UNIVERSCIENCE 2016
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UNIVERSCIENCE 2016
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EDUCATION
EMPLOYING
FACILITATION TO ASSIST
VISITORS
Universcience combines wonder and education, spectacular display
and scientific rigor in a subtle balance basedon experimentation and
facilitation exchanges.
30,000activities, workshops anddemonstrations are proposed every
year at the twosites.ThePalaisde ladécouverte isoneof theonly science
centers intheworld tooffermore than60open-accessdemonstrations
a day on the fundamental principles of science. They are essential to
bringing science to life, creating a learning environment for all and
especially making scientific phenomena accessible to the very young.
THE EDUCATION MISSION
As an informal education institution, Universcience also supports
teachers, instructors, students and institutions. The objective is to
reach the educational community, to provide support for the use
of on-site and off-site services. Every year, Universcience receives
more than 500,000 school children and 1,500 teachers attend a
training session.
ASSISTING AND PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
Teachers can avail themselves of our support services for their
educational projects, prior to the class visits, and they can draw on
our extensive resources.
SERVICES
FACILITATION
workshops, stand demonstrations
ENGINEERING
the designof facilitationworkshops, consulting in the
use of facilitation right from the design phase through the different
stages of production
FACILITATION
consulting, training of science educators, situational
training
EDUCATIONAL
material and assistance for teachers, counseling in
mounting an educational project before the visit.
With more than
30,000 activities,
workshops and
demonstrations
a year, facilitation is a
high point structuring
Universcience’s
cultural offer.
A science show conducted
at the Cité des sciences et
de l’industrie.
