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The origins of today's Europe: EU pioneers
Have you ever wondered how today's Europe has been influenced and shaped by past pioneers? Why did these pioneers believe in a united Europe before it existed?
Take this ninety-minute workshop and help your students understand the milestones of …
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Medieval Writing: Workshop
Would you like to have fun with your students with a quill pen, dip pen and medieval ink? To be able to extensively feel and smell parchment, papyrus, wax seals and rag paper?
Try out different types of writing utensils, feel old papers and make your …
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Gravity: Workshop
What if gravity didn't exist? Can we function in a state of weightlessness?
During this workshop we will work experimentally. You not only experience gravity but also learn how gravity works and what it does to you. Your creative brain is also …
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Rocket Science: Workshop
Roll up your sleeves and build a rocket that will shatter all records.
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Using simple instructions, the students build a water rocket. They can decorate these themselves and then launch them themselves under the guidance of the rocket master. …Translated by
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Build your first mini satellite: Raspberry Pi for beginners
Learn to perform measurements on an unmanned flight:
- use a Raspberry Pi Pico microcontroller;
- initiation for real beginners, no prior knowledge or experience required;
- explanation and practical exercises, under the guidance of an experienced …
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The Wonderful Walk with audio guide through Ghent
The Wonderful Walk introduces your 9 to 14-year-old students to Ghent while exploring. You will complete STEM assignments at seven stops. How do you measure the height of the statue of Jacob Van Artevelde with its shadow? Learn about colors in the …
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Texts and assignments with Artificial Intelligence (AI): Multi-day training
This course focuses on the possibility of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in education.
In the first session we discuss the many possibilities but also the difficulties (such as copyright) and limitations of ChatGPT.
In the second session we generate …
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Unravel mysterious traces
The class leaves in small groups with a tablet on an exciting journey. Via the Heritage App, they receive clues, challenges and riddles from a mysterious figure along the way. Meanwhile, the students discover daily life from the Middle Ages and …
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Become a WaterWise class or school: Traject
Become a WaterWise class or school from September 2024. Take up the challenge together to teach students to make sustainable choices and thus reduce their water footprint at school in terms of food, clothing, paper, direct water... This is how we …
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Themed tour Hatsjoe… health: About health, hygiene and pandemics in Roman times
There is no denying that Covid-19 is having an unprecedented impact on our society. The Romans too were repeatedly plagued by ruthless epidemics. Based on the attributes of the Roman physician Galenus and the Goddess Hygieia, we take young and old …
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Exploring the carillon of the University Library in Leuven
Did you know that the carillon is a Flemish invention (anno 1510!) and that Leuven belongs to the worldwide top with five carillons? Discover all about this enormous instrument with your class during a visit to the library tower. The carillon in …
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Behind the scenes of the Heritage Library: Introductory visit
During an introductory visit, the Heritage Library would like to introduce itself to you: you will receive information about our activities, dive into the warehouses with us and discover how you can easily consult our materials.
On a visit or on an …
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