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News 8th PROJECT EPMEETING Thessaloniki 21-27 November 2006 Nikos Georgolios, Kosmas Touloumis

Experimental High School of University of Macedonia, Tessaloniki, Greek. The 8th EPMeeting took place in Thessaloniki, Greece, between 21 and 27 November 2006. The host school was the Experimental High School of University of Macedonia. The other contributing partners were Mustafa Ozkan Αnatolian High School, 3 teachers- 2 pupils (Incesu, Kayseri, Turkey), Bunyan Anatolian High School, 6 teachers - 4 pupils (Bunyan, Kayseri, Turkey) and Liceo Boggio Lera, 2 teachers-8 pupils (Catania, Italy). In the meeting also two German students were present (D. Bein and D. Pfaff) who had been declared winners of EPM Award 2005 best article. The meeting started with a small reception ceremony, organized by the host school, which involved a welcome speech by the Headmaster of the school, a brief music and folk dance program, and a tour of the school facilities. The main program started with the prize award of the two students. Then, as it is common, a lot of discussion has been spent on what has been done so far, after a presentation made by Italian pupils. The experiences and problems arisen so far had been presented by M. Zarfdjan and all the partners exchanged their opinions, in order to find the proper solutions. The main problems are the lack of STUDENTS AND TEACHERS AT THE FILIPPO’S ROYAL TOMB original articles, the poor

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communication between the editors and the referees and between the partners sometimes and finally the spreading of the magazine. All partners made proposals to eliminate or even lessen these problems. A summary of the decisions made is: 1) the strict application of the guidelines for authors, supervising teachers and referees, 2) the widening of subjects, 3) the dissemination of the magazine to even more schools, 4) the renewal of the EPM site, 5) the establishment of scheduled teleconferences among the partners, 6) the production of an interactive multimedia CD, 7) each issue will be printed by a different school, in rotation. Along the official sessions, the pupils presented also other interesting subjects. The Turkish pupils GREEK FOLK DANCE presented a technological application concerning the production of electricity in their country, famous scientists from their history, the educational system in Turkey and a brief history of Thessaloniki and Kemal’s house. Greek pupils presented the way the science lessons are taught in their country, the Ottoman monuments and the buildings made by Italian architects in Thessaloniki. On the parallel activities, all partners visited also the University of Macedonia, where the Rector Prof. E. Kouskouvelis, the Supervisor of the host school Prof. D. Goudiras and Prof. Triarhou welcomed them and delivered a talk about the University studies and activities. Then, they visited the house, where Kemal Attaturk was born and finally had a tour of the center of Thessaloniki. During the last day an excursion took place to Vergina, a famous VISIT AT THE archeological site, which was the capital of the Ancient Macedonians, UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA where, the royal tombs are placed. There, all partners had the opportunity to follow a guided tour about the history of Macedonia, as well. In the afternoon, there was the final session, where a summary of all the decisions was made by Italian pupils. The official program ended with the farewell dinner at a maritime restaurant in Kalamaria region, where all partners and all the teachers of the host school took part. All partners thanked the organizing

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