Day 2
Let's go for day two!
After the first day of traveling, on Tuesday we started the Erasmus actual work. We went to the German high school (Viscardi Gymnasium) for some welcome speeches and little ice-breaking games to get to know each other. We got our planning for the week, in groups of two and mingled with pupils of every nationality.
After that, it was time for the first workshop, the german one!
G E R M A N W O R K S H O P
It was divided into two parts, during the first half, a german student showed us one of his personal projects. It consists of little sensor boxes that he designed and programmed himself. They are composed of a sensors part and a communication part (made with an ESP chip) and are used to simplify the way we take measurements, by allowing us to access the measures on a web browser. He used a 3D printer to create the pieces he needed. We then proceeded to two simple experiments, light illuminance measurement and current flow measurements, to test and use these objects.
The second part was organized by two other students and a physics teacher. It was about measurements on a magnetic field created using electromagnets. The experiment was to create an electromagnet with just a copper wire rolled up around a cardboard cylinder and a power generator to send current through it. We used an ammeter to measure the current flowing through the wire, and our phone's magnetic sensor (using Phyphox) to measure the intensity of the field. We were then able to deduce a simplified relation from it, calculating the intensity of the magnetic field inside the cylinder, generated by the current flowing through the coil.
At noon, just before lunch, we saw a little demonstration of poetry from a poetry slam class; three students read texts they had written.
We ate at the school canteen (Mensa) and had a bit of free time before the afternoon activities.
In the afternoon, the German teachers and students took us for a walk through Fürstenfeldbruck.
We walked following the river (the Amper), we then visited the great baroque church of the monastery of Furstenfeld, which gave its name to the city, and ended up in the city center. A very cute main Street with colorful buildings. After a little period of time, we had to visit the different streets of the city center, we assembled at a restaurant called Marthabräu. It was a typical Bavarian eatery in which we got to taste specialties from the south of Germany. We had a great time and the food was delicious!
Finally, after several hours of walking in the afternoon and 45 more minutes to get back to the hotel, we were happy to go to sleep!