Interesting facts about studying at school. Interesting scientific facts for children

20 interesting facts about everything.

1. In 1890 figurines of the sage Fukurum were brought from Japan to Russia. Now they are better known as matryoshka.

1. The only number that is twice the sum of its constituent digits is 18.

1. Until 1600, watches had only one hand - the hour hand.

1. In June 1963, British tennis player Michael Sangster hit the ball at 247 km/h. This is the most powerful serve ever recorded.

I would not want to be on the same court with him.)))

1. Banana is a berry.

1. When we look at the furthest of visible stars, we are looking at 4 billion years in the past. Light from it, propagating at a speed of almost 300,000 km. Per second, reaches us only after this time. Here's to you special theory relativity.

1. Can't sneeze with open eyes. You can check it out!

1. Flamingos do not turn pink from birth, but because of a special diet. They eat blue-green algae, which turn pink during digestion. Here is the morning bird
2. Lightning travels so fast that it can circle the globe eight times in a second.

1. Humans and elephants are the only creatures that react emotionally to the remains of their own kind.

1. If you fill a teaspoon with the substance of which neutron stars, then its weight will be approximately 110 million tons.

1. The thickest newspaper ever released - in America (New York Times) dated October 17, 1965, weighed almost 3.5 kilograms, it had 945 pages.

1. Apple pits contain cyogenic glycosides. 50-60 grams of these seeds can lead to severe poisoning of an adult.

1. Most tropical fish can survive if instead of water they are placed in an aquarium filled with blood, since blood is as close as possible to sea water in its composition.

1. The human eye is so sensitive that if you sit on the top of a mountain on a moonless night, you can detect a burning match from a distance of 80 km.

1. With an ordinary pencil, you can draw a line of 55 km.

1. Everyone knows the phrase of Julius Caesar: “I came, I saw, I conquered!”, but they don’t know that this expression referred to Turkey.

1. One good ballpoint pen can write about 50,000 words.
2. Redwood bark is refractory. If a fire breaks out in a forest where redwood species grow, the fire spreads inside the trunk.

(To be continued….)

School years are always remembered with a smile on their face, as well as exciting stories. School is the place where children spend most of his time. Today we have selected for you the most amazing and interesting facts about the school, as well as schoolchildren.

1. The words "School" from Greek means "Skole", and is translated as "leisure". AT Ancient Greece there was practically no respect for teachers, they were simple slaves who had to look after the children and people believed that they were not capable of doing other work.

2. The first school in Russia was created by Peter the Great. Only boys were allowed to study there.

3. In 133 countries, the school year starts on September 1st, another 43 countries have made school attendance for children on January 1st, and the children of another 16 countries go to school in the month of March.

4. Most ancient school in the world is considered the Muslim University Karaouin, which is located in Palestine.

6. Thanks school lessons well-known puzzles appeared. This mosaic was needed for geography lessons, where children had to find an image of Europe among the pieces of a map.

7. Alumni reunions were "born" in Germany.

8. In Chinese schools, students must conduct a warm-up from junior to senior classes. Also, children are required to massage their face 2 times a day. To restore strength, teachers allow children to sleep during breaks.

9. The longest lesson lasted about 54 hours, it all happened in Australia.

10. In the Czech Republic, 1 is the best grade, and the worst is 5.

11. In Norway, students up to the 8th grade are not graded by teachers.

12. There are no canteens in Japanese schools, so students and teachers eat together in class.

13. In China, schoolchildren are not forbidden to eat broth and rice at their desks.

14. Only male audiences work in Japanese schools.

15. The world's first school was built in Sydney in English for birds - parrots.

16. Interestingly, Sylvester Stallone changed schools more than 10 times, as he was often kicked out for his behavior and studies.

17. On average, students in America spend about 12,000 hours studying.

18. In Finland, students are allowed not to go to the blackboard if they don't want to.

19. The UK is the first country to wear a school uniform.

20. In Germany school break last longer than in Russia.

21. In Japan, students in the classroom write only with pencils, they do not use pens.

22. Every student in Japan has their own number.

23. Spain has special school for night butterflies.

24. 4 years is the age at which you can attend school in India.

