Natural Science and Technical Review 2026

Natural Science and Technical Review 2026

Natural Science and Technical Festival 2026

 

 

 

Natural Science and Technical Review 2026

General Provisions of the Natural Science and Technical Review

The purpose of the review is to present, summarize, encourage, and disseminate pedagogical experiences in organizing natural science courses: mathematics, information technology, programming education, and students’ technical creativity in general education.

During the review educators, students, and pupils present the work they have carried out in 2025 and during the review in these fields, along with the final results.

The Natural Science and Technical Review (hereinafter referred to as the review) is organized as an educational initiative of the pedagogical staff or student groups within the educational complex.

First Phase – Information Phase
January 7–14, 2026

During this phase, coordinators of school-kindergartens, middle school, research high school, and the college, together with their groups, organize information: they create their logo, postcards, announcements. It is essential to ensure that the information reaches every educator, student, and pupil’s parent. They prepare the application form, distribute the announcement, and allocate the tasks.

Second Phase – Submission and Preliminary Selection Phase
January 15–28, 2025

During this phase, participants wishing to join the review, fill out the designated application form. Works are submitted either electronically or physically. The coordinating team receives the applications and works, and selects the works to be presented in the third phase. The coordinating team ensures daily coverage of the festival on the branch’s website, making the selected materials available each day.

Third Phase – Educational Complex Phase
January 29 – February 9, 2025

Teachers of natural science, biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, programming, and staff of the technical creativity center select works from those chosen in the second phase. The selected works are presented daily on the natural science blog and the educational complex website.

Based on the summary of the festival works, the natural science subgroup decides the 2026 “Hakob Hakobyan” annual awardees:

  • Active preschool group
  • Active group of 5-year-olds
  • Active class of the “Fun of Knowledge - Imatsumi Hrchvank” program
  • 4th–6th grade students
  • 7th–9th grade students, high school and college students
  • Pedagogical staff

The awards are presented on February 13, 2025, during the Friday concert.

Review Content

Group 1 (up to 5 years old)

The purpose of this age group’s review is to study and categorize children’s toys at home and in the group.

Each pupil (with parental help) presents and talks about their play world:

  • What toys do they play with; who gave them; which are broken, and what happens to the broken toys, bicycles, slides, swings, etc.?
  • Toys they no longer need and do not know what to do with.
  • Sets of building blocks, models, mock-ups, robots collected with friends.
  • Computer games they play.

The presentation may be in the form of a film, cartoon, or story. The educator provides technical assistance to the pupil and parent.

The works are posted on the group’s (child’s) blog.

Each group presents the toys and games in the group:

  • What toys do they play with and their origin?
  • Which toys are broken and what happens to broken toys?
  • Toys that are no longer needed.
  • Wheeled toys.
  • How do children play?

The presentation may be in the form of a film, cartoon, commentary, or article. The educator prepares the work. The work is posted on the group blog, under the educational program, and in the Partez magazine.

Group 2 (5–6 years old)

The purpose of this age group’s review is to study and categorize children’s toys, including educational tools (magnifying glass, microscope, telescope, scale, stopwatch, thermometer, meter, compass, sports equipment, digital tools, household devices including water, gas, and electricity meters, plants, animals) at home and school.

Added to the previous group’s tasks:

  • How do they they use educational tools?
  • Which devices can they operate?
  • A story about the plant or animal they care for.

The presentation may be in the form of a film, cartoon, or story. The educator provides technical assistance. The works are posted on the child’s blog.

Group presentations also include:

  • How are educational tools applied in the group?
  • How do children work/play with them?

The presentation may be in the form of a film, cartoon, commentary, or article. The work is posted on the group blog, under the educational program, and in the Partez magazine.

Group 3 (6–8 years old, 1st–3rd grades)

Each student presents:

  • A favorite toy (when did they get it, from whom, how do they play?).
  • Their collected models, mock-ups, robots.
  • Toys that are broken or no longer needed.
  • Educational tools they own, including electronic.
  • Plant or animal they care for.
  • Household tools they can use.
  • Experiments they conducted.
  • Studies carried out with educational tools.
  • Favorite computer game.
  • Their blog.

The student prepares the work with parental assistance. The teacher provides technical help. Works are posted on the class blog.

Each class presents the educational tools in the classroom, their application in lessons, and cared-for plants and animals. The teacher prepares the work with students. The works are posted on the class blog.

