Programmes for the upper stage

Join us in a world where robotics, programming, and artificial intelligence meet on the racetrack. In a playful way, it introduces the principles of AI and demonstrates its practical applications. Students will program a racing car using the Micro:bit microcontroller in teams, setting its driving strategy using sensors, algorithmic control, and simple decision-making processes. They will experience how AI "learns", tests, and fine-tunes.

At the end, they will participate in a big race, comparing their solutions and taking away not only an experience but also knowledge of programming in a real context.

* The program is primarily intended for students who can work with the standard school curriculum without significant specialized pedagogical support.

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The program introduces students to the basic principles and elements of a natural garden in relation to events in the wild and encourages them to better perceive connections. Through the game "photographic eyes," they will practice attentive observation of details. During their own research activities on the STC rooftop garden, students discover how even urban spaces can be friendly to nature, mapping habitats, identifying plants, examining shelters for animals, comparing the garden environment with surrounding areas, and discussing the results. They will also be introduced to topics that are often overlooked, such as: why it is important to feed correctly, how to maintain birdhouses and feeders, and we will also discuss public space. The program demonstrates that even small changes in the environment or behavior can have a significant impact.

* The program is primarily intended for students who are able to work with the standard school curriculum without significant specialized pedagogical support.

Discover the magic of the printing craft!

Come and immerse yourself in the fascinating world of printing as it was known by masters before the invention of digital printers. On our project day, students will learn about historical techniques of intaglio printing, which have been key to art and education from the Middle Ages to the present day, and will learn to distinguish between different printing techniques – relief, intaglio, and planographic. Under the guidance of an experienced instructor, they will master safety principles and the necessary tools. They will create their own metal plate, engrave a design, and under the supervision of an expert, etch it using a special acid. Finally, they will test their unique print on passing presses and add a graphic description.

Students will not only gain practical experience with traditional printing techniques but will also learn how chemistry and the history of art go hand in hand. Imagine what it was like when artists had to reproduce their work without modern technologies.

Join us for an unforgettable day full of creativity, learning, and historical discoveries!

* The program is primarily intended for students who are able to work with the standard school curriculum without significant specialized pedagogical support.

Come and discover photography in a different way and experience the magic of classic photography with a pinhole camera!

Our educational program will take you back to the basics of photography. You will learn to work with a pinhole camera, experiment with exposure times, and observe how images appear upside down.

You will experience surprising moments not only while creating photographs but also during their development in the darkroom right before your eyes. In the darkroom at the Science Theatre, you will try developing photographs, taking portraits, and creating collages. At the end, you can print a photo from your phone directly onto photographic paper.

* The program is primarily intended for pupils and students who are able to work with the standard school curriculum without significant specialized pedagogical support.

What is a language? Where did it come from? How are they interconnected?

The program "How many languages do you speak?" is an interactive activity that introduces children to the diversity of languages and their significance in a playful manner. Participants will learn about the origin, development, and interconnectedness of languages, their phonetics, language families, and scripts.

The program broadens children's horizons beyond school education and inspires them to take an interest in linguistics and learning new languages, while emphasizing the importance of linguistic diversity.

In addition to languages, the program will also focus on scripts, which are inseparably linked to languages.

Discover the world of manual work and creativity!

An educational program focused on developing manual skills and creative work. Children will have the opportunity to get acquainted with a wide range of activities that will allow them to create their own products from the initial instructions to the final product.

During the course, students will try working with a lathe, drill, hammer, and other tools that they do not commonly use at home or school. They will learn to identify and recognize basic components and master working with them.

This program is a great opportunity to broaden children's horizons and support their creative potential. Join us and experience the joy of handmade projects with the children!

The program takes place in the U6 exhibition.

Discover the fascinating world of 3D printing! In our workshop, you will learn everything from the history and principles of this revolutionary technology to practical skills in 3D modeling.

We will teach you how to design your own models and transform them into tangible reality using modern 3D printers. The workshop is designed so that each participant can try their hand at 3D modeling and printing, step by step, with expert guidance and practical demonstrations.

The workshop takes place in two parts: first, there will be 120 minutes in a classroom with a projector or interactive whiteboard, where you will focus on theory and modeling, and then you will move to the Robolab exhibition, where you can experience 3D printing live.

