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Road to Mars: Further training on demand
Mars, it seems as if all space organizations nowadays have their sights set on this neighboring planet. Stories of successful launches alternate with failed attempts. And then there is a certain E. Musk who claims to land the first humans on Mars …
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Introduction to LaTeX
Modern word processors may be as useful as they are, but in the end they spend almost more time on layout than on content. The built-in equation editors also have their limitations. This workshop is an introduction to a popular alternative, …
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Squares with sparks
Need a surprising piece of math? Or even a nice link with electricity and electronics? In this workshop we look at a simple question, which turns out to be not so simple: dividing a square into smaller squares is child's play, but can we also do …
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Museum of the National Bank of Belgium: Guided visit
The museum welcomes students with a tour adapted to their education. A museum guide, in Dutch, French or English, makes the tour as interactive as possible. When booking, the teacher chooses the main theme of the tour (economy, history, a …
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Long live bamboo sticks
Bamboo is a technique developed by artist Antoon Versteegde. Bamboo sticks are connected with elastic bands to create large works of art. We look at some of his works, and also examine bamboo sticks ourselves to discover what makes them so strong. …
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Become a Styrofoam architect
The students get to work like real architects: after a short introduction to force distribution and strength theory, they learn the different techniques to design and construct an apartment building with our super fun Styrofoam cutters. But their …
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Spaghetti Bridges: Building and Testing
Building spaghetti bridges is a workshop where children have to make a bridge that spans a certain width using only uncooked spaghetti and a heat glue gun. The group that builds the bridge that can support the most weight without breaking is …
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