Tour: Denmark & Sweden STEM Destination: Denmark & Sweden Itinerary: 5 days /4 nights in destination (by air)

Denmark and Sweden STEM Day Morning Afternoon Evening

1 Travel to Copenhagen, transfer to hostel, Visions Welcome and

Safety meeting

Free time to enjoy Copenhagen at leisure – Tivoli Gardens (extra charge); dinner at hostel

2 Transfer to Helsingor to Danish Museum of Science and Technology (Teknis Museum)

Ferry to Helsingborg (Sweden) and onward to Älmhult. Dinner at IKEA

3 IKEA Museum (with Masterclass) Transfer to Malmö

4 Vattenhallen Science Center (inc. workshops)

Malmö Chocolate Factory

Transfer via Öresund Bridge back to Denmark; dinner at hostel

5 Copenhagen – free time Depart for UK

As with all sample itineraries, please be aware that this is an “example” of a schedule and that the activities included may be variable dependent upon dates, weather, special requests and other factors. Itineraries will be confirmed prior to travel.

Day 1 Dinner at hostel included

Travel to the capital city of Denmark – beautiful Copenhagen. Upon arrival, transfer to the hotel for your Visions’ safety briefing before heading out to explore the city under your own steam. Perhaps visit the Tivoli Gardens amusement park (entrance fee not included in standard pricing) or enjoy a cycling tour of the city (additional fees apply). There are free of charge walking tours within the city which you may also consider. Dinner at the hostel is included this evening. Sample Hotel: DanHostel Copenhagen City or similar Danhostel Copenhagen City is located in the heart of Copenhagen by Langebro and Copenhagen Harbour Baths – a few minutes' walk from City Hall Square, the Central Station, Strøget and Tivoli Gardens. Students will sleep in multi-bedded rooms and staff in twin occupancy rooms. Breakfast is Scandinavian style and is taken at the hotel.

Copenhagen - Denmark’s capital, sits on the coastal islands of Zealand and Amager. It’s linked to Malmo in southern Sweden by the Öresund Bridge. Indre By, the city's historic center, contains Frederiksstaden, an 18th-century rococo district, home to the royal family’s Amalienborg Palace. Nearby is Christiansborg Palace and the Renaissance-era Rosenborg Castle, surrounded by gardens and home to the crown jewels.

For hundreds of years, the Danes were an unstoppable force of warriors, explorers and settlers – uniting Scandinavia, discovering America and bringing terror to the shores of Europe. Today Copenhagen’s history of fire and bloody battles lies hidden behind picturesque streets and colourful harbours.

Expert local guides can walk you through the history of this fascinating city, from its days of conquest, to how it became the culturally rich and hip destination that many know and love. You’ll also learn what makes Copenhagen the happiest city in the world!

This activity includes:

Copenhagen Town Hall Tivoli Gardens Danish Royal Palace The Marble Church Picturesque Nyhavn harbour Hans Christian Andersen Absalon - the warrior bishop Strøget shopping mile Nytorv and Gammeltorv Kongens Nytorv Danish Parliament The Royal Danish Theater Copenhagen Opera House ...and much more!

Tivoli Gardens amusement park in Copenhagen is a must for all visitors to the city, young and old. Tivoli is located just a few minutes’ walk from City Hall, and with the Copenhagen Central Station as its nearest neighbour it is very easy to get to.

Tivoli Gardens was founded in 1843 and has become a national treasure and an international attraction. Fairy tale writer Hans Christian Andersen visited many times, as did Walt Disney who even found the inspiration to his own Disney World here.

Part of Tivoli Gardens' secret is that there is something for everyone. The scenery is beautiful with exotic architecture, historic buildings and lush gardens. At night, thousands of coloured lights create a fairy tale atmosphere that is completely unique.

Day 2 – Our STEM exploration begins Breakfast & packed lunch included; dinner at Ikea

After breakfast at our hotel, we’ll have an early transfer for our first STEM experience at the Danish Museum of Science and Technology Danmarks Tekniske Museum – The Danish Museum of Science & Technology is a museum for everyone. From the first childlike fascination with technology and machines, through the contemporary critical view on technology and everyday life, to the nerdy insight into mechanics and function. At the museum you can explore a breathtaking collection and unique narratives, from significant technical inventions to the notion of what may await in the future.