Join us and create your first 3D prints!

* The program is primarily intended for pupils and students who are able to work with the standard school curriculum without significant specialized pedagogical support.

The construction kits allow the assembly of two types of functional "vehicles" (a hand truck and a wood cart) in life size. During this lesson, students will create these vehicles in teams of 3–4 members. While working, they will learn to collaborate, communicate, read and understand technical documentation, and work according to instructions.

At the end of the lesson, they will test the functionality of their models themselves. After successfully testing their vehicles, they will disassemble them and carefully tidy up the individual parts in the correct places in the storage box.

This activity is not only educational but also fun and strengthens team spirit!

The program takes place in the U6 exhibition.

We all hear terms like climate change, carbon footprint, pollution, recycling. But what does sustainability mean in everyday life? And what can each of us do for it? In this programme, we will explore the connections between our daily activities and the state of our planet. Together, we will look for ways to behave more responsibly towards the environment and practice critical thinking.

As part of the FUTUROva programme, how to care for the environment.

Books have fascinated our society since ancient times. Let’s journey back to the Middle Ages to their roots - the codices.

In the atmosphere of an old scriptorium, we will try our hand at calligraphy, reading medieval scripts, and understanding stylized book illuminations.

There will also be a chilling legend about the largest manuscript in the world – the Devil's Bible!

In the second part of the project day, we will explore the significance of the book as an object in today's world with the students.

We will focus on different types of bindings, glance into bookbinding terminology, and with a bit of skill, everyone will create their own little book as a keepsake.

Throughout the program, the teacher, as well as the group leader, will always be actively involved.

Visual media dominate the world, and understanding them is becoming one of the key skills necessary for developing critical thinking.

Our educational program Believe it or not focuses on developing this skill and addresses the topic of media literacy. Through interactive methods, we teach students what fake news is and how to recognize it, how to avoid falling for disinformation, manipulation, and information chaos, and how to properly analyze photographs. The program also includes the ZooM exhibition, which focuses on visual literacy and aims to develop the ability to uncover the true story and message of photographs in the media.

THIS PROGRAM IS NOT FUNDED WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE CITY OF OSTRAVA.

The focal point of this programme is the presentation of a large pendulum by architect Josef Pleskot in the Gong Gallery.

Pupils will get acquainted with various types of pendulums and their practical applications.

We engage in creative activities using simple pendulums.

NOTICE FOR SCHOOLS IN OSTRAVA - THIS PROGRAMME IS NOT FUNDED BY THE CITY OF OSTRAVA. Schools whose founder is the city of Ostrava must cover the programme from their own resources.

If you cannot find a suitable date in the reservation calendar, please do not hesitate to contact us at 601 571 441.

Implemented with financial support from Creative Learning Projects carried out in Dolní Vítkovice, project registration number: 0213000128

Can you create a simple traffic light or a bell that reacts to changes in lighting in the room? Do you want to delve deeper into the secrets of electrical components that you encounter every day? This, and much more, is what you can expect from our programme Electrical Circuits with MICRO:BIT.

Pupils and students will try out how to control simple electrical circuits using a microcontroller and block programming. At the same time, they will practically understand how its individual components work, such as resistors, diodes, potentiometers, thermistors, and resistors.

Did you know that besides your phone, tablet, or computer, many other devices can connect to the internet? How do they do it? Who do they communicate with over the internet? And how about using your newly acquired knowledge to build your own weather station or measure the noise in your surroundings? This, and much more, is what you can expect from our Internet of Things with MICRO:BIT programme.

Pupils and students will practically delve into the secrets of a special set of sensors through a microcomputer and block programming, learning how to send collected data directly to our phone via the internet. While assembling their own measuring devices, they will understand how data collection works in the 21st century.

A magnetic field is created around a conductor through which electric current flows.

Thanks to this fact, people discovered a new way to set things in motion in the 19th century.

In this program, students will try constructing the first electric motors and batteries, look into the future of electromobility, and experience the work of a mechanic in virtual reality (VR glasses).

This educational program was created with the support of Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Czech s.r.o.

