Climate & Sustainability: water, wind and weather

In this session, children investigate water, wind and weather like young engineers. The instructor brings filter materials and a working anemometer kit, so the school has nothing to prepare.

Each session is built around one science concept, explained by the instructor and then tested by the children in two or three hands-on experiments. The 1 hour session, Engineering Clean Water, covers why water needs several treatment stages before it’s safe to use. The 2 hour session adds Wild Wind, on how uneven heating from the sun creates wind. The 4 hour session adds Storm Watch Lab, on how air pressure drives the weather, and Climate Quest, on the greenhouse effect and how greenhouse gases trap heat.

Junior Einsteins Science Club® is an award-winning programme. This session enriches the science strands of the plan d’études: Découverte du monde par tous les sens in cycle 1, and Éveil aux sciences, sciences humaines et naturelles in cycles 2 to 4.

Learning objectives

Engineering Clean Water

Children can explain why water passes through several stages before it’s safe.
Children can build a layered filter and describe how the water changed.
Children can put the stations of a water treatment system in order.

Wild Wind

Children can explain that wind is cooler air moving in as warm air rises.
Children can build a pinwheel that turns in moving air.
Children can explain what an anemometer measures.

Storm Watch Lab

Children can explain that changes in air pressure help drive the weather.
Children can describe how their barometer shows a change in air pressure.
Children can build a wind vane and use it to name a compass direction.

Climate Quest

Children can explain that greenhouse gases trap heat and warm the air.
Children can compare how melting ice on land and floating ice affect the water level.
Children can list ways to cut their own carbon footprint.

Climate & Sustainability: water, wind and weather

In this session, children investigate water, wind and weather like young engineers. The instructor brings filter materials and a working anemometer kit, so the school has nothing to prepare.

Learning objectives

Engineering Clean Water

Children can explain why water passes through several stages before it’s safe.
Children can build a layered filter and describe how the water changed.
Children can put the stations of a water treatment system in order.

Wild Wind

Children can explain that wind is cooler air moving in as warm air rises.
Children can build a pinwheel that turns in moving air.
Children can explain what an anemometer measures.

Storm Watch Lab

Children can explain that changes in air pressure help drive the weather.
Children can describe how their barometer shows a change in air pressure.
Children can build a wind vane and use it to name a compass direction.

Climate Quest

Children can explain that greenhouse gases trap heat and warm the air.
Children can compare how melting ice on land and floating ice affect the water level.
Children can list ways to cut their own carbon footprint.

Junior Explorers: the living world and extreme environments

In this session, children investigate the living world, from glowing algae to polar survival. The instructor brings UV lights and a container of living bioluminescent algae, so the school has nothing to prepare.

Each session is built around one science concept, explained by the instructor and then tested by the children in two or three hands-on experiments. The 1 hour session, Glowing Explorations, covers bioluminescence, the light some living things make. The 2 hour session adds Blubber Gloves, on how polar animals survive the cold. The 4 hour session adds Dive Deep, on density and buoyancy, and Biomimicry, on designs copied from nature.

Learning objectives

Glowing Explorations

Children can explain that bioluminescence is light made by a chemical reaction inside a living thing.
Children can tell bioluminescence from fluorescence using one example of each.
Children can describe what happened when they shook the container of living algae.

Blubber Gloves

Children can explain that blubber insulates an animal’s body against the cold.
Children can compare how a gloved hand and a bare hand feel in ice water.
Children can match an animal to its cold-weather adaptation.

Dive Deep

Children can build a working Cartesian diver.
Children can explain that squeezing the bottle makes the diver sink because the air inside is squashed.
Children can predict whether an object will sink or float and record whether they were right.

Biomimicry

Children can explain that biomimicry means copying a design found in nature.
Children can use straws to show how a butterfly drinks through its proboscis.
Children can name one feature of an animal or plant that inspired a human design.

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Dauer: 2.5 – 3h

Datum: op Ufro

Plaz: Naturschutzzentrum Ellergronn (Esch-Uelzecht)

Minetter Woll

Wou kënnt eis Woll hier a wéi gëtt si verschafft? Bei dësem praktesche Workshop, dee vum Nicolas Meiers gehale gëtt, entdecken d’Schülerinnen a Schüler d’Woll vun de Minetter Schof, dem rouden Ardennerschof. Déi grasen an eisen Naturschutzgebidder an erhaalen esou d‘Biodiversitéit an d‘Landschafte.

Mat Hëllef vun Experimenter léieren d‘Kanner d’Eegenschafte vun der Woll kennen an erliewen déi verschidde Schrëtt vun der Veraarbechtung: vum Kardéieren iwwer d’Spanne bis zum Wiewen a Filzen. D’Kanner léieren weieng Prokukter aus dem Material Woll kennen entstoen

Educational Nature Activities | 1 Day

Discover, Hands-On Action, and Wonder – An unforgettable nature and craft experience for your class!

Nestled in the nature of Munshausen, the Nature Center Robbesscheier inspires school classes and childcare facilities with a vibrant journey of discovery. Here, learning becomes a true adventure: children dive hands-on into the fascinating world of traditional rural life and nature conservation.