25. In the Soviet Union in schools from 1968 to 1985, students did not receive silver medals.

What associations does the word “school” evoke in you? Lessons, teachers, knowledge, discipline? The noun has Greek roots, and the word originally meant leisure. This is just one interesting fact about the educational institution and teachers, and there are dozens, if not hundreds of them. AT different countries- different traditions, and not everywhere Knowledge Day falls on September 1, and the academic year consists of 4 quarters.

Not September 1st

We are used to the fact that on September 1, children in Russia go to school. Academic year on the first day of autumn begins as early as 121 states. In 43 countries, students sit down at their desks from January 1 - just in time for New Year. The Finns and Swedes start classes on August 15, and the Scots on August 23-25.

Another interesting fact is the floating schedule in Italy. Here, each region independently determines the start date of classes, focusing on climatic conditions in the region. AT southern regions where it is especially hot summer vacation last a week longer, on the days of the February carnival and Easter holidays, students also have a rest. In total, 6 months remain for study.

Teachers are slaves

It will be interesting for schoolchildren to learn that in ancient Greece slave teachers were assigned to children. Their duties included driving and taking the kids to school, watching how they do their homework, educating and even punishing. Parents endowed teachers with broad powers - this is a fact.

They were called slaves because the word is translated from Greek as "leading child." And the owners, to whom they belonged, freed them from any other work, except for looking after schoolchildren.

Happiness lessons, surfing and facial massage

These unusual items teaching in different countries of the world. In Japan in curriculum included "Admiring nature". At the lessons, students are taught to contemplate the natural beauty, love it and not pass by.

Classes are held on the ground - outside the walls of educational institutions. Students must observe and notice the features of the development and interaction of nature, birds, animals. At the end of the year, they will have to take an exam in the subject.

An equally interesting discipline is the lesson of happiness. It is still included in the schedule of one institution in Heidelberg. The teacher teaches teenagers how to become happy, find harmony with themselves and others. Exams are not provided, but by the end of the year, each student implements his own project of happiness. It can be a video about kindness, charitable help or another matter. One of the conditions of the project is a fait accompli at the core.

Australians are considered the best surfers on the planet for a reason - they are taught the art of surfing from the first grade.

The Chinese always do exercises and facial massage during the day. Their day is scheduled from morning to evening - after classes visit extra classes, a physical exercise and massage techniques help relieve fatigue, maintain muscle tone. weekly load on elementary grades is 42 hours, for high school students it increases to 70 hours.

Without canteens

Not every Chinese educational institution has a canteen, so students often eat at their desks. The teacher also has a snack between classes at the desk. Lunch for teachers - at the expense of the institution. It includes rice, broth, vegetable and meat dish. It is delivered in special trays.

Lunch falls on a big break - it lasts 60 minutes. This time is enough for the children to eat, stretch their legs, and talk to each other. In elementary grades, after the break, 5 minutes are given for sleep. Children willingly fall asleep, but wake up reluctantly - teachers have to wake them up for a long time.

Beer for dinner

An interesting trend is observed in Belgium. Local brewers brew special table beer. It contains no more than 1.5% alcohol, and the drink is intended to be washed down with food.

The said beer used to be served for lunch in school canteens - this continued until 1970. Then cola and other carbonated drinks forced it out.

Meanwhile, for the return of intoxicating drink in the diet of students every year stands up for everything more Belgians is a fact. They believe that beer is healthier than cola.

With a lesson assistant

Finnish education is considered one of the best in the world because it is individualized, i.e. based on the needs of the students and the equality of the teacher and students.

In local institutions, children are not called to the blackboard, they are not forced to retell the learned material. But each teacher has an assistant - the position was officially introduced back in the 80s of the last century.

The teacher tells new topic, and then gives the task to the students and helps them to complete it. The assistant teacher does the same. The purpose of the assistant is to interest the listener in the subject, to support and stimulate to independent work over the topic.

Ratings vary

There are no exams in Finland, and control assessment is carried out at the discretion of the teacher. And the usual grading systems on a 5-point scale are not used everywhere.

In France, knowledge is assessed on a 20-point system, and top scores students receive in exceptional cases.

In Chinese educational institutions the system is even more complicated - 100-point. At the same time, scores below 60 are considered failures.