* The program is primarily intended for pupils and students who are able to work with the standard school curriculum without significant specialized pedagogical support.

Can you communicate with technologies from another galaxy? A few buttons, LED lights, and nothing more? Do you think robots need to move? What if there is much more in us and robots? After this program, you might change your mind about many things.

You will discover that basic programming is a piece of cake and a computer can be more than just games and social networks. Pupils and students will delve into the secrets of block programming through a microcomputer and find out that robots are actually all around us and it doesn't have to be complicated to communicate with them.

All newly acquired knowledge will be immediately applied to borrowed micro:bits V2 with a wide range of sensors, which they will learn to use to the fullest.

* The program is primarily intended for pupils and students who are capable of working with the standard school curriculum without significant specialized pedagogical support.

Only one element has so many superlatives – it is the most abundant in the universe and at the same time the simplest. Discover what hydrogen can do.

During the program, you will test your knowledge, try practical experiments, and discover how modern technologies can be used in everyday life. At the end, you will have a unique meeting with an innovative hydrogen vehicle.

The future is not in the stars, but in hydrogen!

* The program is primarily intended for pupils and students who are capable of working with the standard school curriculum without significant specialized pedagogical support.

The COVID era, the war in Ukraine, conspiracy theories, hybrid warfare! Media, politicians, social networks - from all these sources, we are constantly bombarded with speculations about who, how, and why they are trying to misinform us. But what do the frequently repeated terms fake news, disinformation, and alternative facts actually encompass? Are they a phenomenon of recent years, or have they been cleverly hidden among us for centuries? How is it possible that they work? Who and why spreads them? And most importantly, how can we defend ourselves against them? LiStOVáNí thus continues the successful adaptation of The Economics of Good and Evil and brings to the stage yet another highly relevant scientific text in a humorous, unconventional scenic form.

(Miloš Gregor et al.)

Featuring: Alan Novotný and Jiří Ressler.

Published in 2018 by CPress / Albatrosmedia.

Become a chemist and discover how water affects our health and nature.

Water – seemingly ordinary liquid, yet it is never quite the same. In this program, students will transform into chemists and try their hand at working in an analytical laboratory. They will investigate different types of water – from drinking tap water to mineral, seawater, and distilled water. Using simple tests, they will find out what substances water contains and why it is important to monitor their quantities. They will discover that water is not just H₂O, but a complex mixture that can be essential for life, yet harmful in excessive amounts of certain indicators.

* The program is primarily intended for students who are capable of working with the standard school curriculum without significant specialized pedagogical support.

What happens to a person when submerged in the depths of the oceans?

How long can the average person survive without air? Have you ever seen the insides of a submarine?

Do you want to finally experience education that the classroom cannot offer?

Take part in one of our educational programs at the Little World of Technology U6 and experience Comenius's "school through play" firsthand.

The guided tour "Mechanics of Liquids and Gases" will introduce you to the principles of hydrostatic pressure and its practical applications. You will also verify theoretical knowledge not only from school lessons on our fully interactive exhibits. Worksheets on the topic will also be available.

A unique interactive program where students become the protagonists of an exciting story about a flight to Mars,

set in the future. For 3 hours, they will transform into astronauts of a spacecraft and will have to deal

with a number of problems and solve many tasks. In the game, they will apply knowledge from chemistry, physics, and mathematics. They will conduct a series

of attractive experiments. The game is rich in visual effects and offers plenty of props. Odysea Holy takes place

in the premises of the Malý svět techniky U6. A four-member team of experienced instructors ensures the smooth course and educational significance of the game.

If you are booking the program less than 14 days before its intended date, please wait for approval, or contact us directly at the phone number 601 571 441.

What does the YouTuber KOVY have in common with our educational programme?

Why is there an elephant's foot in the basement of Chernobyl? Have you ever seen the control room of a blast furnace?

Do you want to finally experience the excitement of learning that school desks cannot offer? Complete one of our educational programmes at the Little World of Technology U6 and experience Komenský's "school through play" firsthand.

The guided tour "Brothers in the Metal System" will introduce you to metals and their practical applications. You will also verify theoretical knowledge not only from school lessons on our fully interactive exhibits. Worksheets on the topic will also be available.