Our workshop offerings include: carriage rides with Ardennes draft horses, animal feeding & draft horse care, garden and bee workshops, bakery, wool, candle, and ceramic workshops, sawmill and forge, donkey rides & “Déierenolympiad”… and much more!

With us, children don’t just stand by – they get hands-on! Whether sowing in the garden, shaping bread dough, or taking part in interactive Q&A sessions: we spark the students’ curiosity and ensure real “aha!” moments in every workshop that leave a lasting memory.

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Educational Objectives:

Nature & Ecology: Hands-on understanding of life cycles and animal needs (Bees, gardening, farmkeeping).
History & Change: Tangible experience of traditional rural crafts from the past (Forge, bakery, sawmill).
Social Skills: Strengthening team spirit, motor skills, and trust through cooperative games without competitive pressure (e.g., Déierenolympiad).
Crafts & Design: Cognitive and motor development through working with natural materials (wool, wax, clay, wood).
Health & Environment: Raising awareness for sustainable nutrition, taste, and environmental protection.

Educational Nature Activities | Half-Day

Discover, Hands-On Action, and Wonder – An unforgettable nature and craft experience for your class!

www.robbesscheier.lu

Educational Objectives:

Nature & Ecology: Hands-on understanding of life cycles and animal needs (Bees, gardening, farmkeeping).
History & Change: Tangible experience of traditional rural crafts from the past (Forge, bakery, sawmill).
Social Skills: Strengthening team spirit, motor skills, and trust through cooperative games without competitive pressure (e.g., Déierenolympiad).
Crafts & Design: Cognitive and motor development through working with natural materials (wool, wax, clay, wood).
Health & Environment: Raising awareness for sustainable nutrition, taste, and environmental protection.

Into the Wild: Faszination Wildbienen

Im Februar 2027 können Sie mit Ihrer Klasse, die Wanderausstellung “Into the Wild: Faszination Wildbienen” aus dem Naturmusée bei uns im Museum besuchen kommen. In einem Workshop nehmen wir die fleißigen Bienen Luxemburgs etwas näher unter die Lupe und lassen uns von den summenden und brummenden Tieren faszinieren.

Die Wanderausstellung inklusive Workshops sind vom 08.02.2027 bis zum 28.02.2027 verfügbar.

Thematesch Workshops an der Natur

D’Natur an de Bësch bidden ideal Méiglechkeeten, fir Themen aus dem Schoulprogramm praktesch, konkret an erliewbar ze verdéiwen. An dëse Workshops ginn ausgewielte Léierinhalter opgegraff an duerch Aktivitéiten, Experimenter, Beobachtungsaufgaben an Entdeckungen an der Natur ergänzt.

Besonnesch Themen aus de Beräicher Natur, Ëmwelt, Déieren, Planzen, Bësch, Joreszäiten oder Biodiversitéit kënne sou ausserhalb vum Klassesall op eng aktiv an handlungsorientéiert Aart a Weis behandelt ginn. D’Kanner kënnen dat, wat si am Schoulprogramm léieren, direkt an der Natur entdecken, ausprobéieren an a konkrete Situatiounen erëmfannen.

D’Inhalter ginn individuell un den Alter, de Cycle, d’Schoulprogramm an d’aktuell Themen aus dem Schoulalldag ugepasst. Esou kann de Workshop gezielt als praktesch Ergänzung zum Schoulprogramm agesat ginn.

Zilgrupp: Cycle 1–4
Duerchféierung: Mobil duerch ganz Lëtzebuerg
Dauer: Variabel, mindestens 3 Stonnen; eemoleg oder als Serie vu méi Atelieren
Remarque: Themen an Inhalter kënnen individuell un de Schoulprogramm an d’Besoine vun der Klass ugepasst ginn.

Everything you need to know about recycling electrical and electronic equipment

What happens to our electrical appliances when we no longer use them?

Through this fun and interactive workshop, pupils learn about everyday electrical appliances and their life cycle. They come to understand that these appliances contain valuable resources that are important to conserve and discover how reusing, repairing and recycling can give them a second life and help preserve our planet’s natural resources.

The workshop continues with the life cycle puzzle: a hands-on, participatory activity in which pupils piece together the different stages in an appliance’s life and learn about the right actions to take in their daily lives.

A workshop designed to help pupils understand the life cycle of electrical appliances and adopt the right habits to better conserve our natural resources.

Everything you need to know about battery recycling

What happens to a battery when it is no longer in use? Why is it essential to sort it correctly? And how can a simple action help to protect our environment?

Through a fun and interactive workshop, pupils learn about the life cycle of batteries and the challenges involved in recycling them. They understand why used batteries must not be thrown away with ordinary rubbish and discover how the materials they contain can be recovered and reused.

The workshop continues with a creative and hands-on activity: pupils personalise a collection box for used batteries. It’s a way of moving from learning to taking action and embedding good habits into their daily lives.

A workshop to understand, take action and become an active participant in recycling!