Life Sciences Day for Schoolchildren
Every October Life Sciences Center and the Lithuanian Association of Biotechnologists organizes an event for schoolchildren - the Life Sciences Day. The speakers present various scientific lectures and discussions for schoolchildren.
The first event took place in 2020 and was done remotely, therefore schoolschildren from different parts of Lithuania was able participate.
Please follow our news at the beginning of autumn to find out about the upcoming programme and further details of the future Life Sciences Day.
Science Festival Spaceship Earth
Science festival Spaceship Earth is an annual event, organized since 2004 in the second week of September. The main aim of the festival is to foster scientific culture in society and to encourage schoolchildren to pursue careers in science. Over the years, it has become the largest science-promoting event in Lithuania, covering all fields of science.
Every year, the Life Sciences Center scientists actively participate in this festival, usually with interactive activities: tours, visits to research laboratories and practical activities.
Mobile Bioclass
The Mobile Bioclass is a mobile laboratory in Lithuania. It aims at promoting biosciences among schoolchildren and inspiring them to pursue careers in sciences. During the Bioclass, pupils get a chance to become scientists, work with real scientific instruments, familiarize themselves with up-to-date methods used in modern molecular biology and conduct hands-on experiments related to DNR in their classrooms.
The Mobile Bioclass is a joint project of the company Thermo Fisher Scientific Baltics and Vilnius University taking place since 2011. The Mobile Bioclass visited over a 100 schools in 70 cities of Lithuania.
Kaunas Fort VII – School for Natural and Exact Sciences
Collaboration with an informal, multifunctional children’s education centre Kauno tvirtovės VII fortas (Kaunas Fort VII) includes consultations for teachers and secondary school pupils on protein purification and chromatography techniques.
National Student Academy and Extramural School of Young Biochemists
The Life Sciences Center collaborates with the National Student Academy and the School of Young Biochemists. The National Student Academy is a public educational organization for gifted high school pupils from forms 9–12. The Extramural School of Young Biochemists also focuses on 9–12 form schoolchildren, who show particular interest in life sciences. The Extramural School of Young Biochemists was founded in 1978 and until now, more than 1,600 graduates have finished this school.
Through both distance learning and residential events, our scientists provide the pupils of both schools with knowledge in biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, microbiology, and biotechnology to popularize research and practical skills of students, who have ability to understand research design and conduct scientific research.