In the Czech Republic, "one" is considered the highest mark, and "five" - ​​the lowest. A funny fact, especially if the Czech accidentally ends up in Russian school and the subject will answer "excellent".

Norwegian students are the luckiest - they don't get any grades until grade 8.

floating training

There are floating knowledge centers in Bangladesh - there are more than a hundred of them. Boating training is a humanitarian initiative of the architect Mohammed Rezvan. AT adolescence He is at own experience experienced transport hardships and their consequences, so he decided to help teenagers living in remote areas.

Floods often occur in Bangladesh, because of which children cannot reach the center and miss classes. Rezvan designed educational institutions on boats equipped with classrooms, a library, Internet access, and a waterproof roof. They work on solar panels.

During periods of flooding, floating centers go to children from distant areas, take them on board, and after the lessons are over, they deliver them back. In total, 88,000 families use the service.

By cable car

It is hard to imagine that in the 21st century someone gets to classes in cable car or stairs over a steep cliff. However, it is. In the tropical jungle of Colombia, near Bogotá, schoolchildren cross a precipice by cable car.

Steel cables are laid over the gorge at a height of 400 meters and move children from one side to the other at a speed of 80 km/h. For braking, adolescents use wooden slingshots, and younger brothers and sisters are transported in bags.

It is even worse for children from the Chinese mountain village of Zhangjiajie. They descend into the valley by wooden ladders fixed on steep rocky slopes. 100 students walk this road to study day after day, and climb back up, trying not to look down.

There is also a safe route, but it takes 4 hours in one and the same in reverse side. For almost 10 years, the local population has been trying to build a road, but they have been refused. The cost of the work is estimated at $ 16 million - for the infrastructure of a sparsely populated village, this is, according to the provincial authorities, an expensive project.

The cult of exams

Koreans are sure that the goal can be achieved with diligence and knowledge - in this state there is a cult of exams. Good test scores are a pass to a dream university and a high social status graduate.

On the days when exams are held, silence reigns in and around educational institutions, the movement of cars stops, and the police patrol the neighborhoods nearby. Shops and banks open later than usual on such days, and sometimes, by order of the government, aircraft routes are adjusted so that they do not fly over school buildings and do not create noise.

Another one unusual tradition South Korea- at the end of the lessons, the students do not disperse, but clean the class together. Sort of a Saturday.

Subbotniks

School tsarist Russia Subbotniks for children were also arranged. An interesting fact is that it was not the cleaning of classrooms and street areas that was called a subbotnik, but a collective flogging.

It was organized at the end of the school week - usually on Saturdays. Hence the name. Teachers flogged students not for specific offenses, but for "educational purposes", for prevention.

Losers were punished for failures by flogging, but it was carried out every 1st day. Hence the expression "pour in the first number."

Famous ignoramuses

It is possible that Albert Einstein also got it in his time. The famous mathematician could not enter the school in Zurich because he failed the exams in botany and French. The director advised the applicant to return to school and get a matriculation certificate.

Charles Dickens and Mark Twain never received a secondary education, which did not prevent both of them from becoming famous writers. And the American inventor Thomas Edison studied for only 3 months. After the teacher called him stupid, his mother took the future genius from school, and he was homeschooled.

Eternal holiday

No grades, comments, schedules, homework - a continuous holiday and the opportunity to do what you want. Not training, but a dream. This dream has a specific address - it works in Toronto.

Alpha School opened in Canada in 1972 and is very popular. Classes in it are formed according to interests, students themselves determine how to build a day and what classes to attend. Here they study traditional disciplines, cooking, photography, philosophy and much more.

Teachers observe the process, but do not interfere. In case of conflicts, a committee is assembled, which includes schoolchildren and teachers. Representatives of both sides argue their position, and the commission jointly seeks a compromise solution that will suit everyone.

The main achievement of the experimental educational institution – high level knowledge of graduates. So self-discipline and self-management is a powerful incentive to “bite the edge of science” and do it successfully.

