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Federal Minister Peter Altmaier in HCMC

Posted on29 Mar 2019

The official opening ceremony of the German House on 26 March 2019, the Federal Minister Mr. Peter Altmaier conveyed greetings from the German chancellor Mrs. Angela Merkel. The Consul general Siegel and Prof. Nguyen Thien Nhan, party secretary and member of the political office as well as the Federal Minister Mr. Peter Altmaier and Dr. Wansleben (DIHK) praised the...

Guest lecture Prof. Peter Vale, University of Johannesburg

Posted on28 Mar 2019

Industry 4.0 is a buzzword that employed by many branches of industry and the people behind them. We know revolutions from history books. Sometimes, decades of long periods of time become conflated into single chapters and we lose sight of important details. How can we adequately prepare pupils for changed working and living environments? What values form social consensus...

IGS InterTech 2019

Posted on27 Mar 2019

In the last 3 years, IGS has been pushing to develop and implement EdTech strategies and instructional design to create engaging lessons, virtual classrooms and online-based programs to enhance the learning experience in and out of school. The IGS InterTech is the venue where students can showcase the EdTech used at IGS. On Thursday, April 11, from 17:00-20:00, we invite you...

“What is actually chemistry “

Posted on22 Mar 2019

grade 4 has been looking for answers for 3 weeks. With the help of exciting experiments, the students delt with the question and got closer to the core questions of chemistry. For example, they recreated their own temporary lava lamp.

Shadow theatre artist and picture book illustrator – Patricia Thoma

Posted on21 Mar 2019

Even as a child I was fascinated by shadow theatre, which originated in India and also became popular in Germany in the 18th century. After the performance of my own shadow theatre “Die zertanzten Schuhe”, based on the Brothers Grimm, the students of grades 1-6 designed their own imaginative figures. From simple black cardboard arose dragons, princesses and monsters....

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