For Activity-Camps and Holiday-Camps (outside of school hours) Visits, Guided-Tours, Activities, Exhibitions & Events
From April 1st, the Educational Team is offering several 2-hour activities for groups of children in Activity-Camps or Holiday-Camps outside school hours. They take place at the Promenade Museum, in the park or indoors. They last 2 hours and several versions and options are available depending on the age of the children. They are all linked to Environmental Education and Sustainable Development as well as creating awareness of the local natural heritage. All this is done through a team of experienced and passionate experts offering the children a fun and interesting environment to learn by combining games with fun hands-on experiments, activities and crafts.
Excavation-Dig Site : Georium
| Age: | 6 -12 years |
| Number of Participants: | 24 children maximum |
| Duration: | 2 hours |
Children are introduced to the excavation of reconstructed fossil sites, to the identification and interpretation of the fossils discovered: trilobites or corals from the Primary era, dinosaur bones or eggs from the Secondary era, monkeys or fish from the Tertiary era, tropical forests from 300 million years ago... Which of these will they find? A fun way to talk about the paleoenvironment, evolution, fossilisation... Navigating through time quickly becomes child's play! Get your shovels and brushes ready!
Dinosaurs : Past & Present
| Age: | 6 -12 years |
| Number of Participants: | 10 children maximum |
| Duration: | 2 hours |
We can always learn more about dinosaurs, even when we think we already know everything! From one reptile to another, marine, terrestrial, flying, past or present, we clarify everyone's ideas in accordance with the latest scientific discoveries. Also, we pay a little visit to the living dinosaurs of the Promenade Museum, before creating a unique specimen in clay... which will return home with the child.
Journey of Discovery into the Jurassic Sea
| Age: | All ages |
| Number of Participants: | 20 children maximum |
| Duration: | 2 hours |
This invitation to a journey of discovery into the Jurassic Sea is about discovering the inhabitants of the seas that occupied our region 180 million years ago: marine fossils, marine fauna. From one room to another in the museum, children travel back in time to the Jurassic seas. They tame the stone fossils that come to life, move around and eat "who or what, and how?". In the company of a Guide, imagination allows access to knowledge through questions and answers, manipulations, observations, mimes, drawings... The living world takes shape in the minds of the children, who progress easily in discovering the skeletons of marine reptiles, ammonite shells and present-day nautilus, tropical aquariums and also the fossil prints that they make themselves before leaving.
Water Above! Water Below! The Wonderous Worlds of Water
| Age: | 8 - 12 years |
| Number of Participants: | 20 children maximum |
| Duration: | 2 hours |
From the ramparts of Saint Benoît, the children learn to differentiate between the differences of terrain and rocks that make up the landscape. They test how water reacts and interacts with these rocks and discover its action of erosion and transport. The children also discover that water plays a major role in the life of living organisms, water itself is a living environment whose inhabitants can be observed with a magnifying glass. The underground routes of water are also examined, and thanks to the natural water-spring of Saint Benoît, the notions of taste and drinkability are explained. A comprehension insight to the cycle of water ensures the children don't just part with knowledge and fond memories, but also a keep-sake.
Local Friendly Snakes
| Age: | All ages |
| Number of Participants | 20 children maximum |
| Duration: | 2 hours |
In order not to be afraid of them, you have to understand and know them! Thanks to the illustrations in this associated exhibition, children of all ages discover through discussions and games the secret life of these small reptiles that are so often unloved. Whatever their size, their skeletons fascinate, as do their jaws and their impressive abilities ... even if it's only to swallow a grasshopper! In direct relation with the cycle of the seasons, their discreet activity participates in the maintenance of the local, rich biodiversity: by detailing the 10 local species (out of 12 national species), the older children will be able to ponder about reptilian diets, their preferred biotopes or their way of reproduction, while the little ones will finish the activity by making themselves a snake capable of slithering on the ground ... which they will paint when the clay is dry.
The House on the Ramparts
| Age: | All ages |
| Number of Participants: | 25 children maximum |
| Duration: | 2 hours |
Guided-Tour of the exhibition rooms in The House on the Ramparts.
From one room to another, children discover the subtle links that have always united the evolution of life on Earth with natural phenomena. The presence and explications of a Guide enable a better understanding of climatic variations and their relation to the great biological crises of the past. In addition, the Guide will explain the history of materials used by humans through ancestral know-how presented and promoted in the territories labelled International Geopark by UNESCO. On the first floor, the stone fossils of the region associated with the living animals in the aquariums stimulate the imagination for a journey of discovery to the warm seas of yesterday (in Digne itself) and today.
Brave & Beautiful Butterfly
| Age: | All ages |
| Number of Participants : | 20 children maximum |
| Duration: | 1 hour |
Guided-Tour of the Butterfly Trail.
Discover the world of insects and nature in general, with all your senses alert. The walk through the flat, raised areas, or terrasses, allows you to observe butterflies and caterpillars in their living environment, among their favourite plants.
The Hunt for Ammonites
The Hunt for Ammonites
Two hours of treasure hunt in the park with a Guide in pursuit of the ammonites of the Promenade Museum and their treasure. A map, a magnifying glass, a compass, and off you go to find fun and adventure between marked points, to go from one test to another. Fossils, fauna and flora are called to the rescue; more than knowledge, logic and ingenuity are used to solve riddles and enigmas... until the long-awaited arrival! An enjoyable afternoon for everyone, no one will return empty-handed!
