Bulgaria - FACT Journals Issue 39

Bulgaria - FACT Journals Issue 39

We’ve adopted the title of Kaleidoscope CLIL for our upcoming FACT Journal 25th anniversary jubilee meeting in Plovdiv, and this issue certainly is a rich array of contributions!
You will find a fascinating discussion on preparing teachers for skills in the era of AI with ‘Empowering Teachers and Learners with Meta-Scientific Literacies’ from Maria Steger, excellent reading if you’re interested in teaching critical thinking in the AI world. 
There is an engaging Bulgarian-medium story on bread from seed to loaf! 
You’ll find some excellent student creative work in the poem ‘The stars also tire’ by Nadezhda Zlatareva, 12th grade student at the Language School – Plovdiv.
Yet more contributions from our motivated students can be seen in an English-medium report on ‘Yale Young Global Scholars’ with the subtitle ‘the summer program of a lifetime’.
This is from Bozhidara Doneva, from the 164 Spanish Language School – Sofia. It certainly sounds like the opportunity of a lifetime!
Звездна биология (The Biology of Stars) is a fascinating Bulgarian-medium presentation of the naming with biological terms of stars and galaxies from Stefka and Vasil - Стефка Китанова, FACTWorld Bulgaria and Васил Чакъров, Институт за гората – София, БАН. 
We read a creative presentation of the making of bread, now here is an academic Bulgarian-language exposition of the process which combines social and historical themes entitled - От зърното до трапезата: едно STEM пътешествие в света на хляба, by students Elka and Ani from the 21 School Hristo Botev in Sofia, and Ани Петрова from 21. СУ „Христо Ботев“ – София.
Last, but by no means least, we have a fascinating presentation on the process of differentiating between natural and synthetic fabrics from a team of colleagues from the ‘Profesionalna Gimnaziya PO Tekstil I Obleklo Dobri Jelyazkov’ in the city of Sliven. (Изследователски център „Ужас и хаус“, Юлияна Калошева, ст. учител по БЗО, ХООС, инж. Петър Петров, учител по професионална подготовка, инж. Таньо Христов, учител по професионална подготовка, ПГТО „Добри Желязков“- Сливен).
Last, but by no means least, you will find a Bulgarian-medium piece on using materials destined for the dump for creating and using beautiful musical instruments by Gergana Budinova (Гергана Будинова) a primary teacher from 21 Hristo Botev School (21 СУ „Христо Ботев“ София)
An amazing collection, and a worthy addition to our celebratory 25th year of publications of the FACTWorld Journal, thank you to all contributors!
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Keith
March 2025

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