HEMDA: Center for Science Education- Tel Aviv-Yaffo

1. HEMDA: Center forScience Education- Tel Aviv-Yaffo Established in 1989by the Rothschild Foundation and the Tel Aviv-Yaffo municipality. Prof. Haim Harari: Founder and first chairman. Prof. Daniel Zajfman: Chairman. Dr. Tehilla Ben-Gai: Director

2. 2008 • 1200 Students • Groups • 9th-12th grades • 4-8 Academic hours Hemda

3. Hemda: Scientific arm of all High schools in Tel-Aviv • We teach science: • According to the curriculum and beyond • Physics • Chemistry • Computational Science • Cooperation with: • Weizmann institute • Tel Aviv university • High-Tech-industries: • El-Op, Check-Point • Unique Teaching team • Advanced technological • Environment

4. Teaching staff: 25 Teachers • Most of the teachers are Ph. D holders: • A variety of disciplines • Tutoring of new teachers • Weekly Seminars • Conferences • Team-work: • Within the teams • Between teams • Teachers and Lab Technicians

5. Educational Environment • 12 multifunctional • class-rooms • Lab oriented studies • Challenging studies, • solving problems. • Enrichment projects • Contemporary science • Individual tutoring

6. Technological Environment • Hands - on experiments • Computer controlled • Experiments • Simulations, Models • Cutting edge • Demonstration equipment • Teacher-Students • web communication Laboratories - Theory, Experiment, Demo

7. Hemda’s final results 88.5 75.9 Matriculation Examination 2007/8

8. Computational Science: • New course developed • by Hemda’s staff for • excellent students • Computers as science • tools • Solving complex problems • Models and simulations “..This program is one of the initiatives that can change the profile of an entire generation”. Prof. Sorin Solomon, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

9. Physics for the Young- “Arrow” Project. • Exposing and stimulating • Junior-High potential students • Unique physics/Chemistry • curriculum. • Qualitative and Quantitative • studies – • Exciting activities: • experiments, competitions, • games. Submarine Competition

10. Enrichment courses, workshops, lectures Theory of Relativity Cosmology Chaos Lasers Physics and Music Meeting scientists

11. Science Competitions • Walking on Water • Clock’s building • Free-falling of eggs • Building submarines • Water rockets • Science photography • Spinning tops Learning Physics through delightful experiences

12. International andNational Competitions Physics Olympics, Seoul, Hemda’s student awarded third place. “Safe” competition: Weizmann Institute, 2005: Hemda’s students awarded first place

13. Hemda on the net • Communication/Interaction • teachers & students • Classroom and homework- • assignments • Study materials • Science news • Teachers Center • Science Culture activities www.hemda.org.il/english

14. Teachers Training Center • Science teachers • Lab Technicians • Advanced courses • workshops • Weekly seminar • Science Library

15. HEMDA LAB : Documenting Hemda’s accumulated Experience Online Pedagogic and Didactics Resources of: Teacher’s Demonstration Student’s Experiments For: Physics students, Teachers and Lab Technicians all over Israel

16. Science-Culture program Interaction and dialogue with the public on contemporary scientific issues 10,500 participants in 3 years Inserting the Scientific Dialogue into Tel Aviv homes: Luring more students to Science

17. Hemda’s added Value • Synergic value: staff, • students and technology • Reinforcing formal learning • and boosting motivation • Science atmosphere Mr. Ben-Gal, Head master of a religious high school in Tel Aviv: “..Studding science in Hemda is like Studding the Tora in a Yeshive…”.

18. OurVision: • More students (girls..) • Challenging studies • Collaboration with: • Science institutions • schools for excellence Omri, student, 2003: “Being in Hemda is like being a chocolate monkey, tossed into a barrel. It tickles all the time.