Activities

Discover sundials, build one and leave with it!   A team work session to create your first sundial. Explanations and crafts. Participants leave with their own sundial.

Observe variations in shadow size through personal measurements and understand seasonal variations. In teams, the children choose the shadow of a familiar building that they

Redo the experiment that allowed the first measurement of the size of the Earth! By measuring the shadow cast by a sundial in two places

Learn to take stock like Captain Haddock! Theoretical and practical workshop on the use of a modern sextant. After a general presentation, the children (in

Watch the next solar eclipse! Don’t miss the next eclipse visible in France (partial) March 29, 2025! Observation in the yard and understanding of the

“Come and see the Earth rotate!” This is the formula used by Léon Foucault in the invitations addressed to the public, during the installation of

Build the school’s sundial! A project that brings together the entire establishment for a year. All classes contribute and the dial is inaugurated during the end-of-year

Discover the instrument that has remained at the cutting edge of technology for over 1000 years! The astrolabe is an embodiment of Greek science. Perfected by

Learn to read solar time at night! Close to the sundial, the nocturlabe allows you to read the time at night. Particularly important for knowing the

Witness the live construction of a 21st century sundial! On a clear space, the dial maker installs his equipment and mounts a large sundial, calculated