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Exploring the carillon of the University Library in Leuven
Did you know that the carillon is a Flemish invention (anno 1510!) and that Leuven belongs to the worldwide top with five carillons? Discover all about this enormous instrument with your class during a visit to the library tower. The carillon in …
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Chinese Language and Culture
Kindergarten education
With photos and videos we look through the eyes of a toddler together: what do the children do in a Chinese kindergarten, or how do Chinese children celebrate New Year, or what does a Chinese house look like?
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Kei-Cool: An exhibition about rocks and minerals
Can rocks melt? And how do tectonic plates shift?
You will learn this and much more in this permanent exhibition in The World of Kina:
- take the elevator to the core of the earth and discover how the earth is constructed;
- plate tectonics, …
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Trial mobile
The Test Mobile is a cart full of demo material that we use to drive from class to class. In each class, a stop is made to demonstrate a number of scientific principles using everyday and less everyday objects in such a way that the students' …
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Spaghetti Bridges: Building and Testing
Building spaghetti bridges is a workshop where children have to make a bridge that spans a certain width using only uncooked spaghetti and a heat glue gun. The group that builds the bridge that can support the most weight without breaking is …
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Repertoire theatre
From Chekhov to Shakespeare: theater workshop on repertoire.
We go through the entire history of theater using short scenes from well-known plays. Students are introduced to different types of texts and learn to act in various ways. They are …
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Acro game: Workshop
We start with a warm-up during which we build mutual trust. Through simple assignments we enjoy jointly realizing flying postures and arrangements where contact, strength and balance are key.
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Hand lettering workshop
Instagram and Pinterest are full of beautiful images created through 'hand lettering'. Hand lettering is drawing beautiful letters in all kinds of shapes, sizes and styles. During a Hand Lettering Workshop we learn how we can create such …
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The honeybee: Exhibition in The world of Kina, the Garden
In The World of Kina: the Garden, the Ghent nature museum for children and young people, one of the museum rooms is completely dedicated to the hard worker, the honey bee.
Honey bees are our smallest pets. On warm, sunny days they fly tirelessly from …
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Spiders-Spinsels: Exhibition
In the Spider-Spinsels exhibition you get an overview of spiders and their relatives. You discover how a male seduces a female, how spiders molt
and how the webs evolved over time. In the cinema you can watch a film about spiders.Get to know the …
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Plant cuttings: Workshop
Roll up your sleeves during this workshop in The World of Kina: the Garden, the Ghent nature museum for children and young people.
Plants can multiply without the intervention of seeds. That way
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The human body: Exhibition
In The world of Kina: the House, the nature museum for children and young people, you will find two museum rooms about the human body.
You can visit the halls with a guide, or accompany your class group independently.
Preschoolers and students in the …
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