Group 4 (4th–6th grades)

Students present their educational tools:

  • Digital educational tools.
  • Tools at home.
  • Travel accessories.
  • Application of any tool at home or during travel.
  • Models they created.
  • Plants and animals they care for.
  • Experiments they conducted.
  • Household tools they can use.
  • Their educational blog.
  • Games they have designed.
  • Results of chosen activities.
  • Favorite board game.

Students prepare the work. The teacher provides technical assistance. The work is posted on the student’s blog.

Each class presents the classroom educational tools, their use in lessons, and cared-for plants and animals. The natural science teacher prepares the work with students.

Group 5 (7th–12th grades, college)

Students present:

  • Digital educational tools.
  • Tools at home.
  • Experiments they conducted.
  • Educational project (research work).
  • Tools they created.
  • Models they created.
  • Household responsibilities.
  • Examples of using tools in unconventional ways.
  • Travel accessories.
  • Application of tools in the learning process.
  • Plants and animals they care for.
  • Blog.
  • Game they created.
  • Software, application they designed.
  • Use of artificial intelligence in learning.
  • Favorite computer game.

The student prepares the work and posts it on their blog. The presentation may be in the form of a film, cartoon, or story. Teachers provide technical assistance. Students working on educational projects present their students’ works on their blog in the form of films, cartoons, commentary, or articles.

Pedagogical Staff Presentation

Educators present on their blog:

  • New educational work, experiment, tool.
  • Care of tools in the lab, restoration of old tools.
  • Created digital package.
  • Module in any course.
  • Use of artificial intelligence in teaching.
  • Methodological article.
  • Translation.

The presentation may be in the form of a film, cartoon, commentary, or article.

Functions of Coordinators

Kindergarten School Coordinator:

  • Presents the review schedule to educators and teachers.
  • Forms a working group from 4th–6th graders.
  • Assists educators in presenting required works.
  • Helps 4th–6th grade students select, organize, and present materials.
  • Selects ten materials from the group and publishes them on the school website.
  • Sends selected works to the “natural scientists” and “mathematics” groups.
  • Provides a reasoned explanation to students who challenge why a work was not selected.

Middle and High School, College Coordinator:

  • Ensures each student is informed about the festival and schedule.
  • Selects a working group from students.
  • Selects ten materials from the group and publishes them on the middle school website.
  • Sends selected works to the “natural scientists” and “mathematics” groups.
  • Provides reasoned explanations for rejected works.

All teachers of natural sciences and mathematics familiarize themselves with the presented materials.

Within the festival, the organization and presentation of the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) educational field is implemented in the educational complex.

Presentations include:

  • Teaching mathematics without a blackboard – responsible: Lianna Hakobyan, mathematics subgroup, teachers.
  • Student-selected mathematics activities – responsible: activity leaders.
  • Natural science experiments in the “Imatsumi Hrzhvank” program – teachers present.
  • “Natural Science” course for 4th–5th grades – responsible: Iveta Janazyan, Anna Tamrazyan, Shushan Aleksanyan, Anzhela Bleyan.
  • 6th grade “Natural Science” course in modules – responsible: Iveta Janazyan, Anzhela Bleyan, Shushan Aleksanyan, Gayane Khachatryan.
  • Teaching biology with practical work – responsible: Hasmik Uzunyan, Anush Asatryan.
  • Teaching chemistry based on experiments – responsible: Emma Ayvazyan, Venera Kharatyan.
  • Teaching physics based on experiments – responsible: Gayan Mkhitaryan, Nune Temuryan, Lilit Tonoyan, Gohar Iskandaryan.
  • Interdisciplinary projects – “Reviving old tools” project – responsible: Gohar Iskandaryan, Lilit Tonoyan.

Review Coordinator – Gevorg Hakobyan.

Eastern School-Kindergarten: Iveta Janazyan, Gohar Hovhannisyan, Anna Petrosyan, and student group.
Western School-Kindergarten: Shushan Aleksanyan, Ani Grigoryan, and student group.
Southern School-Kindergarten: Anna Tamrazyan, Anahit Harutyunyan, and student group.
Northern School-Kindergarten: Anzhela Bleyan, Shoghik Zeynalyan, and student group.
Middle School: Hasmik Uzunyan, Emma Ayvazyan, Nune Temuryan, Karine Kharatyan, and student group.
Research High School: Anush Asatryan, Venera Kharatyan, Gohar Iskandaryan, Menua Harutyunyan, Arman Yengibaryan, and student group.
College: Elena Ohanyan, Nelly Geghamyan, Tatev Arzumanyan, Gegham Khachatryan, and student group.

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