: Der intelligente Schleim. Sacha Glardon – Gymnasium Bäumlihof Basel
3. To be Bee or not to bee. Thomi Scheuber – Gymnasium Kirschgarten Basel (poster)
4. Active Planet: Building a seismograph to measure the earth’s movements. Karin Lindner, Catherine French & Bradeley Harpham – Obersee Bilingual School
5. Alternative Solar Energy. Felix Speerli & Chiara Martin – Primarschule Zwillikon
6. Predictions in Fire Fighting. Susanne Brütsch & Vincent Zehnhäusern – Primarschule Dreirosen
7. Passen sich Pflanzen an den Klimawandel an? Eine digitale Erfassung und TRendanalyse – Sebastian Stuppan – Schule Alpnach (presentation)