From 30 March to 5 April, four Vilnius Jesuit High School 10th-graders Benas Manstavičius, Pavel Murashov, Kotryna Plyniūtė and Rusnė Ponomariovaitė, together with their Chemistry teacher Rasa Rudzevičienė, took part in an Erasmus+ project where they carried out practical laboratory work on yeast production.

Students from eight countries – Poland, France, Germany, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Greece, Lithuania and Denmark – met in the small Danish town of Thisted. Working in mixed teams, the pupils learned a lot about other countries' cultures and shared curiosities about Lithuania.

The experiment involved finding out the most efficient way to grow yeast by calculating optical density, glucose and ethanol concentrations. They also learned how to use micropipettes and a photometer.

The Lithuanians performed well: in the knowledge test Benas Manstavičius came in second place, which he shared with a student from Slovakia.

The pupils lived in host families and experienced authentic Danish daily life. They also travelled to Aarhus to learn about Danish history at the Moesgaard Museum and hiked along the North Sea coast.

The project is funded by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union.