Each week, during the lockdown, teacher ambassadors and science mentors have come up with scientific challenges for children and teenagers. Whether on your own or in a team, with your parents, siblings or classmates, find out more about the challenges and their scientific explanations:
https://les-savanturiers.cri-paris.org/eleves-de-tous-ages-participez-aux-defis-savanturiers
ALL-AGES CHALLENGES
CHALLENGE #1 CORONAVIRUS DESTRUCTION MACHINE
Chain reactions inspired by Rube Goldberg's Machines are very popular! What if you tried to create the longest, most complicated reaction circuit involving the greatest variety of actions? With one objective: to bring down the CORONAVIRUS at the end!
CHALLENGES FOR 5-7 YEAR-OLDS
CHALLENGE #1 THE HANDKERCHIEF
With this challenge, you'll be able to prove that air is “something” and not nothing! You'll also learn that it's not a vacuum either!
CHALLENGE #2 WATER
With this challenge, you can prove that water doesn't always behave the same way!
CHALLENGE #3 COLORS
Transform yourself into a color magician and create a beautiful multicolored Easter egg from black ink!
CHALLENGE #4 TIME 5-6 years / CHALLENGE #4 TIME 7-8yrs
Transform yourself into a time master and build a time-measuring device!
CHALLENGE #5 SOAP BUBBLES
How about helping our friend Bubbles build a bubble house for his vacation on Earth?
CHALLENGE #6 ICE CUBE
How about helping our friend Glagla the Icicle melt more slowly?
CHALLENGES FOR 8-10 YEAR-OLDS
CHALLENGE #2 TEST THE BRAINS OF YOUR LOVED ONES
This week, we invite you to become a neuroscientist and test the brains of your loved ones by creating a test yourself.
CHALLENGE #3 A JUNGLE AT HOME
With this challenge, transform yourself into a jungle scientist and explore the living creatures in your home!
CHALLENGE #4 SOS FROM AN ECOLOGIST
With this challenge, we invite you to help our ecologist, Marine Levé, and make a dromedary plant!
CHALLENGE #5 AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE
Help our engineer, David, build an autonomous vehicle to go shopping.
CHALLENGE #6 SQUICK'S CODED MESSAGE
Help Jade and Squick write a note in the sand so that the supply helicopter can bring them provisions.
DÉFI #7 LE JEU DU LUTIN ET DU CHASSEUR
Familiarize yourself with the leaves of the forest and help the elf escape from the hunter!
CHALLENGES FOR 11-13 YEAR-OLDS
CHALLENGE #2 MATHS IN MY EGGS
Why do you think an egg sinks but a boat floats? Take up this challenge and discover how to make objects of different volumes, sizes and masses float.
CHALLENGE #3 OPTICS, THE MAGIC OF EVERYDAY LIFE
Did you know that objects such as televisions are inspired by the properties of light? This challenge invites you to play with, modify and understand the light and colors that surround you.
CHALLENGE #4 FLYING AN AIRPLANE
A mysterious bottle has washed up on the beach. Inside, you've found an even stranger message... Save the fuzzy scientist from a desert island!
CHALLENGE #5 A LANGUAGE FOR A TREASURE
The Blurred Scholar is at it again: help him translate a message into an unknown language to find a treasure!
CHALLENGE #6 TRAP YOUR TEACHER!
Learn to create optical illusions and trick your teacher with them!
#7 CHALLENGE TURNS WASTE INTO ENERGY!
Find out how to turn your daily food waste into a usable source of energy.