This self-guided exploration includes a number of exhibitions for your students to experience. NEXT LEVEL – a world of video games – in 2018, the Danes spent more time playing video games than reading print media. Video games have gone from being a niche technology for teenagers to a central part of daily life with plenty of adventures, victories and defeat. In the Next Level exhibition, visitors take a journey through 57 years of video game history – from the first Danish video game to one of the trophies won by the successful Danish Esports team Astralis.

10 DAYS IN SPACE - 2 million horsepower were required to send Andreas Mogensen into space. After 10 weightless days, he returned to Earth at 28,000 km per hour! It doesn’t get much bigger than that.

Now you can join his journey into space, by visiting the exhibition 10 DAYS IN SPACE. Come up close and personal with Andreas Mogensen’s fascinating space capsule, which sent him into space as the first Danish astronaut. See what it’s like to be an astronaut and experience how exhilarating it is to land in a space capsule.

Smartphonemania – This exhibition is about communication and how technological objects influence the way in which we socialise with each other. By exploring the history of the smartphone, your students will gain an insight into the different developments and innovations that have made these devices possible and so popular. Questions this exhibition raises include:

How does technology influence our lives?

What are the consequences of billions of people being connected via mobile devices?

What kinds of opportunities do these devices give us in terms of how we express ourselves, seek information and entertain ourselves

How do they affect the world and our society in the future

The History of Denmark in Miniature - The model railway is made through a collaboration between the museum and a group of volunteers, who have now been working on the model for ten years. The build has now come so far that the Danish industrial history from 1847 up to 1960 can be displayed. You can, among other things, see Denmark's first railway between Copenhagen and Roskilde, a helicopter experiment by the Danish inventor Ellehammer, Novo Nordisk's first insulin factory and Ford's assembly plant from 1924.

The exhibition is constructed in a manner that makes the model railway able to truly show itself in the best way possible. The light shifts between day and night, and in the ceiling, you can admire a selection of the museum's collection of model planes. You can also experience the finest model trains from the museum's collection – among these, the famous “Crocodile” that Märklin produced during the interwar period. The Crocodile is regarded as one of the finest models of a train that has ever been produced, and it is a very popular collector's item.

The volunteers are still working on the model railway, and every Saturday the workshop is open, and you can see the volunteers' progress and have a chat about trains, railways and buildings.

Industry: From Crafts to Robots – this exhibition details some of the decisive moments throughout Danish development to industrial society: from the time where everything was made by craftsmen, through early industrialisation and the post-war period to contemporary automation where robots play a huge role.

JCH Ellehammer - Jacob Christian Hansen Ellehammer (1871-1946) is Denmark's most famous inventor. He was granted 59 Danish patents and worked with a range of different things such as aviation, engines, boats for the amusement park Tivoli, firefighting and entertainment devices. His last patent was for a knife intended for cutting up slaughtered pigs.

In the exhibition you can experience Ellehammer's plane with folding wings, his helicopter with two rotors, a model of the system Extrico - which was used for saving cows, a collar that prevents strangulation from behind, radial engines, the pump that can transform a Ford T into a fire fighting vehicle and much more.

Some of Ellehammer's inventions became commercial successes, others were only an idea on a piece of paper. He is best known for his aviation experiments in 1906, however, it was his firefighting equipment that laid the groundwork for the company Ellehammer A/S which still exists today.

Flying High – from fantasy to real planes – this exhibition tells the fantastic story of the invention of flying and the breakthrough of technology. From the very first myths and dreams about aviation to the commercial airliners that became reality during the inter-war period. Today, aviation is regarded as natural part of all of our lives and many people were surprised that an Icelandic ash cloud could have such a devastating impact on global travel. Next is On Land and into the Air which is a unique collection of motor vehicles as well as aircraft (both powered and gliders) which can be explored at leisure.

