The worldwide Galathea 3 expedition documented in the new film. Expedition achievements paved the way for the website Virtual Galathea where you among other things can get inspiration for teaching.

A TV crew and a group brought together scientists, sailors and students at research expedition for 257 days. It's what guests at the premiere of the new documentary about Galathea 3 expedition may experience when the film is shown for the first time Tuesday, December 1. The expedition and the ship "Aries" docked in April 2007, and scientists are still investigating try and find results. Several findings have formed the basis for the educational project Virtual Galathea 3, which is supported by the Ministry of Education.

90 courses

Experienced teachers from secondary and primary schools have worked with Galathea researchers to develop educational material. The website virtuelgalathea3.dk serves as database for 90 courses on the basis of the expedition. The site used frequently by schools and currently has approximately 1,600 unique users per week. Students have the opportunity to analyze and interpret real observations from Galathea 3 expedition and can question the researchers directly on details of their projects. For each lesson there is background material that complements the textbooks content. There are rewarding exercises where the student under the guidance sets itself in the researcher's place and apply research results and observations from the expedition.

Material to high school and elementary school

The training material on virtuelgalathea3.dk is primarily aimed at high school and elementary school. In high school, the material is particularly suitable for the following subjects: Physical Geography, biology, physics, chemistry, history and natural science foundation course in 1 g as well as scientific profession in hf. In elementary school suitable material especially for physics / chemistry, biology and geography. The documentary about Galathea 3 expedition appears Tuesday, December 1 for specially invited by views in Frederikshavn and Copenhagen. The film will later be shown on TV 2. Source: Ministry of Education