This course proposes two investigations on biodiversity, one in the jungle and the other in a garden. Moving from one step to the next, the students will observe their environment, take into account the information given and formulate hypotheses to solve the two enigmas that are proposed to them.
Cycle 3
2 hours
1 class
You can discuss pollination and in particular the role of bees. You can ask students to define the words “environment”, “ecosystem” and “biodiversity”. Students can list the ecosystems they are familiar with, but also the threats to each of them.
Garden Investigation: Who Killed the Bees? Students determine the suspects, then through the clues, identify the culprit.
To conclude this part, they watch a film on the consequences of pesticide use.
Mission in the jungle: you must rescue Miguel the Gorilla!
Students find the cage code through 5 missions of observation and deduction.
Observation of the gardens of the city of Strasbourg in zero pesticide management.
http://www.strasbourg.eu/zero-pesticide
Download the presentation and preparation document of the course.
This course proposes to the students to exercise their logical mind through fifteen puzzles based on shapes and geometry. Then, they also discover some basics of how a robot works and how to program it.
This tour offers students a fun way to understand the interactions between bees and flowering plants. Various games and observation activities allow students to learn about the anatomy of bees and how they collect pollen and nectar from flowers. This tour also includes a visit to the bee house, the observation deck and the screening of the film “Jour de miel”, a Vaisseau co-production.
Cycle 2
The students discover the “I make” universe of the Vaisseau. This is an opportunity to manipulate machines from the simplest (lever, hoist) to the most complex (robot). In half class, the students freely explore the interactive elements or participate in the activity “A treasure without effort” animated by a mediator who allows them to experiment some notions of mechanics (force, weight…).