100 Years of Danish Inventions contains both prototypes that later became worldwide industrial successes along with what could only be described as some less brilliant ideas. One of the most successful inventions from Denmark is the ubiquitous Lego Brick. LEGO was founded in 1932 by Ole Kirk Christiansen and in the beginning the company produced wooden toys. The company's great breakthrough came when they began making plastic bricks. In 1958, LEGO patented a new brick with tubes inside, which made it much more stable. This new LEGO brick system was quite unique and made it possible to build both the most fantastic and realistic creations.

The LEGO name is made up of the Danish words LEg (play) GOdt (good). In Latin, lego means “I collect/I put together” which also suits the brand very well. Today, LEGO is also famous for their amusement parks. In 1968, the first Legoland in Billund opened. Since then parks have opened in many different countries such as England, USA, Malaysia, Dubai and Germany.

Home Sweet Home tells the story about the arrival of technology in the homes, spare time and private life. It's about how radio and television brought the whole world into the living rooms where everybody gathered around the magic screen. Later everybody sought privacy in separate rooms with their own computers and favourite tv show. The exhibition also shows how technological everyday miracles such as the vacuum cleaner, electric cooker and the electric washing machine have relieved us from a lot of hard work, but which have also set new standards for a clean indoor environment and for how efficient we can be.

The exhibition gives you the opportunity to look at these marvellous objects with both amusement and nostalgia. Many of the objects in this exhibition were once indispensable aids but have been discarded for new technology and placed in attics or thrown to the scrapyard. You can also see funny old commercials and find surprises in the exhibition's super modern kitchen from 1962. When it's time for a rest, you can put your feet up in the 60's living room and watch a new years’ special from 1964 on the living room's television cabinet.

After exploring the Tekniske Museum, board your coach for the short journey to the port from where we’ll board our ferry to Sweden. On disembarkation we’ll head towards Älmhult – a small Swedish town home to one of the largest brands in the world that is globally recognised – IKEA!

Upon arrival we’ll check into the IKEA Hotell for dinner.

Hotel: IKEA Hotell

Students at the IKEA Hotell will stay in family rooms with 2 sets of bunkbeds whilst staff will stay in cabin rooms (2 single rooms share a bathroom).

Day 3 – IKEA Breakfast included; lunch & dinner on own

After breakfast at the IKEA Hotell, wander to the home of some wonderfully innovative furniture solutions – the IKEA Museum. Here, iconic products such as the Billy bookshelf and Klippan sofa — the two most-produced IKEA items ever — have dedicated installations, while a series of period rooms is filled with IKEA furniture and accessories from specific decades.

The main exhibition at the museum is divided into three themes: our roots, our story and your stories:

Our Roots explores everyday life in 19th-century Småland and the childhood of IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad.

Our Story documents the ideas, solutions, successes and failures that have occurred since IKEA

began in 1958, and Your Stories presents the homes of customers and how they have used iconic products.

Enjoy two additional workshops with your students at the museum: Better Together – your students will work together to solve a design problem and learn to work in

the Ikea way – dare to make mistakes, learn from each other and bring out the creative power in each individual

Small Space Living – your students will be the interior designer of the future working together to develop clever new solutions for everyday life in small space living

After experiencing the best of Ikea, we’ll board the coach again for the journey towards the Malmö area.

Sample hostel: STF Malmö City Hostel or similar Students will be accommodated in multi-bedded rooms and staff in twin occupancy rooms. Toilets and showers are in the corridor. Breakfast is included and the hostel is a cashless environment.

Day 4 – Malmö & Lund Breakfast & dinner; lunch on own

Today’s adventure takes us to the Vattenhallen Science Center where the staff plan your inspirational visit by selecting from a range of activities in conjunction with your school staff. These include:

Astronomy – across the dome of the planetarium, we show your students a simulation of our universe that is based on astrophysical data from the world’s land and space-based telescopes. You’re welcome to meet an astronomer from the Department of Astronomy and Theoretical Physics where you can discuss astrophysical phenomena such as the size of the universe, star and planet formation, star life cycles and observational techniques. Visitors are always encouraged to question things during their visit as this often steers discussion towards the knowledge and interest level of your individual group.

