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STEM computer: STEM project
This project aims to stimulate computational thinking in primary education and the transition to secondary education. To this end, twenty practical examples are elaborated that are illustrative of a STEM approach with integration of computational …
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Plant cuttings: Workshop
Roll up your sleeves during this workshop in The World of Kina: the Garden, the Ghent nature museum for children and young people.
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The honeybee: Exhibition in The world of Kina, the Garden
In The World of Kina: the Garden, the Ghent nature museum for children and young people, one of the museum rooms is completely dedicated to the hard worker, the honey bee.
Honey bees are our smallest pets. On warm, sunny days they fly tirelessly from …
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Discoverit: Microworld
With this learning tool, your classroom will be transformed into a laboratory for two hours. With the aim of having students work like real researchers with professional equipment.
A selection from the experiments:
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Kei-Cool: An exhibition about rocks and minerals
Can rocks melt? And how do tectonic plates shift?
You will learn this and much more in this permanent exhibition in The World of Kina:
- take the elevator to the core of the earth and discover how the earth is constructed;
- plate tectonics, …
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Climate change: Scientific workshop
Every day we hear news about record temperatures, melting ice caps, or floods like last summer. Through this workshop, students discover the causes and consequences of climate change.
In this workshop, students are prepared to become real …
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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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In the Green House: STEM workshops
The Green House is a learning environment in Petrus and Paulus Ostend where students are challenged to set up experiments, process their data and formulate solutions. This is done in an innovative way by using sensors that, in addition to the …
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Evolution of Man: Exhibition
In The World of Kina you see with your own eyes that modern man did not arrive immediately. He is the result of a long evolution, from great ape to Homo sapiens sapiens. We cannot really call the first in line human. They had more features of an …
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Rubbish recycling orchestra
A pep bottle, beer bottle, crown cap, old ladle, plate, glass, PVC tube… We sort the waste and discover how we can reuse waste to craft our own musical instrument. Hammer, nails, drills, screws, etc. are our best friends and we close the …
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A thriving school vegetable garden
Many schools dream of a plot full of fresh vegetables and accompanying childlike wonder on the playground. After all, a school vegetable garden is a place for children to enjoy and to learn.
There are a few things to consider when starting up such …
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Spiders-Spinsels: Exhibition
In the Spider-Spinsels exhibition you get an overview of spiders and their relatives. You discover how a male seduces a female, how spiders molt
and how the webs evolved over time. In the cinema you can watch a film about spiders.Get to know the …
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