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Our founders and associates. International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IIMCB) Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics PAS (IBB) Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology PAS (NIEB) Warsaw Science Festival (SF) Warsaw Agricultural University. The main aims:.
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Our founders and associates • International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IIMCB) • Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics PAS (IBB) • Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology PAS (NIEB) • Warsaw Science Festival (SF) • Warsaw Agricultural University
The main aims: • Conducting educational activities popularizing biology in Poland (by organizing open lectures, workshops for students and all interested people, courses for biology teachers, and exhibitions) • Improving biology education and awareness of biology in society
What we have SFS is located at International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology in Warsaw The office... ... lab and equipment
Sponsors 50%of all costs cover the Institutes Projects and grants Biotechnology firms supply with chemicals and laboratory equipment:
Activity: Open lectures Open lectures given by polish top-scientists every two weeks One –day symposia for biology teachers
Activity: Workshops Workshops in laboratory for interested persons (mainly students aged 14-18) and lessons for children in primary schools Young discoverers
Activity: For teachers... Workshops and courses for high-school biologyteachers at our laboratory and outdoors
“human” DNA helix during Science Picnic 2003: Public events popularising biology Science Picnics and Warsaw Science Festivals, International Brain’s Week or 50th Anniversary of the DNA Structure Discovery...
Cooperation • Gazeta Wyborcza – the biggest daily newspaperpublishes up-to-date information about SFS, Akademia Szkoły z Klasą • Local Teachers Education Centres, • Polish Biology Olympiad • EU Centres of Excellence at NIEB and IIMCB, • Students’ Associations from Warsaw University and Warsaw Agricultural University, • various laboratories and scientists...
Our nearest future: • Continuing regular activity (workshops for interested people, courses for teachers, open lectures) • UNESCO grant: Science of Modern Biology – Exploratory Resources for Biology Teachers and Students. • Developing materials and practical kits for performing simple experiments in schools • VOLVOX
Our future: • BioEducation Foundation has been established in 2004 – to help in financing SFS activities. We have common statutes aims. • Developing of comprehensivemolecular biology and related resources in Polish internet (Molecular Biology in the Internet project) • Creating educational equipment for schools and curricula (UE projects)
Contact us: Science Festival School 4, Trojdena street | 02-109 Warsaw POLAND Tel. (+48 22) 597-07-68 | Fax (+48 22) 597-07-15 www.sfn.edu.pl | sfn@iimcb.gov.pl Thank you