The Science Festival is a free and friendly national event aimed primarily at fostering encounters between the public and researchers.
From October 1 to 12, 2014, thousands of students from the Nice academy will benefit from an especially rich program. Through the booths, the public, and especially students, will be able to experiment, test, discuss, and ask questions to the researchers who have come to meet them.
For several years, the participation of school audiences from the Nice academy in the Science Festival has been steadily increasing.
In 2013, 24,000 students participated in the Science Festival compared to 7,000 students in 2005.
The mobilization of research laboratories is remarkable: researchers from the Sophia-Antipolis technology park, the Université Nice Sophia Antipolis, the IFREMER Mediterranean center, the University of Toulon, etc., will share their current work and research with the students.
The Colleges and High Schools Leading Projects in 2014
In the Alpes-Maritimes, the Léonard de Vinci High School in Antibes makes its telescope available for observations led by the GAPRA association, the Bertone College in Antibes offers little scientific challenges to be solved through inquiry, the Eucalyptus High School in Nice incorporates the From Geometry to Industry program proposed by the Valrose campus of Université Nice Sophia Antipolis, the Paul Arène College in Peymeinade presents its work at the stand for robotic observations of the Science Village of the Oceanographic Observatory of Villefranche as part of the My Ocean and Me project, and the astronomy, chemistry, and life and earth sciences clubs of Picasso College in Vallauris offer on October 10 scientific workshops led by middle school students for primary school students at the Francis Huger Leisure Space.
