So far, the FGL program has been presented at many high schools all over the world. In November, our visit extended to Istanbul and Ankara, Turkey.
We presented at two schools in each city this time.
At Istanbul Lisesi, we were welcomed by 50 students who sincerely listened to our presentation.
True to its reputation, the students asked us questions fluently in English, not only on our program but also on the specializations of the professors who attended the session.
At Özel Maltepe Coşkun Fen Lisesi, our next visit, energetic female students (it is girls’ school) pepped us up after our long travel from the European to Asian side of the country.
While students at the previous school listened to our explanation quietly and earnestly, the students at Coşkun seemed to enjoy the session freely by sharing laughter and expressing amazement.
In Ankara, we visited Ahmet Ulusoy Koleji first. The school is about 20km (12.5 miles) away from the city center, and during the taxi ride we could not take our eyes off the landscape, changing from the bustling center to craggy hills. The school itself was very grand and international, and we could find exchange students from Asia in the audience.
The last school we visited was TED Koleji. The school contains primary to higher education, so the campus was the largest among the four schools we visited. Our professors gave lectures on their specializations in front of 16 high school students with high motivation. The lectures were by Dr. Ian Gleadall on marine biology, and Dr. Ying Chen on nano mechanics.