Research results international program according to the PISA assessment of the quality of education showed that the level of secondary education in Russia is rapidly falling. In 2000, our country ranked 25th, missing the average of 33 points. And in 2012, it dropped to 34th place (more recent data for 2015 will be known only at the end of 2016). What happened, because Soviet time is our school education was one of the strongest. Perhaps 10 facts about schoolchildren in Russia will shed light on this problem.

Fact #1

In our country is still used five-point system assessment of students' knowledge. Despite the fact that the government tried to introduce a three-, eight-, ten- and even twelve-point system, they nevertheless decided to return to the traditional one. In some regions of our country, a four-point assessment is used - they simply decided to remove one there. And for example, in Belarus they use a ten-point system, in Ukraine - a twelve-point system. Only here 11 and 12 points are put there very rarely. In Germany, one is considered the highest mark.

Fact #2

According to the order of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation of January 1, 2015, all school textbooks must have an electronic version. Agree, this is very convenient, given that almost every student now has a tablet or smartphone. And the economic benefits here are obvious - in most regions of Russia, schools are not able to provide each child with the necessary set of textbooks. But the presence of just one gadget will solve the problem for the entire time of training. You do not have to buy textbooks, you can download their free electronic versions. Thus, the tablet will pay off in about a year, and in some cases even earlier. Yes, and the portfolio will weigh much less if, instead of three to five textbooks, one gadget containing all school literature is put in it.

Fact #3

Most children in Russia study six days a week. On a five-day week there are only, as a rule, primary classes. How often children will attend school each educational institution sets at its own discretion or at common decision parents. High school students can also be transferred to a five-day week, but then the lessons that were scheduled for Saturday are “scattered” during the week. Thus, the school day is increased by a couple of hours. What is better - six days or 10 lessons a day - the question is still debatable.

Fact #4

Physical education lessons in schools are planned to be made more interesting and varied. The Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation is considering the possibility of introducing new standards, courses and programs with the involvement of professional trainers. So soon figure skating, athletics, table tennis will appear in schools, rhythmic gymnastics and much more. The child will be able to choose a sports direction according to his interests, so he will not have the desire to shirk and take releases. For example, eleven schools Chelyabinsk region in physical education lessons, the children will learn how to play golf. To do this, we have already brought all the inventory. Who knows, maybe soon boxing will be introduced into the compulsory school curriculum.

Fact #5

At modern schoolchildren There is a huge selection of briefcases and backpacks different colors and forms, stationery, gadgets, they have the Internet, after all, which can greatly help in their studies. Opportunities in education and self-education are now almost limitless. Previously, all this was not and no one was specially engaged, but the level of education was higher than now ...

Fact #6

For more than twenty years after the collapse of the Union, students dressed for school in all sorts of ways. And from September 1, 2103, the mandatory form returned. The truth is not the same for everyone, as it was in the USSR, but each school has its own. Decides what kind of leadership she will be educational institution with the parent committee. Moreover, the obligation to wear it himself appearance forms must be prescribed in the charter and agreed with the school's self-government bodies. At the same time, expelling from lessons if the student is not dressed appropriately is a violation of the constitutional rights of a citizen of the Russian Federation.

Fact #7

Fact #8

The exam is scolded a lot. But, as practice shows, if you honestly study at school throughout the whole time, then a single State exam it will be very easy to pass. Only under study is meant not begging for an assessment, but the real acquisition of knowledge.

Fact #9

Since 2011, physical education has been held three times a week. The Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation is concerned about the general health of the future generation, which is why such attention is paid to this particular subject. Officials and parents, together with them, reasonably believe that if a child gets used to physical activity with early years, then it will be much easier for him already in adulthood. After all, sport not only develops good shape, but also increases self-confidence and one's strengths, affects, which is especially important for adolescents.

Fact #10

Absolutely every Russian school still has a library. Previously, queues lined up for textbooks. A book that contains a given work in literature was always taken by someone before you, and you had to look for it through acquaintances or in citywide reading rooms. Now it's not like that. School libraries increasingly closed. Any work can be found on the Internet, so it is not financially feasible for many schools to maintain a separate room with books now. Who knows, maybe they will still be reformatted into electronic ones and turned into some kind of Internet cafes?

If you have anything to add to this, complete list facts, write in the comments to this article. It will also be interesting to know your opinion on why the level of secondary education in Russia is rapidly falling.