Energy, sustainability & water - The visit includes two station exercises and a guided tour of our energy experiments. The station exercises entail a laboratory session using our climate chamber and wind turbine. Sensors in the climate chamber measure the levels of oxygen, carbon dioxide, heat and humidity. By taking different measurements and comparing the results, for example, human subject and light bulb, the energy in a human body is calculated. At the station, discussion also focuses on metabolism and the connection with photosynthesis.

The exercise with the wind turbine tests the energy effects of the number of blades, their shapes and angles. The pupils will also make calculations on the conversion of chemical energy to electrical energy, using our pedal bikes.

Thermal camera exercises are carried out in small groups. The pupils uses hand-held cameras to take different measurements. We summarise and discuss the results.

At our water experimental station, the pupils purify drinking water by following the water through all the stages from seawater – through the purification plant – to the water we drink. They calculate energy

conversions and the Archimedes principle and talk about concepts such as potential- and kinetic energy, chemical precipitation and biodegradation in order to give the pupils an understanding of water’s significance.

The pupils also get the opportunity to analyse and discuss abiotic factors that affect the quality of water. They carry out pH measurements on various solutions, both digitally and using pH indicators.

After the laboratory sessions, they compile, compare and check the results in order to then draw their own conclusions. The scientific working method is practiced while the pupils’ ability to analyse and comprehend is developed.

Construction - We use ForcePad software to give the pupils an introduction to strength. Thereafter, they build bridges or aircrafts using the construction material, 4DFrame, and test the strength of the bridges or aircraft in practice.

We challenge the pupils’ problem-solving abilities as they construct their own machines, more advanced constructions, that can move with the wind and in which several moving parts can transfer motion to other functions. These exercises give the pupils the chance to develop their abilities in mechanics.

We discuss and analyse the constructions in the group and with the supervisor.

Life Science - The pupils receive a short introduction and guidance through the exhibitions ESS & MAX IV, Medicon Alley and The Digestive System. After the introduction, the pupils can experiment and learn more about the exhibitions by exploring on their own.

Max IV & ESS can be described as two giant microscopes – but much better. ESS & MAX IV use neutrons and synchrotron light respectively to look inside the body and material’s smallest component parts such as cells and proteins. At the experiment stations, where ping-pong balls, iron balls and golf balls represent electrons, protons and neutrons, we can release electrons in the cannon, compete for the best time on the linear accelerator, shoot protons in the spallation experiment and tickle electrons in the storage ring.

Through these interactive experiments, you can get a feel for, and an insight into, current and future research at two of the most advanced material research facilities in the world.

Medicon Alley is an exhibition that lets you see inside the human body with an increasing degree of detail. Today we can discover diseases at an earlier stage and treat them with greater precision. The aim of the Medicon Alley exhibition is to provide a fun and inspiring way to show how ingeniously the latest technology can be used to prevent and cure diseases. You can check out what various medical techniques entail by trying ultrasound, keyhole surgery operations or ECG. You can also get a sense of how the inside of the body is viewed using current medical technology or try out equipment used at a healthcare clinic.

The climate chamber is used to describe cell respiration in a concrete way. You crawl inside the climate chamber and can experience what happens in the world of the air molecules. The climate chamber registers temperature, humidity, oxygen content and carbon dioxide content, over time. You then take measurements showing how the temperature changes over time, in order to calculate the specific heat capacity of the chamber. The experiment concludes by determining the effect on yourselves and then comparing with the change in carbon dioxide. This experiment increases scientific analysis skills and the understanding of inner respiration and those processes that lead to the cells using energy that becomes available through the consumption of oxygen.

The Digestive System is an interactive exhibition in the form of a journey through the entire digestive system, from the mouth, all the way to the rectum. On the journey, you will see what happens when we get dental cavities, send signals to the salivary glands and experience peristalsis in the oesophagus. You can investigate the super-acidic stomach, and find out what intestinal villi are and why they are so important. You will also visit bacteria, the intestines’ most important and most numerous inhabitants and learn more about research into food, health and nutrients currently being conducted at Lund University.

This journey develops an understanding of the most common nutrients’ functions, which organs work together with the digestive system, and how the body and our health is affected by what we eat.

