We have both received a high-level general scientific education in France’s prestigious classes préparatoires, and now study science in two different fields: Agathe is currently at an engineering school, and Thomas will be starting a PhD in biology after our trip. These two different types of scientific training will complement each other, allowing us to explore many different aspects of water’s importance. We are therefore well-matched to give the children an excellent overview of the topic, starting from the practical experiment stage and working up to theoretical explanations.
The idea for this activities programme came naturally to us, since we have both already had a great deal of teaching experience with young people:
We have had the invaluable help of several scientists in designing this pro-gramme. In particular, Richard-Emmanuel Eastes, founder of an organisation for scientific awareness, has a wealth of teaching experience and proposes the type of simple explanations of observed phenomena, which are perfectly suited to the context of our project.
Now that we have devised this project, we need to find organisations to receive us.
For instance, we would be delighted to work with some of the numerous organisations that have founded centres or schools for deprived children in the countries we are to visit (See map of the coutries we are to travel through).
We are therefore looking for organisations or schools interested in our project. We would also be very grateful for any available reports on the social and economic issues specific to each region, and on the children’s level of English in these areas.
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