I believe that progressive education is more than textbooks, homework and exams, so I promote a holistic approach to education since I started teaching. My long term observations (over a 15 years period) on my former students show that the outdoor education integrated professionally into formal learning maximizes the achievements of all students.
This is why I take Physics/Science tutoring to a higher level and I include into all my tutoring programs 3-4 practical applications throughout the year (day/weekend field trips), based on integrated sciences and experiential learning. This will help my tutees to understand better some of the concepts we have studied (or we will study), to see the links between different topics and integrate Science into real life as well as nature into Science. All these programs consolidate the knowledge, enhance a wide range of essential skills (observation, communication, critical and lateral thinking, collaboration, organizational, etc) and build sustainability, responsibility and a healthy attitude, which in long run will bring fabulous results.
We will negotiate together the best days for these activities, so the students won’t miss out school. I would greatly appreciate if your child will participate in all the upcoming educational activities, because they are part of my effort and commitment to help them improve, develop and succeed.
If you scroll down to the Portfolio section, you can open the page Science trips, which shows a wide selection of pictures from all my Science applications I run in the last 10 years, until June 2025.
The details and the exact dates of the Science activities will be announced as we get closer.
The list of the activities for the 2023-2024 academic year included:
- vist Cernavoda nuclear power plant and observe the fossils along the Danube river bank-> Oct 2023
- visit Sinaia hydroelectrical power plant and the mechanical devices of the ski lift -> Nov 2023
- visit the restoration laboratories of the National Art Museum -> Feb 2024
- night observations at the Astronomical observatory -> Mar 2024
- Brian Cox live – Quantum Physics conference at Sala Palatului -> Apr 2024
- Danube Delta weekend Science trip -> June 2024
The list of the activities for the 2024-2025 academic year included:
- Dumitru Constantin Dulcan live – neuroscience conference at Sala Palatului -> Jan 2025
- medical workshop at Seneca Anticafe focused on ultrasound investigations -> Feb 2025
- spring/summer weekend Science trip -> cancelled
The list of proposed activities for the 2025-2026 academic year include:
- medical workshop at an ophthalmological clinic in Pitesti
- workshop on measuring techniques and apparatus for detecting radioactivity
- visit to Casa Experimentelor (Vitan Science Center)
- night observations at the Astronomical observatory
- day trip to a wind / hydroelectric / solar power plant
- spring/summer weekend Science trip (destination and topic to be announced)
- Environmental Science trip on Vancouver Island, Canada