It is a celebration especially appreciated by the French. The Science Festival made its big return October 4-14 nationally and here October 10-12. Initially, more than 1,300 students were able to benefit from it For two days, then on Saturday 12 October, it is the general public's turn to discover the 20 workshops available at the University of Perpignan.
Under its national slogan, “The Ocean of Knowledge,” this year’s Science Festival offers several workshops related to this topic. In one classroom, Lucia Di Iorio, a researcher at the UPVD, has a group of children listen to several sounds, and then have to guess which animals they belong to. “The ocean is not silent. We can understand a lot about the marine environment thanks to a simple sound. We can follow the breeding sites of species as they emit their breeding songs, for example, but we can also hear human activity and thus its consequences.” “at the bottom of the sea” The researcher explains.
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“Science for everyone!”
Sort your compost, discover plant DNA… In total, about twenty workshops are offered by researchers or associations Like “The Little Resourceful People” and every time you have to wear a blouse to do an experiment. This is what 13-year-old Miley loves: “I would like it to be like this in class, where we learn more easily and it would be more fun too. I remember better when I'm having fun.” The teen's mother also lends herself to the game by answering certain questions which is good because The workshops are designed for children and adults François Vernay, professor and researcher at the university, explains: “There is this effort to provide multiple levels of reading, from the most advanced questions to the most naive… because science is for everyone!” In total, more than 1,000 people came to the Science Festival in Perpignan.
