The 'Internetsymposium' is a project set up by the teachers' network of the Onderwijscentrum (formerly known as IDO/VU), Amsterdam.
In the Internetsymposium 16-17 year students of several schools carry out a chemical experiment and set up a discussion about their research. The students will need 10 - 20 hours in this project.

Timeschedule:

 

 

 

Januaryintroduction / preparation
Februaryexperiment
Marchstudents make their first report, published on internet
Aprilinternet discussion; additional experiments
Maystudents write a scientific article, published on internet
Junean independent jury chooses the best research; 1st prize € 500
Novemberthe winning article is to be published in the 'Natuurwetenschap en Techniek' science magazine

 

 

 

 

Topics of the projects:
© 2001-2002: Diffusion of ions
© 2002-2003: Wich soap is better?
© 2003-2004: Cola and teeth
© 2004-2005: COOL!
© 2005-2006: Salty

© 2006-2007: Biofuels
© 2007-2008: Chocolate
© 2008-2009: Gastronomy
© 2009-2010: Fermentation
© 2019-2011: Icy!

 

GENERAL INFORMATION
about the Internetsymposium