Day 25

The last day in school! Today was a study day. It started early in the morning with a gathering in Swedish that Lena told me I did not need to attend. At 9.30 there would be 'fika', Swedish for coffee with something (in the morning a sandwich, in the afternoon a cinnamon roll or other piece of pastry) and as we Dutch call it 'gezelligheid'. So the perfect moment to join in. At ten, an IB session started, which was in English. First all (~40) IB teachers gathered in a room and the IB coordinator discussed some practicalities. Then, we devided into four subject groups to prepare a two day TOK (theory of knowledge, an IB course discussing how to do research and ethical perspectives and so on)-in-subjects lesson program for the new IB learners. Within the natural sciences group, we split up in the different subject groups and started working. Quickly it was decided that the biology topic should be reproduction, as the whole idea is to get students interested in biology.. what better topic than reproduction. We then made a list of different things involved in reproduction (anatomy, physiology, but also birth control, and ethical issues) and decided to connect al the terms in a wordweb (mind map) and make a prezi out of that (I was bombarded as the prezi expert and built the prezi, nice to be able to make one last contribution). At 12.30 it was time for lunch, they invited me to join for one last (free :-)) school meal, which was very nice today. We then had coffee in the teacher's lounge and at 13.30 their programme continued so it was time to say goodbye. Nice thing about the study day is that basically all teachers attend, which made it convenient to say my goodbyes to the ones I had been in touch with most. Couple of last pictures around the school and off I went. To buy kladdkaka of course, as Martin requested and I do not dare come home without it. The rest of the day I spent browsing the web, packing my bag (ok, that was 10 minutes) and preparing for tomorrow's trip to the blue planet aquarium in Copenhagen. Cecilia, who has been at the aquarium, told me that 3 hours would be plenty for a visit. Also, she told me there is a very nice restaurant, owned by the same owner as the Noma restaurant in Copenhagen. Sounds like a great place for lunch. Tomorrow around 8.30 I will leave the appartment, at 10 I want to be at the blue planet, my flight is at 14.45 (my boarding pass is ready on my phone, only need to drop off my bag :-)). One last day and the Malmö month is over!