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Chinese Language and Culture
Kindergarten education
With photos and videos we look through the eyes of a toddler together: what do the children do in a Chinese kindergarten, or how do Chinese children celebrate New Year, or what does a Chinese house look like?
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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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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.
Plants can multiply without the intervention of seeds. That way
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Science behind the bath bombs: Workshop
In this workshop the children each put together their own bath bomb with scents and colors of their own choosing. While they are messing around together, they also learn something about the science behind the bath bomb.
Why is he buzzing anyway? And …
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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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Workshop: Visual Arts
During a Visual Arts Workshop we will experiment with colors and shapes in a creative way. We use paint, ink, various types of paper, glue, scissors, etc. Our visual artist provides the participants with tools regarding the use of color and …
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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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Printing techniques workshop
During a Printing Techniques Workshop we will work with a printing technique of your choice. Our visual artist will guide you through the world of collography or rubber printing. Both are a form of letterpress printing.
Interested in one of our …
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Workshop: Painting in the style of ...
During a Workshop Painting in the style of ... we choose a well-known (or less well-known) painter as a source of inspiration for this painting workshop.
We start with a brief introduction of the chosen painter. Then we observe some of his/her …
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Workshop: Making Collage
During a Collage Making Workshop we will work with paper, scissors and glue. We start with a stack of magazines, old photos, used wrapping paper, greeting cards, etc. The participants learn to observe. What is a beautiful image? What attracts …
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Matisse becomes a police officer: Theater about road safety
Matisse's big dream is to become a police officer. He thinks this is very easy. Driving a police car, catching thieves, walking in uniform, etc. He visits a real police officer and it turns out that becoming a cop is not that easy. He must, among …
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