Minister Damjanović presents awards to Rožaje Gymnasium students

Minister of Science Dr. Sanja Damjanović presented the students of “30. septembar” Gymnasium from Rožaje with financial awards today, congratulating them on an extraordinary innovation they brought to the education in Montenegro. On this occasion, the students explained how they had come up with the idea to design and develop their “Cubes in Space” experiment.

Rožaje Gymnasium students Zahir Šabotić, Almira Ljaić, Aiša Kalač, Almin Nurković and Idria Adrović and their mentor Mirsada Šabotić designed an experiment that involved a 4cm x 4cm x 4cm cube launched into space by a scientific balloon supported by NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) Agency from New Mexico. Their experiment implied sending a tuft of dyed and undyed hair into space, with the assumption that dyed hair would turn to dust, while the undyed tuft would only alter the hair molecular structure, pointing to the harmfulness of radiation and UV rays. The cube has returned from space to NASA headquarters and will soon arrive in Montenegro, when the assumption will be verified upon its opening. Minister Damjanović commended the students for their teamwork, acquisition of new knowledge, innovativeness and enthusiasm, expressing her hope that they would be an inspiration to future generations.

During today’s visit to Dvorac Petrovića in Kruševac in Podgorica, Damjanović used the opportunity to explore the programmes implemented within the second day of the Open Science Days festival.

The exhibition park was full of curious young people visiting the programme stands and listening to useful information provided by the experts, after which a practical part of the programme ensued. One such programme was “All colours of Montenegro – dyeing wool with natural dyes II”, where Violeta Vukosavljević from the public institution of Museums and Galleries of Nikšić explained that children had been provided with the opportunity to get familiar with wool, its weaving and natural colour dyeing. In addition to this programme, all the visitors had a chance to learn about the importance of renewable energy sources and everything offered to us by the nature, as well as to make their own video game, play with robots and enjoy virtual reality.