Daytime hours: 10:00 am - 6:30 pm

Schoolchildren

Educational workshops

The educational workshops promote autonomy and "do it yourself" by making the pupils actors of their learning.

School workshops are available by reservation on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from April to June and in September (except during school vacations).
To make a reservation:

Feeding the animals
Feeding the animals
Torchis
Torchis

Educational tools

These ready-to-use files (accompanied by an answer key) are to be used before and during the visit to the museum. They can be downloaded free of charge from the site.


The pluses:

The wild inhabitants of the museum. Discover the wild fauna on a 12-stage route, in autonomy, throughout the park.

Guided tours :

The museum also offers general or thematic guided tours of one hour, by reservation (from CM1 to high school).

Reservation

School workshops are available on reservation on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from April to June and in September (except during school vacations).
To make a reservation you can call us at 03.81.55.20.17 or use the reservation form.

Rates per student

Admission for a self-guided tour: €4.50
Admission and guided tour (duration 1 hour): €7.00 (from 8 years old)
Admission and one educational workshop: €9.50
Admission and two educational workshops: €13.50*
One accompanying adult (per group of 10 children): free
Additional accompanying adult: €4.50
* from 1 April to mid-May

Farm animals
Cycle 1
Objectives:
discover farm animals and become aware of the role and importance of animals for humans.

Procedure:
  • Introduction of the theme with a Kamishibaï (picture theater) session
  • A bucolic stroll to discover the animals of the Museum
  • Care and feeding.

Capacity: 14 children
Bring boots
Teacher's sheet
Knock on wood - NEW
Cycle 2, 3
Objectives:
To make students aware of the importance of forest ecosystems. To understand and discover the different facets of wood in the forest and its uses.

Procedure:
  • Immersive visit of the wooded areas of the museum
  • Realization of a tree identity card with charcoal
  • Cribbing (for Cycle 3)

Capacity: 14 children
Teacher's sheet
Little cooks
Cycle 1, 2
Objectives:
Discover the pleasure of cooking. Understand the role of food.

Procedure:
  • Observation and identification of different food families
  • Experimentation of the organs of taste
  • Making a cake

Gauge: 12 children
Bring boots
Teacher's sheet
Lux
Cycle 3, 4, high school
Objectives:
understand the evolution of lighting from prehistoric times to the present day. How did our ancestors see when the sun was not there?

Procedure:
  • Visit some houses to understand the living conditions and the control of lighting
  • Experimentation with different types of lighting (fire, candle, gas, electricity...)

Gauge: 12 children
Teacher's sheet
Apprentice cheese maker
Cycle 2, 3, 4
Objectives:
From goat to milk, from milk to cheese. Understand the origin of milk, the different techniques of conservation and the manufacture of cheese and other products derived from milk.

Procedure:
  • Discovery of the different stages of manufacturing
  • Visit of the breeding farm and the fruit farm
  • Making a mini cheese

Gauge: 12 children
Teacher's sheet
Bread
Cycle 2, 3, 4
Objectives:
To make children aware of the importance of bread in our diet. Understand the steps involved in making it. To approach the historical notions of bread.

Procedure:
  • Presentation of the common oven
  • Making, kneading and shaping bread
  • History of the bread oven and baking

Capacity: 9 children
Teacher's sheet
In the kitchen!
Cycle 3, 4
Objectives:
Understand the impact of food on health and discover the pleasure of cooking while taking care of yourself.

Procedure:
Guided tour of the "À table!" exhibition, discussions on nutrition and a cooking workshop.

Gauge: 12 children
Gardening
Cycle 2, 3
Objectives:
Discover the gestures and tools of the gardener.

Procedure:
In the educational garden, children learn to dig, hoe, rake, sow or plant

Capacity: 14 children
Bring boots
Teacher's sheet
Garden of the senses
Cycle 1
Objectives:
Experiment with your senses during the discovery of the 5 senses garden and acquire a basic vocabulary.

Procedure:
Awakening the senses in the garden followed by an art workshop

Capacity: 14 children
Teacher's sheet
Biodiversity
Cycle 2, 3, 4, high school
Objectives:
become aware of the animal and plant diversity that surrounds us by discovering the fauna and flora of the Museum, throughout the seasons.

Procedure:
Several themes can be addressed, including: life in the pond, bees and their importance for pollination, and discovering life in the meadows and on the edge of the forest.

Gauge: 14 children (pond), 10 children (bees)
Please bring boots. Content to choose from among the proposed activities, variable according to the season and weather conditions.
Teacher's sheet
Eco-building
Cycle 2, 3, 4, high school
Objectives:
Raising awareness of bio-climatic architecture

Procedure:
  • Assimilation of the different components of a house
  • Identification of their function
  • Recognition of the main materials used in construction
  • Understanding the influence of the environment on architecture
  • Erection of a cob wall or corded wood construction

Gauge: 12 children
Teacher's sheet
Budding naturalist
Cycle 3, 4
Objectives:
Discover the animals of the Museum through a naturalist approach. To develop sensitivity and artistic culture.

Procedure:
  • Depending on the level: picking plants, cooking charcoal, making plant colors
  • Observation drawing of the animals in the Museum

Gauge: 12 children
Provide a gown
Teacher's sheet
Playful visit "everything is good in the pig
Cycle 2, 3
Objectives:
Discover the meat industry, understand the current issues in animal husbandry, and make the link between the animal and the plate.

Procedure:
  • Guided tour of the exhibition "À table !" and "la Saint cochon
  • Questions for a pig" game

Capacity: 15 children
Discovery visit of the exhibition and philoludic workshop
Cycle 2, 3, 4
Objectives:
develop critical thinking skills, learn to reflect, dare to express opinions, respect those of others

Procedure:
Launch of the discussion around the exhibition "À table!" followed by a workshop game encouraging reflection on our relationship to food. Suggestion for the day: to be combined with the workshop Apprentice cheese maker, bread, little cooks or in the kitchen!

Capacity: 14 children