Pedagogy
Educational goals
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Promote the discovery of the Environment by the student (through the study of waterways and wetlands).
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Present the diversity of the scientific world (scientific disciplines, professions, tools) through the experience of the students carrying out the project.
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Mobilize students in a science project.
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Encourage students to develop an interdisciplinary approach to scientific issues.
Here you can find the brochure summarizing the educational project:
Educational resources
Student and research project presentation sheets (in french only)
Saôny and Rhônald, two adorable stuffed beavers, introduce themselves and talk about what they will be doing on a boat for four months.
Ideas for activities to introduce our research themes and apply a scientific approach
With just a few weeks to go before departure: what equipment should scientists remember to pack in their suitcases?
A game with labels to be rearranged to learn the field protocols of the four student researchers.
Discover the diversity of plastics in our daily lives, observe, hypothesise and experiment with what happens to them in the environment, and study plastic pollution in the local area.
Using the landscape sketch as a starting point, take a fresh look at the river near your home and study the landscape and its development in the manner of geographers.
Using a game of ‘Who is it?’, discover the professions associated with rivers by guessing the profession chosen by your opponent.
Put yourself in the shoes of a naturalist and learn how to identify plants.
Colouring pages to help visualise the project and have fun
Follow the logbook!
Every Friday, a logbook recounting the team's adventures, accompanied of course by Saôny and Rhônald, is published. There's always plenty going on!