Aims

• Learn research skills through everyday things

• Learn to compare different times and perspectives, in the history, nowadays and in the future

• Learn to cooperate with others, social skills, language skills

• Learn to prepare intercultural material

Working methods

• Compare everyday life in history and nowadays (through products, food, hobbies, clothing, housing…)

• Analyze possible changes in nowadays life (future research)

• Work together, learning by doing

• Debating 

Programme Changing cities Finland 26.1. - 1.2.2025

Sun 26.1.2025 Arrival

Mon 27.1.2025 Day at school (auditorium)

at 10 - 12 official opening (auditorium)

ice breaking activities 

programme of the week

multinational teams start working

task for the whole week: Helsinki area city life in 2075

at 11.45 - 12.30 free lunch at school

at 12.30 - 13.15 excursions at school 

at 13.30 - 15.00 (auditorium)

working in teams, imaginary person 

presentations of pretasks: Different buildings in my town

lecture about Espoo history

at 15 - short meeting of teachers

Tue 28.1.2025 Excursion in Helsinki at 9-17 

at 8-9 guests follow their hosts’ lessons (by timetable) 

at 9.15 departure from school by public transport

sightseeing in Helsinki guided by Finnish students

lunch in Helsinki

working in teams in Central library Oodi

free time in Helsinki in the afternoon

Wed 29.1.2025 Excursion in Espoo at 9-17 

at 8.00 departure from school by public transport

at 9.00 - 11.00 Optimisation workshop in Aalto University  Junior (Otaniemi)

at 11.30 - 12.30 task in teams in Tapiola 

at 12.30 - 13.30 lunch in Tapiola

at 14.00 - 15.30 Kamu museum: workshop (Building a suburb)

at 15.45 departure back to school

Thu 30.1.2025 School life and nature in Espoo

at 8-11 guests follow their hosts’ lessons

at 11-12 lecture about Helsinki city planning and service design

at 12.00 free lunch at school

at 12.30 - 16/17 excursion to the forest (Oittaa) by public transport 

at 16/17 (the programme continues straight) programme at school organized by Karakallio school council pupils

Fri 31.1.2025 Last day at school

at 8-9 following hosts’ lessons

at 9-11 working in teams: finalizing the works

at 11-12 interactive feedback for teachers and students

at 12-12.30 free lunch at school

at 12.30 - 13.15 final ceremonies

Sat 1.2.2025 Goodbye and hope to see you again!