OME Magazine

GÖMBÖC
PROJECT
Gömböc? I’ve never heard of it!
What is a Gömböc? A gömböc or gomboc is a convex three-dimensional homogeneous body which, when
resting on a flat surface, has just one stable and one unstable point of equilibrium. It was invented by two Hungarian
scientists called Gábor Domokos and Péter Várkonyi. They invented it in 2006.
Classes 5A, 5B, 6A and 6B did a project on this Gömböc with the help of the teachers as well as the painter
Christa Bartesch, acting instructor Kaposvári Anikó and filmmaker Donát Kopek.
Class 5A
by Craig Arnott 5A
My class, 5A, created scenes for the Gömböc Project. These scenes were about bad grades, losing our
friend, skiing, having bad hair, being bullied, struggling in a game and getting a brand-new jumper wet.
But things always turned out well in the end, we “stood up” again.
Dr. Anikó Kaposvári helped us to make the scenes better. We worked on the project for about two weeks
and I think the result showed this hard work. The teamwork was very good and we were all happy with
each other’s scenes, as was Mrs. Reichl.
Class 5B
by Julian Krenn 5B
Our class worked with a
painter, Christa Bartesch,
which was really fun. First
she told us what the whole
project was about. After that,
we played a game where we
had to kind of “fall into each
other´s arms” and hope the
other person catches you.
We also watched a film about
a special turtle which can get
back to its feet from all positions
– just like a “gömböc”.
Then, we had to draw a turtle.
When we were finished
we had to form a group of six people. Together we drew five turtles. The first one stood upright, the second one was
tilted a bit, the next one was completely on her back and the other two rolled back. Finally, we presented a show
where we had a PowerPoint presentation about our project and some talking. It was really fun.