Freeland

Presentation of the place & problem discussion

In this step, the real-world problem of urban neglect is presented and conceptualised. The presentation/orientation should be in person (outdoor activity). The goal of this step is to describe the place in terms of problems and opportunities.

UNDERWEAR TEST

Checking the instructions
Finding out the goal of the activity
Discussion
Looking for a good spot of burying
Digging a hole

Name of the burying site: ZSO nr 1, ul. Wilka-Krzyżanowskiego 8, Gdańsk, Poland.

Name of the team: class 2C Gacio Masters

Chemistry Class - preparations for the experiment

The Chemistry teacher Antea Kownacka, MSc, giving a lecture about PH of the soil and its types and processes. Students during the Chemistry class take notes, check the tables and try to understand the natural phenomenon.

AFTER THREE LONG WEEKS....

Looking for a burying site,
Filling the work sheet - Underwear test for students,
Checking the living organisms.
Checking the temperature of the air: +5 °C
Digging the hole.
Pointing out the place of the buried underwear.
Date of unburying underwear: 14th November 2025
Description of the material: dirty, greyish with soily colour, ginger marks.

“Essentially, all life depends upon the soil ...
There can be no life without soil and no soil without life; they have evolved together.”
✅ Charles E. Kellogg, USDA Yearbook of Agriculture, 1938

The finished designs

The students’ ideas about the area: gazebo, tables and chairs, swings, benches, vegetable garden, lawn and trees, flowers, mini golf, gym, bird feeders, gaming zones: table tennis, puffs, multimedia boards, umbrellas, desks and many more.

The students’ drawings are creative, thought-provoking, and open-minded. While planning, the students were all into the topic. They had lots of fun but were also brainstorming.

Politechnika Talentów

The IX LO school’s delegation had the pleasure of participating in the “Politechnika Talentów” event as part of the Architecture Panel.

Mrs Małgorzata Brasseaux gave a lecture and led workshops together with five students from class 3c (Krzysztof Durka, Laura Szymanowicz, Michał Piatkowski, Marcin Matwiej, and Szymon Berdys), who prepared and presented their virtual designs for our school grounds.

During the presentations, we were supported by experts from Gdańsk University of Technology (PG)—Ivan Vakulko, Robert Trzosowski, and Michał Barański from ETI.

As part of the Erasmus+ Freeland project, the main theme was promoting students’ civic engagement and interest in academic subjects. This included STEAM-related topics and the preparation of a revitalization project for a selected area of the city using a digital platform previously tested by students at our school.

The photos from the event are available on the Gdańsk University of Technology website. We received very positive feedback from the participants. We would like to thank the Gdańsk University of Technology administration, and especially Professor Jacek Lebiedź, for the invitation.