From 16 to 21 May 2022, students and teachers participated in the Erasmus + Eupantec2019 "Physics and New Technologies" project meeting at the "Rocha Peixoto" school in Povoa de Varzim, Portugal. The main purpose of the meeting was to work on experiments related to waves, using new technologies, Raspberry Pi Pico and ESP32 microcontrollers, sensors, mobile applications and Vernier and Pasco laboratory equipment. It just so happens that the Portuguese partner school in Povoa de Varzim is located just a few hundred meters from the Atlantic shore, however, the subject of the meeting includes not only sea waves, but also seismic waves, radio waves and sound waves. Each country has prepared interesting experiments. A very interesting event was the workshop in the laboratories of the Faculty of Civil Engineering of the University of Porto. For example, a scientist at the university, Dr. Eduardo Costa conducted experiments for the participants in the acoustics laboratory, which were used to study the reverberation time and disturbance of sound waves. In this laboratory, among other things, work on soundproofing materials and testing solutions for construction, which significantly reduce noise, are carried out.
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