Robot programming - Under supervision, the pupils build a control system that they program and trial. They get the opportunity to develop a range of abilities in problem solving, comprehension and analysis. The programming exercises are designed to be understandable for everyone. No prior knowledge is required, and the programming is based on each student’s own level. They work individually or in pairs at a computer, under the supervision of a knowledgeable student.

The materials used in these exercises are called Arduino, Lego Mindstorms, Kojo and Makey Makey. There are various levels of difficulty, for beginners and for those with more experience.

Arduino is a platform for computers to sense and control more of the physical world than a stationary computer. It is a physical platform with open source code. Using Arduino, you develop an understanding of programming by coding the software for the card. Arduino can be used to create and program installations that can light up, flash, move and sense the surroundings. Arduino can control everything from robots to everyday objects such as washing machines, lamps and motors.

Lego Mindstorms is programmed using modules in the kit’s own software. You control the Lego robots by inputting your values for each selected module, thus making the robot perform the desired movements. Your task is to get the Lego robot to go around a course without going outside the markings.

Kojo creates conditions for deepening your understanding of coding in the programming language Scala. Controlling the turtle on the computer screen, using simple code, rapidly develops your understanding of programming. In a playful way, you solve various tasks and can quickly improve and develop your programming ideas.

You can connect Makey Makey to your computer by USB and use the alligator clips to connect to almost anything you like. The idea is that you should be able to control the computer with bananas, playdough, a friend, a whisk or a glass of water. Makey Makey, a small plate that you connect to the computer, makes the computer believe it is a keyboard and a mouse. You can then create and play on a banana piano or play computer games using playdough.

After a full day exploring Vattenhallen, we’ll pay a visit to the Malmö Chocolate Factory for a guided tour of the museum here. Come and discover 120 years of chocolate history in the form of a unique, private collection of tools, moulds, labels, zany and fascinating facts about chocolate and much more.

After the chocolate factory and museum, we’ll board our coach and transfer back to Denmark via the magnificent Öresund Bridge and check into out hostel for the final night in Scandinavia.

Sample Hotel: DanHostel Copenhagen City or similar – see day 1 Danhostel Copenhagen City is located in the heart of Copenhagen by Langebro and Copenhagen Harbour Baths – a few minutes' walk from City Hall Square, the Central Station, Strøget and Tivoli Gardens. Students will sleep in multi-bedded rooms and staff in twin occupancy rooms. Breakfasts is Scandinavian style and is taken at the hotel. Packed lunches are available for purchase, dependent upon your preferences. Dinner can also be added when pre-booked at the hostel.

Day 5 – Goodbye Scandinavia Breakfast & a packed lunch

After breakfast, we’ll check out of our hotel and enjoy some free time to shop for souvenirs or enjoy some more of the glorious open spaces of Copenhagen and its waterfront before heading to the airport for our return flight home to the UK.

Don’t be sad because there’s two things to say – Farvel Denmark and Hejdå Sverige

Denmark & Sweden STEM

Minimum Booking Numbers: 20 students What’s Included: Return flights (low cost airlines may not include checked baggage)

2 nights’ accommodation in Copenhagen, 1 night at IKEA Hotell and 1 night in Malmö area Airport transfers & group transportation to activities Breakfasts daily starting on day 2 and ending with breakfast on your day of departure Dinners as per itinerary

All inclusions as shown in the detailed itinerary:

Danish Museum of Science and Technology

IKEA Museum with 2 workshops

Vattenhallen Science Center with choice of workshop

Malmö Chocolate Museum 24-hour emergency cover

What’s Not Included: Lunches & dinners (unless indicated above)

Snacks or beverages between included meals Fully comprehensive insurance (mandatory) Transfers to/from home airport if travelling by air Cost of visas, full or collective passports Cost of inoculations or medication required for travel Sightseeing / Entertainment Options not shown in itinerary Hotel incidental deposits & bills – meals, mini-bar items, recreation charges, purchases billed to room, Any gratuities – coach drivers, maid/ bellman services, Visions Ambassador, local guides

As always, our staff are always available to you to answer any questions you may have regarding programming. If we may serve you in any way, please do not hesitate to contact us.

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