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The F1 in Schools is a worldwide multi-disciplinary challenge for pupils aged from 9-19, and one of the largest educational initiative promoting Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). It is now in its 15th year of operation and has grown around the world operating in over 30 countries. The participant students form a Formula One team of 3 to 6 members are commissioned to design, construct and race a small scale Formula One Car made from balsa wood and powered by compressed air cylinders.

The F1 in Schools is a worldwide multi-disciplinary challenge for pupils aged from 9-19, and one of the largest educational initiative promoting Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). It is now in its 15th year of operation and has grown around the world operating in over 30 countries. The participant students form a team of 3 to 6 members commissioned to design, construct and race a small scale Formula One Car made from F1 Model Block and powered by compressed air cylinders.

The F1 in Schools initiative promotes deeper learning of STEM subjects. Concepts addressed in the scenario will be analyzed at the end of this activity.

Experiment-based multimedia training courses with integrated animations and assessment tests. Knowledge of the topic 'Magnetism and Electromagnetism' is conveyed in both theory and practice. Since the demonstrator could cover more than one didactical unit, the above topic (one didactical unit) was selected for the needs of the first phase of application.

Gives students a glimpse into the world of ‘Renewable energies’, allowing them to investigate how ecological electric power can be produced. 'Renewable energies' will become our most important suppliers of energy in the future. Production, storage and use of electricity from natural energy sources such as water, wind and the sun are graphically illustrated, using various models and numerous experiments. Since the demonstrator could cover more than one didactical unit, a topic (one didactical unit) was selected for the needs of the first phase of application.

Gives students a glimpse into the world of optics, allowing them to investigate optical phenomena and experiments with light. The planetary model clearly demonstrates why the moon has phases or why solar and lunar eclipses occur. With the sun dial you can determine the time of day. Optical lenses with various focal lengths, mirrors, lens tip lamps and a variety of other parts allow construction of a microscope, magnifier, telescope and periscope.

A video analysis of a car motion along with the recording of its passing sound will be used to observe the Doppler Effect. Students can take or use a video of a moving object, mark its position frame by frame, and set up the scale using a known distance. Video Physics will display the path of the moving object (e.g. F1 in Schools Car, basketball shoot) and provide graphs of Y vs X as well as the X and Y position and velocity as a function of time.

In this activity students use a “movie” consisting of still photos of a spring with different masses hanging from it to verify Hooke’s Law and determine the spring’s constant, k. This activity gives students an opportunity to make careful use of a conventional coordinate system where “up” and “toward the right” are positive and “down” and “toward the left” are negative. They then consider the circumstances under which each of the variables, Fy and y, needed to determine k, are positive or negative. Students can practice obtaining data for the ISE LoggerPro/LoggerLite analysis tool.

Tο F1 in Schools είναι ένα εκπαιδευτικό πρόγραμμα και διαγωνισμός, ο οποίος ξεκίνησε το 1999 στην Αγγλία και σήμερα υλοποιείται σε περισσότερες από 30 χώρες με την συμμετοχή περισσοτέρων από 17.000 μαθητών ηλικίας 9 έως 19 ετών. Tο F1 in Schools οδηγεί τους μαθητές, μ’ έναν ιδιαίτερα ευχάριστο και ελκυστικό σ’ αυτούς τρόπο, στην εμπειρική - βιωματική απόκτηση βασικών γνώσεων πάνω στα γνωστικά αντικείμενα των Φυσικών Επιστημών, Νέων Τεχνολογιών, Μηχανικής και Εφαρμοσμένων Μαθηματικών (βλέπετε STEM).