Why do opposites attract? How are magnets related to supertrains? How to create an impossible object?

Did you learn this at school? Do you want to finally experience the excitement of education that school desks cannot offer? Take part in one of our educational programs at the Little World of Technology U6 and experience Comenius's "learning by playing" firsthand.

The guided tour "Electromagnetic Flying Trains" will introduce you to the principles of magnets and their practical applications. You will also verify theoretical knowledge not only from school lessons on our fully interactive exhibits. Worksheets on the topic will also be available.

When was the last time you had a proper party, rode in a steam vehicle or a steam locomotive?

Do you want to finally experience the excitement of learning that school desks cannot offer?

Take part in one of our educational programs at the Little World of Technology U6 and experience Comenius's "learning by playing" firsthand.

The guided tour "How Steam Energy is Made" will introduce you to the steam engine and its practical applications. You will also verify theoretical knowledge not only from school lessons on fully interactive exhibits. Worksheets on the topic will also be available.

Have you ever tried running in a wheel like a hamster?

Have you drawn water from a flooded mine or pushed a load up an inclined plane like the ancient Egyptians?

Do you want to finally experience the excitement of learning that your school desk cannot offer?

Take part in one of our educational programs at the Little World of Technology and U6 and experience Comenius's "school through play" firsthand. The guided tour "The Simplicity of Mechanical Machines" will introduce you to simple machines such as the wheel on an axle, inclined plane, and more. You will also verify theoretical knowledge not only from school lessons on fully interactive exhibits. Worksheets on the topic will also be available.

How many centimetres does a trunk have and how long is a single hair?

Why won't you get anywhere with a metre in America? Do you enjoy searching for the right answers?

Do you want to finally experience the excitement of learning that school desks cannot offer?

Take part in one of our educational programs at the Little World of Technology U6 and experience Komenský's "learning by playing" firsthand. The guided tour "Physical Quantities and the Problems of Short Arms" will introduce you to both contemporary and prehistoric units of measurement. You will also verify theoretical knowledge not only from school lessons on our fully interactive exhibits. Worksheets on the topic will also be available.

Do you want to introduce children to the world powered by electricity in a fun way, but find it difficult with a board and textbooks? We offer you a unique opportunity to glimpse into the world of the most remarkable inventions and their creators in the industrial setting of the Little World of Technology U6. Tesla, Edison, and Diviš will literally come to life before the children and reveal even their dark secrets.

A modern classroom, breathtaking experiments with electrical energy, a race in electricity production, all this and much more is offered by the new educational program Little Inventor. Don’t hesitate and let your students experience Komenský's "school through play".

The experiential educational program taking place in the Living Normally exhibition at the World of Technology aims to convey the challenges of everyday life faced by people with disabilities to students. The goal is to provide visitors with an unconventional and experiential opportunity to engage with the world of individuals with health impairments. This includes not only physical disabilities but also mental health issues. In the interactive exhibition, students, under the guidance of a trained instructor, will experience what it is like to live with a disability. They will learn how to navigate in a wheelchair, how to orient themselves using touch, and what technical aids facilitate the lives of people with various disabilities. NOT AVAILABLE FOR VISITATION UNDER CITY GRANT.

Reservations can be made at the phone number: 601 571 441, Hana Švrčková

Let your students develop manual skills in our workshops!

They will learn about the properties of wood, the necessary tools, and the basics of safety.

The reward will be a handmade gift in the form of a kitchen board that they can take home.

With a bit of skill, there will also be time to decorate the wood using the burning technique.

The teacher or group leader always actively participates in the craft activities.

Humanity took several thousand years to map the entire globe.

Today's era offers modern navigation technologies. Students will learn about the advantages and disadvantages of using GPS navigation.

In a fun way, they will deepen their basic knowledge of using maps, become aware of recording map symbols and representing the terrain.

They will discover how to apply theoretical knowledge of orientation in practice.

The Roof Garden of the Great World of Technology is an interesting architectural achievement and complements the Nature exhibition of the Great World of Technology.

Participants in the program will be able to try various activities related to the garden in different parts of it and will be able to discover its advantages as well as potential pitfalls.

