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Handwriting promotes learning more than typing, scientists claim
A Norwegian team of scientists has investigated the influence of handwriting and typing on brain activity and memory abilities.
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Let's Talk About Sex: Educational Posters
The interactive toolkit Let's talk about sex offers all professionals the opportunity to work with children and young people about sexuality in a playful and accessible way. Working on this topic enables children and young people to make …
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Where you are born determines your chances (not): Interactive workshop
During this interactive workshop, a VIA Don Bosco employee will come to your school to get the students to think critically in an interactive way about the question: 'Does your crib determine your further opportunities in your life?'
We challenge …
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The little Prince
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry is the story of a pilot who meets a special boy, the Little Prince, after an emergency landing in the desert. He tells the pilot about the planet he lives on, other planets he visited and their …
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ZOOschool website Planckendael
On this Planckendael ZOO site you will find lesson packages, stories, photos and videos to prepare for a trip to Planckendael ZOO or to discuss it in class.
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Media Scanners: Workshop
Information bubbles, propaganda, censorship... These are phenomena that are as old as our (visual) language. But how do you recognize them? How do we avoid polarization? The Media Scanners workshop introduces students to sources from the Second …
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Online help for students: Tools and apps for when you need help
An overview of tools and helplines for students that they can use independently or with guidance.
The tools are divided into four categories:
- health,
- study choice,
- learning and studying,
- feeling good.
At the very bottom they will find a list of chat …
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How to organize a successful fundraising campaign: Workshop
During this workshop you will learn everything about how you can organize a fundraising campaign with your class or school. During the workshop you will receive many tips to increase yields.
VIA Don Bosco can come to your school and also offers the …
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Roots & Shoots workshop supervisor: Volunteers wanted
Inspire the next generation of changemakers & help build a better future today!
What are you going to do?
As a volunteer for Roots & Shoots you give workshops to children and young people from approximately 4 to 25 years old. This is usually …
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Digi-Sandbox
A new winner in our range. Our DIGI sandbox can be used as an educational tool (e.g. in geography lessons, lesson folder on request), but it also contains a super fun ball game, a fantasy world full of animals and plants and a real archeology …
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Long live bamboo sticks
Bamboo is a technique developed by artist Antoon Versteegde. Bamboo sticks are connected with elastic bands to create large works of art. We look at some of his works, and also examine bamboo sticks ourselves to discover what makes them so strong. …
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Become a Styrofoam architect
The students get to work like real architects: after a short introduction to force distribution and strength theory, they learn the different techniques to design and construct an apartment building with our super fun Styrofoam cutters. But their …
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