Thema: Science & Technology

Today, the grade 7 classes went on a field trip around the Nikolaikirche in Berlin-Mitte to discover medieval life in Berlin with a local archaeologist. The students were able to visit a live archaeological dig site just around the corner from the Nikolaikirche to learn about how archaeologists uncover buried ...

On Wednesday, May 15th Berlin Cosmopolitan School hosted its second inter-school Geography Bee with guests from Dresden International School and Berlin Brandenburg International School. Each school was represented by a team of four geography experts, which competed to answer questions about the political geography of Germany, Europe and the Americas. ...

Having prepared for the last couple of weeks, each social studies class selected two representatives – based on their knowledge of political geography – to compete in the school-wide Geography Bee (grades 6-10) today. For the main event in the assembly hall, with their classmates cheering and playing along from ...

Yesterday's information evening at Berlin Cosmopolitan School presented by Operation Wallacea (Opwall) was a very good turnout. Opwall is a conservation research organisation that is funded by, and relies on, teams of student volunteers. The students get the chance to join expeditions for the opportunity to work on real-world research programmes ...

The 6 grade students enjoyed looking at ancient Roman artifacts at the Altes Museum on the Berlin Museum Island last Tuesday and Wednesday. The guide used the artefacts to tell stories about daily life in ancient Rome, which is part of the class's current unit on how cities develop. Thank ...

This week the students of Grade 10 spent two days at the Gläsernes Labor, located on the Campus Berlin Buch, where all students successfully completed two practical scientific workshops. In one of the workshops, students performed the method of extraction, amplification, and separation of DNA fragments that is widely used ...

On February 25th, 2019, students of grade 11 Biology courses (Leistungskurs of Abitur Program) carried out very exciting research experiments in the field of Neurobiology. The students investigated trans-mission of an electric signal from the synapses to the muscle fibers of muscles, when the muscles are contracted by electromyogram.  The students also learned about Alzheimer's ...

The Mathematics Olympics is one of the most difficult and most prestigious mathematics competitions on offer to secondary school students. A selection of the best-of-the-best took part in the Berlin-Mitte round of the competition at Max Planck Gymnasium in November. All of the BCS students applied themselves superbly but unfortunately ...

Starting back into the school year, grade 9 spent three full days deeply contemplating the inner workings of eggs. Under the guidance of Ms Lawrence (Biology), Dr Samalikova (Chemistry) and Dr Oates (Physics), the annual Science Days give the 9th grade students a chance to perform science experiments without the ...

After learning the mathematical principles of surface area-to-volume ratios, students were asked to apply this knowledge to how cells carry out the vital functions of taking in nutrients and getting rid of wastes. Since the relatively low surface area-to-volume ratio of large objects presents a challenge to living things, students ...