They will have the opportunity to work with their own smartphones or borrowed tablets directly in the garden and complete the prepared tasks.

Implemented with financial support from the Creative Learning Projects carried out in Dolní Vítkovice, project registration number: 0213000128

The program runs from April to September.

You might be thinking that saving for a dream holiday or a new

mobile phone and computer is almost impossible these days! But it is possible!

Thanks to the educational program, students will immerse themselves in the role of financial issues

of family life and learn how to manage and handle money and how to improve their financial budget.

Students will become familiar with the concepts of financial literacy.

The program was created in collaboration with ČSOB.

When we don't have a ruler at hand, let's not despair.

There are measuring tools that we always have at hand, but we may not even realize it.

Our own body has become a measure of length since ancient times.

Length is even one of the first physical quantities that humans began to use.

Thanks to the story of Emperor Metron II, students will become more familiar with derived units and measures of length as well as their practical applications.

The energy demands of humanity are constantly increasing, and therefore it is necessary to build power plants,

which are capable of producing a large volume of energy from a small amount of fuel.

Nuclear power plants meet these requirements.

In this educational program, students will actively learn not only about the principles of how a nuclear power plant works,

but also find out what radiation is, learn how to measure it, and discover how to protect themselves against it.

Pupils will solve chemical puzzles, conduct safe chemical reactions, and analyze chemical substances. They will find themselves in the role of young alchemists almost like at the court of Emperor Rudolf II, but to solve the task, they will use modern methods of analytical chemistry in a chemical laboratory.

* The program is primarily intended for pupils and students who are able to work with the standard school curriculum without significant specialized pedagogical support.

Praseodymium, Vanadium, K–Potassium, Yttrium are representatives of a large group of elements that govern our world.

Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev arranged them into a universal catalog of everything in the universe, now known as the Periodic Table of Elements.

Students will learn to navigate, recognize individual groups of elements including their representatives, and also to identify their symbols, properties, and uses through various activities and experiments.

Robots are now everywhere around us.

Often we are not even aware of how many things they make easier for us and what all they do.

The educational program will expand students' knowledge in the field of robotics – they will realize what a robot actually is and how it works.

They will learn where they can encounter robots.

In the practical part of the lesson, they will attempt to build their own robot from Lego and also try to program it.

They will intuitively learn the basics of algorithmization.

* The program is primarily intended for students who are able to work with the standard school curriculum without significant specialized pedagogical support.

In the form of an adventurous expedition, students will take on the role of sailors searching for a ferromagnetic treasure.

Along the way, they will explore the properties of magnetic fields, get acquainted with various magnets, and use their attractive and repulsive forces to create levitation.

0% magic and 100% magnets.

Not only in many legends and myths do ciphers and great secrets appear.

People have been puzzling over how to conceal some messages and break others since ancient times.

Students will learn about the history of message concealment and various types of ciphers based on mathematical skills.

In a fun way, they will learn to encode and break the secrets of different ciphers.

They will reflect on ensuring the security of information transmission from both historical and contemporary perspectives.

Chance and probability accompany our everyday lives.

Can they be predicted, influenced, or calculated? Students will get acquainted with a standard die and uncover its properties.

They will learn about the probability of their success and also that random trials exhibit certain laws and regularities.

Discover the magic of a drop of water. Water is a small miracle that surrounds us everywhere. But what secrets does a drop of water hold and how does it look under a microscope? During the program, students will dive into the world of water, try simple experiments, and find out what water can do. Together, they will discover how ice turns into water, water into steam, and how rain is born from steam. Melting, evaporation, condensation, and the formation of precipitation will become not just theory, but fun experiments. Students will experience firsthand the processes that make the water cycle in nature work and learn why water is crucial for the life of the entire planet.

Innovated programme Building a City!

Cities are built over many years and have a sophisticated structure.

During this programme, students will take on the roles of architects and try to design a city!

Projecting a city for decades ahead requires careful consideration. Planning a city cannot be done by just one person; it requires many experts.

Children, in the roles of architects, will learn to communicate with each other and will also have the space to creatively express their ideas.

Implemented with financial support from Creative Learning Projects carried out in Dolní Vítkovice, project registration number: 0213000128